Monthly Archives: March 2023

Motorcycle Economics: Brick and Mortar Compression

Crisis accelerates evolution. In 2019, buying a vehicle meant negotiating on price with a sleazy salesman, followed by long waits in a side office with lending applications, extended warranty pitches, and endless paperwork. Even after signing the deal, you often … Continue reading

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Motorcycle Economics: Future Interests

How will economic pressures reshape the motorcycle market? Are these changes temporary or here to stay? Continue reading

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Lane Filtering – a Civilized Traffic Solution

By letting motorcycles go to the front, we’ll all get to work sooner and safer. Continue reading

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ADV Motorcycle Trim Levels are Wrong

I just saw the news that Yamaha is adding two additional trim levels to the Ténéré 700. Needless to say, I’m in the tank for the T7 so I’m happy to see the availability of more factory performance bits. The … Continue reading

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Harley’s CEO Jochen Zeitz Has Killed the Golden Goose

I feel it best to begin this article with the statement. I hope I’m wrong. I look forward to writing a sequential piece correcting my flawed premise. Time will tell. Fourth-quarter earnings calls came out at the beginning of February. … Continue reading

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