The Price of Complexity

A young friend and I often get into an argument about 1960-1980 rock & roll bands. He's a Led Zep fanatic. I liked the Who and was ...

Are You Stupid?

All Rights Reserved © 2006 Thomas W. Day Last January, outside my kitchen window, I watched three typically spoiled, unskilled, good ole...

Why They Hate Us

All Rights Reserved © 2010 Thomas W. Day A while back, I taught an MSF Experienced Rider Class (ERC) with a guy who, apparently, doesn’t get...

Another Year, A Couple More Bikes

The 2010 Cycle World International Motorcycle Show has come and gone. Every year it feels like I spend less time circling the show looking f...

The Roar of the Marching Morons

This is a freaky funny video. Some of you may desperately want to own a SoundRacer V8. Some of you will recognize the juvenile symptom demon...

Highway Blues

All Rights Reserved © 2010 Thomas W. Day A while back I spent a flu-infested weekend watching European motorcycle travel videos. For several...

Your Opinion, My Opinion

All Rights Reserved © 2009 Thomas W. Day On a web mail list, I stumbled into a discussion about air filters and it quickly turned into a pis...

Standing in Line

All Rights Reserved © 2007 Thomas W. Day Here's a brief personality test: you're standing in line at a big-box store, asking for the...

Perfect Motorcycling Weather

I've said this before, but fall is my favorite time to ride. The weather is usually pretty predictable in Minnesota, unlike spring. So, ...