Special Delivery On This Running When Parked Kawasaki
This poor rider destroyed all his confidence, a few grand worth of plastic and a functional mailbox when he played a game of mailbox baseball using his Kawasaki as the bat. This bike would be…
Year: 2019
CONTENTIOUS UPDATE: Motorcyclists Are Not Giving Up On Their Waving
When I pleaded with fellow motorcycle riders to give up on the waving thing, I didn’t realized I was kicking a hornet's nest. It became apparent how passionately riders look forward to the friendly exchange.…
Motorcyclist Magazine Calls It Quits
The July/August issue of Motorcyclist arrived today with a disappointing editorial. It would be the last print issue. Motorcyclist has survived 108 years but most of those years were before the internet. Motorcyclist was well…
Can Motorcyclists Stop The Waving Thing?
Isn’t it about time we motorcyclists gave up on this waving thing? A motorcyclist has every right to wave at another rider (or bicyclists, or pedestrian or Food truck for that matter), but don’t lay…
Sporty ’69 RWP’ed Looks Ready To Roar
Another Running When Parked in the long line of fine 1969 machines. This one was found in San Pedro. Built in 1969 and roamed the streets of San Pedro. What could be cooler than that?…
Costco Offers Jetson Adventure E-Bike At $500 Off Suggested Retail
Costco, the second largest retailer in the United States (behind Walmart), is offering a Jetson electric-motorized bike for the very attractive price of $1299.99. That’s 500 bucks off Jetson’s suggested retail price. And the Costco…
Ninety-Four Readers Identify Mystery Component
I wasn’t surprised that so many Jimmy Mac On Two Wheels readers were able to identify the mystery component pictured in the June 13th Running When Parked. That's because I figure there are not a…
Luna’s X-1 Enduro Blows All Other E-Bikes (And Hikers) Off The Trail
Earlier this week I wrote about how the Nicolai’s D1 EBOXX marked the first skirmish in the e-bike power wars. I certainly didn’t expect that the return fire would come so quickly or with such…
Escalation Of E-Bike Wars Destine To Alter All Other Trail Users’ Experiences
The problem I’ve always had with allowing electric-motorized bicycles on multi-user, natural-surface trails is that they are motorized. While a hiker or mountain biker may experience incremental gains in the amount of trail used in…