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     I am a young, married, Puritan woman who was sent to America from Holland by my older husband to get settled in a new place before he was to come.  I am not in love with him, but he has known that from the beginning.  After two years of wondering when he would come,  or […]

The term “raked” is used for the angled shape of the steering head to which the front wheel is mounted.  This can be compared to a child’s bicycle.  A child’s bike turns best at walking speeds. “At nearly zero degrees of rake(angle), the momentum at a higher speed will cause the bike to fall over […]

“From the motorcycles beginning, noise and power were associated”.  I believe that, because that is how I think as well.  When I hear a loud race car, I think of all the power that the engine must have.   When I hear a fighter jet, I think the same thing.  Motorcycle mufflers make the bike […]

“Designing gasoline engines was not only a science, but an art.”  During the turn of the century, when trying to build the first motorcycle engine, horsepower output was incredibly low.  Pedals were left on the bikes so that when their engines/drive trains were insufficient, the driver could actually pedal the bike.  To fix this problem, the […]

The book “Live to Ride” starts out talking about the history of the motorcycle.  It explains how the motorcycle has evolved, by explaining how the style and function of the bikes have changed.  Bikes have gotten larger and have more powerful engines then in the beginning.  This reminds me of when I went to a motorcycle show […]