Stopping for a fellow motorcyclist with a breakdown. Who still does that? We still do! Because it's always fun to meet new people. And if you can help someone, well, why not? Where in the past we'd immediately unpack a roll of tools and...
It’s not just outside. It’s also a song. Glenn Frey – The Heat Is On (From “Beverly Hills Cop” Soundtrack). And we bikers are stuck with it. Because whether riding a motorcycle above thirty degrees is still a party…
And so, while you are assembling a sidecar on your own – but with four jacks as extra hands – you suddenly find yourself no longer on your own and in the middle of a discussion about hardened valve seats (and electronic…
For the past 50+ years I have always dressed for the seasons on my motorcycle. A Husky Difi thermal overall during the bitter cold. And – yes – shorts and a T-shirt during the tropical temperatures. The…
Okay. Because I realized that my life would not be complete without a Jawa 634, a Guzzi had to go in terms of space. And preferably a little more. After I had removed the rear light of the V65, I have to…
Wealth. That counts. Both in possession and in wealth. The wealth in our passion has mainly been in the cost of classics in recent years. But that is not fair to all the nice, affordable classics that are still there. Moreover…
Somewhere in our memory we still have that motorcycles (and yes: cars) of 25 years and more experienced were 'ownership-free'. Then you don't pay attention for a moment and it turns out that the limit has gone to forty years (Romanticus: "my new girlfriend is…
Riding solo is hard. At least, if your motorcycle is actually meant for sidecar use. Because of the geometry of the front fork, which is tuned for sidecar riding, such a thing actually only wants to go straight or fall over. This makes a test ride so exciting that you really…
On Texel, in Den Burg, are the Smit brothers. Or would you expect a group of highly professional technicians in the field of Kawasaki three-cylinder two-strokes and Benelli six-cylinders to be on a Wadden island? Well, why not? Then it is certainly…
Selling a motorcycle? You used to do that to a friend or an acquaintance. Because everyone in your circle of acquaintances rode a motorcycle. Placing an advertisement in De Telegraaf or the weekly magazine Motor was already quite enterprising. Then came free advertising newspapers like ViaVia.…