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Paul Hendrick

Paul Hendrick in Ownership Guides ★ Featured

BMW Airhead Longevity: Why the R75/5 Remains the Ultimate Cross-Country Classic

Fifty years later, the air-cooled boxer twin from Munich is still capable of continent-crossing reliability if you respect its rhythm and valve clearances.

BMW Airhead Longevity: Why the R75/5 Remains the Ultimate Cross-Country Classic

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Paul Hendrick

Paul Hendrick in Ownership Guides

The Moto Guzzi Le Mans Experience: Longitudinal Torque, Shaft Drive, and Italian Soul

Blipping the throttle produces an unmistakable lateral rock. Riding a 1980s Mandello del Lario icon is an exercise in rhythm, momentum, and deep charisma.

The Moto Guzzi Le Mans Experience: Longitudinal Torque, Shaft Drive, and Italian Soul

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Paul Hendrick

Paul Hendrick in Maintenance & Tech

Spoke Wheels and Inner Tubes: Roadside Puncture Repairs on the Backroads

Cast wheels and tubeless plugs have made riders soft. Here is how to spoon a fresh tube into a vintage wire wheel with two tire irons and hand soap.

Spoke Wheels and Inner Tubes: Roadside Puncture Repairs on the Backroads

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Paul Hendrick

Paul Hendrick in Maintenance & Tech

Drum Brakes in Modern Traffic: Surviving and Thriving with 1960s Stopping Power

Twin-leading-shoe drums have charm and surprising grip when properly arced and adjusted, but modern ABS traffic requires a complete recalibration of your brain.

Drum Brakes in Modern Traffic: Surviving and Thriving with 1960s Stopping Power

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