Gophers and Cheese

I've haven't done a great job keeping up with the blog lately.  That will change, but I've been busy with the kids, life in general, a recent moto-camping-fishing trip to the Black Hills, and mounting my Sportster's new rear fender.  I have tons of content to post but I just need time to sit down, edit, organize, and upload it.  I have continued to use Instagram quite heavily and re-post everything from there on Facebook and Twitter so, if you want to catch up on what I've been up to, pick your social media drug of choice and enjoy. http://instagram.com/gophersandcheese https://www.facebook.com/gophersandcheese https://twitter.com/Gophers_Cheese

Harley announced an electric motorcycle under the banner of Project LiveWire today.  It's kind of a big deal. [Image Credit: harley-davidson.com] I'm not in the market for another bike right now, certainly not an electric one, but I like it and was surprised to learn it's only a prototype and it's not in production.  It looks great and I think it could sell, especially if it performs well.  At a minimum, I think this bike can help combat the image many electric vehicles tend to have as weird-looking plastic toy-like nerdmobiles. Of course I'm curious about price and range but know that those things will continue to improve over time, as will the charging infrastructure required for electric vehicles to really take off. Sure you can't really tour with it, but it's not like this thing would come with giant saddlebags and a luggage rack.  I can have a lot of fun in a day within a 100-150 mile loop so if an electric bike can handle that, it might be a...