Archive for the ‘Motorcycles’ Category

A motolady riding a 1975 Yamaha XS650 cafe tail style custom. Could not for the life of me find the source of this. Awesome shot though. Tamara Raye- photo from Dice Magazine, shot by Michael Schmidt. 

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Glad you liked the Empulse… the Engineers here in Ashland love your blog ;)

D’aww, shucks. You’re just saying that! If you are someone from Brammo that is… [gives you the one eye squinty interrogation face]

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Halloween is almost here… show me your motorcycle related pumkin carvings! This one is from Heidi Cormier, a motolady!

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Shasta Smith (the Vintage Monkey) motolady, mechanic, and more. 

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Riding the Brammo Empulse

Brammo came by MotoCorsa to give the crew some demo rides on their electric motorcycles- namely the Brammo Empulse R. (Don’t mind the censored jacket blurryness- I couldn’t very well show you Icon’s Spring 2013 line this early, now could I?!) What is the difference between this bike and other electric rides of a similar form? Well, this one is a six speed… and it can do over 100 MPH.  The Brammo Empulse electric motorcycle has a six speed gearbox with multi-plate hydraulic clutch. It weighs 470 pounds (213kg) with a 31.5”… Continue Reading »

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Click the pic, enter to win a custom painted Icon Airmada helmet.  For ALL the info you could need, check out the official contest page.

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Creepy yet awesome Mad Max-esque motolady doll thing.

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Riding a motorcycle in Portland in the off season is often like this.

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I got an email from “Anon” (Samantha Thomason) who wrote asking about the jitters she got about buying her first bike… she said, “Took her for a spin, felt good, bought it. Just wanted to say thanks again for such awesome advice for a new rider. Really encouraging.” Congrats, Sam!

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Motorcycle love. 

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