10/12/2026
The hidden costs of the high tech on our motorcycles 👉 Read on Common Tread: https://bit.ly/4hGRuUG
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The first motorcycles were born when folks with an engineering bent took what was then called the safety bicycle, bolted a single-cylinder engine inside the diamond frame, incorporated a fuel tank and a leather drive belt, and they were motorcycling.
Riding those first machines was a completely engaging and entirely manual affair in every way. Throttle, spark advance, engine lubrication, heck even pedaling to get up a hill, were all operated by the rider.
How different things are today.
Motorcycles have followed their four-wheeled brethren down the road of ever-increasing technological complexity, providing a staggering and wonderful array of safety, performance, convenience, comfort and "infotainment" functions. As amazing as some of those technologies and the functions they perform may be, though, nothing ever comes without some kind of cost.