Monday, February 28, 2011

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Patents: Revolutionary Device Will Save Motorcycle Pillion Lives plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Patents: Revolutionary Device Will Save Motorcycle Pillion Lives plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Patents: Revolutionary Device Will Save Motorcycle Pillion Lives

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:00 AM PST

Motorcycle Pillion Grip Device
Love Handle
Here's the device we've all been waiting for. Finally filed for a patent, the motorcycle pillion gripping device.

But... I thought that was why we have love handles?

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51 Weird Motorcycles

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 03:00 AM PST

Weird Motorcycle
Weird Motorcycle
Some people have way too much time on their hands. Way too much. And what do they do with that time? The start messing with perfectly good motorcycles and turn them into something they were never designed to be.

But then I guess it's art, and art is in the eye of the beholder.

Here are 51 weird and definitely different motorcycles.

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Here’s Your Chance To Ride With Tiffany Coates

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 10:00 PM PST

Tiffany at the Copacabana beach in Brail
The famous female adventure motorcycle rider, Tiffany Coates, will at the drop of a hat take her motorcycle and travel the world to unknown places.

This time you can go too.... she has been asked by GlobeBusters to serve as guide for their upcoming Silk Route expedition to Tibet and Beijing.

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Friday, February 25, 2011

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Stories - 25 February 2011 plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Stories - 25 February 2011 plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Top Internet Stories - 25 February 2011

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 08:00 AM PST

Top Weekly Web Article
Here are some interesting motorcycle articles that have appeared on the internet last week that you may have missed.

Enjoy.

- Motorcycle Helmets, What's Best
- 2 Wheeler Sales India
- Riding The Nurburgring Nordschleife - A Guide For Motorcycle Riders
- Learning To Ride A Bike

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Why It Is Better To Be A Male Biker Than Female. No More!

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 08:49 PM PST

GoGirl
Aprilia 250SX Ad Bike Me Toilet Female
One of then if not only, big difference between male and female motorcycle riders is the fact that male bikers can stop anywhere alongside the road and pee standing up. Female bikers usually end up looking for a rest-room somewhere.

No longer. For female motorcycle riders there is now GoGirl, an invention that allows female bikers to pee standing up.

SAVED!

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Italy: Local Police Adopt Raleri LCD Motorcycle Helmet Visor

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 03:04 AM PST

Video clip
Remember the product review of the Raleri LCDrive motorcycle helmet visor we did last year? The LCDrive is a motorcycle helmet visor insert, based on LCD technology that turns dark and light, instantaneously, depending on how much sun light there is. It's really handy, and it looks like I'm not the only one who thinks so.

The local cops in Italy have started using the LCDrive for their motorcycle police. Here's a video showing them adapting their helmets for the visor insert, and going out on a patrol.

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Germany: ZP Moto-Another New Motorcycle Manufacturer plus 3 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Germany: ZP Moto-Another New Motorcycle Manufacturer plus 3 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Germany: ZP Moto-Another New Motorcycle Manufacturer

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 08:00 AM PST

ZP Moto Scrambler
It's not everyday that you see a new German motorcycle manufacturer, but 2 in the space of one year has got to be a recent record.

Last year we saw Horex, this year we see ZP Moto come to life. This motorcycle manufacturer will be presenting shortly a classic looking scrambler motorcycle but using modern technology, including water cooling.

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Taddy Blazusiak Crowned World Indoor Enduro Champion

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 04:00 AM PST

Taddy Blazusiak Indoor Enduro Champion 2010
After several race were cancelled, Polish enduro specialist and part of the KTM factory team, Taddy Blazusiak, has been crowned Indoor Motorcycle Enduro Champion.

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Motorcycle Ride Review Using Google Streetview

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 03:15 AM PST

DailyRide Ride Streetview
DailyRide Ride Mini Map
Daily Moto Rides, from Sunday Morning Rides, is a motorcycle ride database with a difference.

Using Google's Streetview, it allows you to view proposed motorcycle itineraries around the world. You can decide whether this is a good ride to go on, or you can ride your virtual motorcycle along some of the best roads around the world without leaving your armchair.

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Greece: Protestors Set Motorcycle Cop On Fire

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:00 PM PST

Greece Police vs Protestors 201102
You can understand protests against the government, specially that of Greece, and you can understand the violence towards the establishment, and the police is the prime target....

But to throw a petrol bomb on a motorcycle cop who is down on the ground is criminal. Nothing different from what is happening in Libya.

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Bajaj Wave Commercial plus 3 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Bajaj Wave Commercial plus 3 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Video: Bajaj Wave Commercial

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 09:43 PM PST

Video clip
Bajaj logo
One of the very few Bajaj TV commercials which wants to make me throw up.

It's not an ad for their motorcycles, but for one of their small displacement scooters, the Wave.

Wave good-bye!

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Electric Motorcycles: If They Don’t Get You One Way, They’ll Get You Anyway

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 11:12 PM PST

Pothole road
Just when you thought that once you've paid for an expensive electric motorcycle, your financial worries would be brought to a minimum. Just some electric juice...

Wrong! The state of Oregon wants to charge electric motorcycle for each mile you've been riding. They want to use on board GPS technology to record your mileage.

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The Netherlands: Keep The Boycott Of Camping WitterZomer

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 09:30 PM PST

Opinion Article
The Dutch camping WitterZomer near the famous race circuit of Assen (TT Assen MotoGP and WSB) have been a thorn in the sides of all motorcycle riders and organizations. They want to close down the circuit.

last week all groups involved signed an agreement to stop all legal actions and try to work out the issues. All, except one... the camping ground. They want to old track to disappear. But in the mean time, they do want you to visit their camping when there's a race.

So for crying out loud, please to do stay with them ... ever!

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Biker Died 3 Times, 38 Operations, But Still Wants To Ride

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 10:00 PM PST

Gary Brennan Crash
How much do you love your motorcycle? Gary, a grandfather from the UK, had a terrible accident with his Ducati motorcycle.

He died 3 times, but was revived. He had to undergo 38 life saving operations to function normal again. He's in a wheelchair, but he's already thinking about his next motorcycle.

Would you?

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