Happy belated New Year to everyone! 2018 was definitely an interesting year for the American motorcycle industry. We lost my favorite motorcycle blogger Cyril Huze to cancer, we saw Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycle Company come out with power cruisers, and we also saw Travis Pastrana replicate three of the iconic Evel Knievel's famous jumps in one day. The V twin Blog also saw a transformation in 2018. As promised there
Last year I tried something a little different, I did a prediction post. I really enjoyed writing that post and the response to the post was very positive so back by popular demand...The 2019 Motorcycle Prediction post! This is the year of the electric motorcycle: Harley-Davidson just announced availability and pricing for the LiveWire, their first run at an electric motorcycle. The $29,799 price tag will draw criticism but the
I was once again given the opportunity be the folks at Sena to test out and review one of their Bluetooth enabled helmets, the Sena Momentum Full Face Helmet. I wanted to share my thoughts on this new helmet and provide a real-world riders review of the product: Fit and Finish: The helmet sizing guide was not as spot on as the guide provided for the Sena Calvary half helmet, I
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1. Check your battery One of the biggest problems a motorcycle will face after a long winter is a dead battery. If you haven’t already, get your battery onto a trickle charger. Check the fluid levels and give it a slow charge. If you aren’t getting any juice, you may have to suck it up and buy a new battery. Better to take care of that now instead of missing
Harley-Davidson just released their 2017 fourth quarter results and things don't look great, sales are down on heavy-weight cruisers and touring motorcycles and HD is struggling to bring in new riders. "The continued weakness in the U.S. motorcycle industry only heightens our resolve and the intensity we are bringing to the quest to build the next generation of Harley-Davidson riders," CEO Matt Levatich said in a statement. New motorcycle registrations dropped 14.1% in 2017
We are now in the cold grips of winter and I have personally already read through my stockpile of motorcycle magazines, blown through the drive of motorcycle movies I've saved, even mapped out a few trips and rides for the upcoming riding season. It's already been a long winter. So I decided to do something a little different and take all the news and information I've gathered throughout 2017 and
Happy New Year from The V-Twin Blog! 2017 was an interesting year for the American v-twin motorcycle industry, we witnessed Polaris shutting down Victory Motorcycle, the return of Indian Motorcycle to American flat track, Harley-Davidson really embracing new technology and engineering with the release of its 2018 model line. We also saw the embrace of technology the motorcycle industry both good and bad with self-balancing motorcycles, electric motorcycles becoming
