Motorcycles are an expensive hobby. Still, they're a cheap luxury. For a year or more, I dreamed about the Honda Hawk. I read about it on the Internet and in old magazines. The bike, imported only from 1988 to 1991, was considered too expensive and didn't sell well, but it was slightly ahead of its time in terms of style and technology.
Hawks are fairly difficult to find.
When the weather's right, riding a bike feels just like flying, says Robin Rauzi, pausing for a break along Potrero Road near Thousand Oaks. The fastest stock motorcycle in the world right now is the Suzuki Hayabusa. Motorcycle journalists have clocked it going faster than 190 mph. Yet if you find traveling without doors and seat belts terrifying, nothing will convince you otherwise. It eases my girlfriend's mind only a little that I wear protective gear.