DailyTurismo Uncategorized Dual Sport, Enduro, Gas Gas, Motorcycle 1
If you have heard of the small Spanish motorcycle manufacturer Gas Gas, you’ve probably heard about them via motorcycle trialing. Gas Gas got their start when two ex-Bultaco guys started hand building trials bikes in 1985. You’d be forgiven not knowing that they began building enduros in 1989 and still do today. Find this 2004 […]
DailyTurismo Uncategorized Ducati, Italian, Motorcycle, Scrambler, Taco Tuesday 4
In 2015, Ducati reached back to its past and revived the Scrambler name for a retro bike they call an “Urban Enduro”, or something you might be able to ride on an unpaved forest road, but not much farther off the pavement. The original 1960s Ducati Scrambler was a bike in a similar purpose. The […]
DailyTurismo Uncategorized Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle, Taco Tuesday 5
Demographics are destiny. For old age entitlements that is certainly the coming future where there aren’t enough young workers to support the old pensioners. For products of youth that can also be the case. For Harley-Davidson, the greying of its customer base has been a concern for a number of years. This has lead H-D […]
DailyTurismo Uncategorized Custom, Honda, Motorcycle, Taco Tuesday 2
In the late 90’s, reality TV discovered the world of chopper motorcycle customizers and pretty much destroyed it with American Choppers. Next up was the Cafe Racer craze, but Hollywood wasn’t as successful with exploiting that niche. Maybe the next area to overexpose is the custom scooter scene. This could be the ticket for your […]
DailyTurismo Uncategorized Kawasaki, Motorcycle, Taco Tuesday, Two-Stroke 0
I read this great article in Motorcycle Classics a few years back about the adventures of purchasing “classic” bikes off The List of Craig. The whole premise of the article is that with the advent of CL and free internet ads, finding a classic bike has gotten a whole lot easier, but since it […]
DailyTurismo Uncategorized Benelli, Italian, Motorcycle, Taco Tuesday, Two-Stroke 2
Back in the days before you could order anything off the web and have it delivered by drone a minute later, people leafed thru heavy catalogs made of dead trees and filled out forms by hand they sent away via mail. Montgomery Wards was one such vendor that sold everything from guns to motorcycles, rebranded […]
DailyTurismo Uncategorized Honda, Motorcycle, Taco Tuesday 3
I have fond memories of trailer camping in the 1970’s. We’d load up the trailer, put the Honda Trail 90 on the front of the pickup and bungee the two Kawasaki’s in the truck bed. In the campground, most campers would have at least one motorcycle to use for getting around, and a good many […]
DailyTurismo Uncategorized BMW, Bultaco, Collection, Kawasaki, Motorcycle, Rokon, Suzuki, Two-Stroke, Yamaha 0
A lot of cool old stuff that was just an affordable old car a few years ago has turned into a collectible automobile with prices to match. Blame Barrett-Jackson, the Fed, Brexit, QE and QE2, or whatever, but amassing a collection is going to take you a few bucks as well as space. Motorcycles haven’t […]
DailyTurismo Uncategorized Automatic, Honda, Motorcycle, Taco Tuesday 2
Nowadays about 4% of new cars sold in the U.S. come with manuals; the rest are two pedal-ers. Even snooty Europe is seeing a greater preference for shiftless cars. On two wheels the facts are much the opposite; manual bikes make up about 99.9% of the market. Some manufacturers have tried to sell automatic bikes, […]
DailyTurismo Uncategorized Honda, Motorcycle, Taco Tuesday 3
The ad copy says “It belonged to a shriner and was rode (sic) in parades up until the 90’s when it was put in storeage (sic), it has just over 3000 miles.” I was all set to make a bunch of fat guy with a fez and a bicycle reflector in his navel jokes, but […]
