For all my fellow petrol-heads, here’s a wonderful article this morning in the NY Times about economy cars that plagued Detroit back in the 1970s. Some of you may remember the awful A.M.C. Gremlin, the Ford Pinto, and the Chevy Vega.  In contrast, Germany had already created the VW...

A few weeks back, I swung by Greater Boston Motorsports in Arlington, MA.  My friend Avery was visiting from NYC, and he just rode up to Boston on his new BMW R1200GS. Given that were were out riding for a bit, and it was getting cold outside, Avery was thinking about purchasing a new...