No matter what the form of the car show or event, everybody wants to see what is under the hood. I have found that even […]
Lapping Lime Rock
This year’s LimeRock Vintage weekend was such a rich experience, that it won’t fit into one post, and that’s a good thing. I went up […]
A Lesser Model
In case study #1 on compromise, The Substitute, we covered settling for some other brand of vehicle when you could not find or afford what you wanted. […]
Quebec Quickly
Late summer provided an opportunity to make a quick run up to Quebec Canada for a few days and another opportunity to see a slightly […]
NSU TTS
In previous posts, we have covered cars derived from motorcycles, and here is yet another. In the late 1950s, NSU introduced a microcar in the […]
Bring Some Transporters
Bring A TrailerI’m sure some of you have already seen this from Bring A Trailer, but I thought I would pass it on here for […]
A Herculean Effort
In the late 1980s, Norton introduced and sold a rotary-engined motorcycle called the Classic. This was followed by the Commander, and existed alongside the Interpol […]
Replacing Place Names
Regular readers will note that I have mentioned a pet peeve with place names in a number of posts, and again recently in Iron Butter. […]
Real World Gear Testing
Did you ever read one of those product reviews that was largely a rewrite of the manufacturer’s marketing brochure ? Did you ever purchase a […]
A Return to Rallying
Great news. And a 2 for 1 announcement !! BMW has decided to enter factory-backed world rallying for the first time. To be fair, they […]
The Find
Sometimes, you just stumble across something unexpected. Sometimes, fortune befalls the most deserving folks. Sometimes, you come dangerously close to discarding fortune because it is […]
Iron Butter
Wherever you happen to reside in this country, there is some great geography on the other side of the country or at some distant point, […]
Riding Out West
Posts will be lite until next week after vacation riding the BMW R1200GS out west. Visit the R1200GS link in the garage to follow the […]
Motorsports Roundup July 2010
It has been a while since the last update, but not because interesting and surprising stuff has not been happening! Several of my favorite races […]
The Other 2-Wheeled Boxer
Although several motorcycle companies experimented with horizontally opposed engines, only a few stuck with the layout for any length of time. BMW is the obvious […]
Honk If You Don’t Exist
Are you invisible, is your vintage vehicle invisible ? Inquiring minds and so forth…. As a child, many of us would often imagine that we […]
Early Early Birds
For a group of early car guys, things came together relatively late in the process. The discussion about a covered bridge ride for the early […]
The British Are Coming…Again
History tells us that we rejected the British approach to things centuries ago and established an independent nation to do our own thing. Exhibit A, […]
R90S Rally 2010
Tis the Rally and show season, and it seems like every weekend presents multiple opportunities to ride, drive, and ogle cool vintage stuff. This year […]
Rolex vs Timex
Sometimes, the blending of new and old makes for an impressive event. And so it was with the Grand-Am Rolex Series event at Limerock Park […]