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I am doing extremely well with not playing video games.  I have found other things to do to occupy my time.  Instead of playing video games, I am going outside more and spending more time with my friends.  Giving up video games has taught me that there is more to life then that and that […]

I have been playing too many video games and not socializing or being active.  This creates a problem in my life, because as a teenager I should be hanging out with my friends and going places with them.  I should also be more active by exercising, getting outside and participating in more sports.  Trying to brake […]

Honda introduced itself into the world road-racing circles in 1959.  Honda released the step-through Cub 50 cc.  The Cub, was a motorcycle that had a uni-body, valenced fenders and was painted a bright cheerful blue.  The engine was located at the rider’s feet and had a stylish exhaust pipe and chrome muffler.  The Cub 50 made […]

The end of the 1950’s was a turning point for road racing in Great Britain.  Since the thirties, Great Britain had phenomenal success in world road racing.  After WWII, road races started being held elsewhere like Germany, Italy and France.  Courses were being laid out on public roads and local villages everywhere.  “All of this culminated in […]

We, as Americans, have trouble visualizing the British landscape until we have been there.  The population density is much greater and roads exist everywhere.  “Dating back to the time of those greatest of road builders, the Romans.  They built roads almost everywhere.”  Roads in Britain are narrow, winding and up hills and down.  Roads were […]

How was motorcycle development in American different from overseas?  Overseas, motorcycle development was even greater than in the United States.  The steam power development there preceded parallel development in the United States by nearly two decades.  That is no surprise, since high technology research at the time was done in Europe.  Also, due to the […]

When was the birth of the motorcycle? In 1816 a huge volcanic eruption of Tambora on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia released ash in to the air and caused starvation.  “Famine followed the eruption, and people all across Europe ate whatever they could find, including roots and rodents.  Before that, they resorted to the […]

 After meeting Reverend Dimmesdale in the forest, I was feeling extremely happy.  In just four days, we would be leaving with Pearl to start our new life together.  The three of us are planning to leave Boston for England.  The boat will set sail in four days and Reverend Dimmesdale and I cannot wait to be […]

In 1901 a Massachusetts entrepreneur and bicycle racer George Hendee teamed up with racing bicycle builder Oscar Headstrom.  They formed a company called India Motorcycle where they built versions of Headstrom’s bicycles, but changed to be a motorcycle.  This was the first major production of the American motorcycle.  Their first motorcycle was called the India […]

 As Pearl and I were walking along enjoying the quiet and darkness of the night, we heard loud laughter coming from the punishment scaffold.  Pearl and I often take walks after dark, when all the towns people are in their homes for the evening.  We do this so we can enjoy are walks and not […]