http://www.motodisiac.com/blog Where motorcycles are more than just a passion ... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:01:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So while Sideout was looking for ugly and boring but functional V Strom, I was occupied with the idea that I need new bike. It has been almost a tradition for be to update my stable once a year, and my last bike purchase was done approximately 12 months ago. ... http://www.motodisiac.com/blog/crazy-yes-sexy-yes-trek-across-the-america/ This is going to be a really long and very detail oriented post about an ordeal I just went to with the KTM dealer in Santa Monica, California. So please brace yourself if you want to share my pain. Otherwise please move along. No hard feelings. My KTM 950 Supermoto ... http://www.motodisiac.com/blog/ktm-of-santa-monica-terrible-and-absolutely-unacceptable-service/ It has been precisely 4 weeks since I had purchased the Wee. This would be my first in the series of review-like posts on various things my Wee has or does not have to offer. This particular post would be about the dreaded wind buffeting. While I was doing my pre-purchase ... http://www.motodisiac.com/blog/suzuki-v-strom-dl650-and-wind-buffeting/ To wee or not to wee, that was the question. And here is the answer. For the last few weeks I have been semi-frantically looking for a good deal on a used Wee-Strom. I have found a couple of really good offers neither of which was within a 600 mile ... http://www.motodisiac.com/blog/strom-trooper/ Despite my enormous interest in all military and history related I am not going to discuss the actual battle known as the bloodiest in the history of the US per Wikipedia. Nor will I reflect on the whole Ardennes offensive alltogether. Instead I will bring up a somewhat mundane subject - ... http://www.motodisiac.com/blog/battle-of-the-bulge/ As you all know California happens to be the place where lane splitting, I mean lane sharing is legal. While the jury is still out on whether it is more dangerous to split lanes than not the reality is that most of us California riders are taking advantage of this ... http://www.motodisiac.com/blog/lane-splitters-worst-enemy/ As my previous post suggests I am strongly considering buying a used 650cc V-Strom. Probably I will never do really tough off-road excursions. But it is always nice to know what your noble steed is capable of. Today I found this video on youtube that provides proof that a V-Strom ... http://www.motodisiac.com/blog/is-v-strom-really-an-adventure-motorcycle/ Yes my first off-roading experience was not pleasant. My second time was last October when we took a trip to Baja California. Our attempt to conquer the road from San Felipe to Gonzaga Bay failed largely due to my nagging and my fear of dropping my bike. I was riding ... http://www.motodisiac.com/blog/to-wee-or-not-to-wee/ I just came back from a motorcycle adventure trip to Death Valley. As a true adventure rider I was equipped with some adventure riding gear. Among those - the Cayenne Pro jacket and pants. For those of you who don't know what Death Valley is and the name did not give ... http://www.motodisiac.com/blog/revit-cayenne-pro-jacket-and-pants-venting-in-desert-weather/ Bajaj has been always pretty tasteful and creative in their motorcycle commercials. http://www.motodisiac.com/blog/girl-fight-bajaj-motorcycle-commercial/