Ain't No Pillion

I got an email a couple of days ago from a gentleman who had created a “motorcycle warning system,” so I went to take a look and see what the Banshee Horn was all about.

I’ve been using my RevPack Super Deluxe Expedition Saddle Bags with my Sw-Motech Quick Lock Evo Racks on my BMW F650GS – primarily because I already had the RevPack bags when I bought the BMW and didn’t have money for an entire new setup at the time. We wanted to do a three-day weekend test [...]

Athletes have a full physical before every sports season. Why should high-performance motorcycles that are about to go on a major trip be any different? Starting out on a trip with motorcycles in excellent operating condition just made sense to us, so we send our motorcycles up to Max BMW to have the professionals give [...]

We sent the bikes off to Max BMW last week for service before the trip, and got them back on Saturday. My only prior experience with motorcycle service was when I sent my Ninja 250 to Riverside Motorsports in Somerville – and it was a BAD experience. (They broke the fairing in two places. They [...]

We’ve always planned to take the bikes in for a pre-trip service at a BMW dealer before we go. We enjoy doing our own maintenance and feel we’re pretty competent with most things, but we also believe an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We wanted to have the professionals do our [...]