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Featured Rental Bike: 2018 Triumph Bonneville T120
L.V. Sage, Author, Red, White & Blues: Book One Tuesday, February 25, 2020
The Bonneville is a post-war production motorcycle that was first manufactured in 1959 by Triumph Engineering in England. In its initial incarnation, it was a 650cc parallel-twin and was based on Triumph’s Tiger T110. The Bonneville is relatively new to American consumers, reaching our shores just a few years ago, but it was preceded by […]
Featured Rental Bike: 2017 Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail
L.V. Sage, Author, Red, White & Blues: Book One Tuesday, February 18, 2020
The Softail appeared in Harley-Davidson’s line-up as the FXST Softail in 1984. Interestingly, the design was brought to the attention of the company by Bill Davis, a Harley enthusiast and engineer from St. Louis, MO. He built a prototype based on his own 1972 Super Glide with a cantilever swingarm pivoted at the bottom and […]
Featured Rental Bike: 2017 Triumph Daytona 675
L.V. Sage, Author, Red, White & Blues: Book One Friday, February 14, 2020
Triumph first introduced the Daytona 675 in 2006. The 675 R model of the supersport went on to win the Daytona 200 in 2014. The nimble and fast sport bike has come to know a fiercely loyal fan base since. The Daytona 675 was designed to be light and fast and looks a lot like […]
Day Trip: Glass Elevator Ride
L.V. Sage, Author, Red, White & Blues: Book One Tuesday, February 4, 2020
As we head out of winter and into spring here in southern California, riding into our deserts becomes more appealing. This ride encompasses both mountain terrain (Palomar Mountain) and desertscape (Borrego Springs). To begin this ride, head south on the 405, then CA-5S. Exit onto CA-76E. Wide, sweeping turns facilitate a quick ascension toward Palomar […]
Featured Rental Bike: 2017 Harley-Davidson Street Glide Special
L.V. Sage, Author, Red, White & Blues: Book One Tuesday, January 28, 2020
The Street Glide has been in Harley-Davidson’s touring line-up since 2006 and over the years has enjoyed the status of being the company’s best-selling model. For 2017, Harley made some rather big changes to their touring bikes, not the least of which is the brand-new Milwaukee-Eight 107ci engine. For Harley-Davidson to even think about changing […]
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