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Both of these are wonderful bikes for the purpose for which they are designed. So it all depends on how you plan to ride the bike. Are you into cruising/touring, or do you want a single-purpose sport bike? A BLACK Ducati? That seems like a sacrilege to me. A Ducati has to be red, like a...

The perfect touring bike depends on what kind of touring you want to do. To some people, touring means crossing the country on a freeway. To others it means taking secondary roads, exploring little nooks and crannies, camping out, etc. Different strokes for different folks. I have never been...

Portrait photography is traditionally done with a moderate telephoto lens. For a 35mm camera, for instance, the 'standard' lens is 45 or 55 mm, but a portrait lens might be 90 or 100mm. This gives you less distortion. With a standard lens you have to get right up close to fill the frame with...

If by 'sport bikes' you mean something like Honda CBR, Suzuki GSX-R or Yamaha R1/R6, those bikes are really very serious and single-purpose, almost a racing bike for the street. Of course you know Harley developed as a company making racing bikes, starting with wood-track racing of 100 years...

It's a very nice all-around bike. It has the same engine as the SV-650, a 90 degree V-twin with a counterbalancer that smooths out the vibrations. So you get the best of both worlds--V-twin simplicity and 'character', but smoothness too. It has a more upright seating position and wider...

Craigslist! Lots of people these days have an old motobike that's been sitting in the garage for years, they suddenly decide they need the space. Sometimes they say (I love this!) 'Ran when parked'. 8^) They don't mention that it was parked in 1978.

Well first of all there isn't a draft anymore. So it's a moot point. But back when there was a draft, during the Viet Nam War, lots of guys didn't want to go. I had friends who moved temporarily to Canada, and others who simply didn't show up for their Army physical when they were called up...

If you really want that Cafe Racer style, you have to go vintage. Maybe an old BMW 'airhead', one that's been lovingly gone over and restored (there are a LOT of these around! They last forever!) Here in California I see a lot of old Honda 750s and 500/4s for sale that have been fixed up with...

You can get your feet wet on any bike, just ride through puddles. 8^) Actually this question is asked here a lot. Lots of us have different ideas. I would say you want something small-to-medium. 250cc is big enough for anything except long rides at highway speeds. If you want to go more...

If you have a motorcycle salvage yard in your area, take a walk through there and see how many hot sport bikes they have with <5k miles and the forks bent back to the footpegs. Ask about a spare engine for a GSX-R or a Hayabusa and see how many are available from the widows and moms of guys who...

You want to be able to sit on a bike with both feet flat on the ground. This is a problem sometimes with short people, and girls (5'4" is not short for a girl, but you know what I mean. Sometimes we say 'inseam challenged'.) They publish bike seat heights but the only real way to tell is to...

Some good answers so far, but I will add my $.02 First of all, any bike you get, you should be able to sit on it with both feet flat on the ground. This is sometimes a problem for girls, and limits their choices. Secondly, if you can drive a shift car, you can very easily learn to shift the...

It's an interesting choice. The Bergman will get better mileage, and it's got an automatic transmission. The Shadow is a cruiser and cruisers are all about style--you like that style or you don't. But then to some people scooters are about style. Cruisers are not especially powerful for...

I've just spent about 10 minutes on Google trying to find info on these models. There is a website called bikez.com that used to have specs and info on every model, but they've loaded it up with ads and pop-ups to the point where it's practically impossible to use. What I would do if I was...

I think you're on the right track but I would stay away from 'mainstream' sources like CNN, FOX and Drudge. All of those sources have been caught many times 'spinning' stories by incomplete reporting, by reporting only the facts they want you to know. For many stories, the British press is...

Yes you can get a DUI on a bicycle or in a boat or even on a horse. There was a famous case some years ago in Virginia or somewhere, a guy was coming home from a party on a horse and he got pulled over for drunk driving. His defense was that the horse knew the way home, he was just the...

The Magna is a V4. It's not like a V-twin in lots of ways. It's never going to sound like a V-twin. You could change the mufflers on it but if it was louder you still wouldn't like the sound it made. It's a wonderful engine though. Very refined and smooth, wide power band, relaxed cruising...

Diabetes is pretty easy to test for. So if it came up negative I wouldn't worry, at least for now. If you know someone who is diabetic, he or she will probably have a glucometer (blood sugar meter) and probably would be happy to test you from time to time. High blood sugar can be caused by...

You either show up at the date on the ticket, or else you call the Court Clerk (number is on the ticket) and ask for a court date. This is your 'arraignment'. You appear very briefly before a judge and he asks you to plead guilty or not guilty. If you plead guilty, you are found guilty on the...

It's a very good bike for a beginner. In fact you might never 'grow out of it'. It's very important, especially for beginners, to be able to sit on a bike with both feet flat on the ground. The first poster here thinks it will fit you, but you can't really be sure until you actually try to...