http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog Motorcycle Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:33:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/03/honda-motorcycle-production-back-march-28 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/03/honda-motorcycle-production-back-march-28#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:47:03 +0000 Bear http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/?p=2215
Honda has announced it will resume production at its motorcycle-manufacturing Kumamoto Factory on March 28. The company will extend its suspension of production for finished units, however, at the automotive facilities in Sayama, Saitama and Suzuka through April 3. Honda also announced more extensive delays at its Tochigi facilities, which were the most affected by [...]]]> http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/03/honda-motorcycle-production-back-march-28/feed 0 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/01/2010-honda-cbr1000rr-long-term-wrap-up http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/01/2010-honda-cbr1000rr-long-term-wrap-up#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:00:48 +0000 Bear http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/?p=1850
Since being fully redesigned in 2008, Honda’s CBR1000RR has garnered plenty of awards. It won back-to-back titles in our prestigious Superbike Smackdown sportbike shootouts in ’08 and ’09 and finished runner-up to the outrageously fast BMW S1000RR this year. Even still, the current generation CBR has become one of our favorite sportbikes on both the [...]]]> http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2011/01/2010-honda-cbr1000rr-long-term-wrap-up/feed 0 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2010/04/1015 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2010/04/1015#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:01:56 +0000 Bear http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/?p=1015
AMA Announces 2010 Vintage Motorcycle Days October 15, 2009 - The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) has announced the 2010 dates of the country's premier annual celebration of motorcycling heritage. AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days will take place next year on July 9-11, 2010, at the world-class Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. Tickets will go [...]]]> http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2010/04/1015/feed 0 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2010/04/deal-of-the-day-1976-1978-cb750-complete-engine-gasket-set http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2010/04/deal-of-the-day-1976-1978-cb750-complete-engine-gasket-set#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:12:47 +0000 Bear http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/?p=960
Here's my deal for today!]]> http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2010/04/deal-of-the-day-1976-1978-cb750-complete-engine-gasket-set/feed 0 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2009/07/no-gas-contemplating-the-electric-motorcycle http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2009/07/no-gas-contemplating-the-electric-motorcycle#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:21:58 +0000 Bear http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/?p=757
by The Bear, President and Founder of Old Bike Barn How long will it be before motorcycles run without gas? It’s a question for the ages, or the engineers. Now that cars and trucks are scaling back fuel usage and converting to electric power, don’t kid yourself, motorcycles won’t be far behind. There will always [...]]]> http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2009/07/no-gas-contemplating-the-electric-motorcycle/feed 18 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2009/06/to-ride-or-not-to-ride http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2009/06/to-ride-or-not-to-ride#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:54:17 +0000 Bear http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/?p=716
by Barrie Haughton AKA Bear, President and Founder of OBB Again, I'm probably bitching to the wrong crowd... You guys are here reading this, so you're clearly part of the group that likes to read about motorcycling and be informed…. well at least you can sympathize with my thoughts then. In recent rants I have [...]]]> http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2009/06/to-ride-or-not-to-ride/feed 43 http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2009/01/the-old-bike-barn-story http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2009/01/the-old-bike-barn-story#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:44:54 +0000 Bear http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/?p=262
Ever wonder where the paw in our logo comes from? Our Founder was given the nickname “The Bear” while he was in the military. Other companies may use paws in their logo, but here at OBB, there’s a man that stands behind this one! It took a couple of years to rehabilitate my body and [...]]]> http://community.oldbikebarn.com/blog/2009/01/the-old-bike-barn-story/feed 1