Friday, April 29, 2011

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Stores - 29 April 2011 plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Stores - 29 April 2011 plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Top Internet Stores - 29 April 2011

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 09:00 AM PDT

Top Weekly Web Article
Here are some of the motorcycle related articles you may have missed over the last few days on the internet.

- 2012 BMW K 1600 GT and GTL Review: Meet The New Boss (About Motorcycles)
- Do Harley Davidson And Apple Computer Have Something In Common (The Kneeslider)
- Drinking And Riding Is A Good Thing To Do (US Rider News)
- How To Ride A Motorcycle Taxi In Thailand Safely (Tasty Thailand)

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Biggest Kawasaki Motorcycle Ever

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:00 AM PDT

Kawasaki Balloon
Kawasaki logo
A Kawasaki motorcycle 23 times bigger than a normal Ninja.....

Not very fast, in fact very slow, but economical, and can wheellie with no problems. It's a hot-air balloon used in the UK for special motorcycle events like the SuperBike series last year.

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Nigeria: Even Police Motorcycles Need To Queue Up For Fuel

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 11:00 PM PDT

Nigeria Police Fuel Queue
Even the local cops need to spend a long time waiting to fill up their motorcycles in Nigeria, a country where petrol is produced.

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Honda CBR250R Introduction plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Honda CBR250R Introduction plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Video: Honda CBR250R Introduction

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:47 AM PDT

Video clip
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Nice, but very unimaginative launch video of the new Honda CBR250R motorcycle.

One nice moment (when the motorcycle blasts past the sportscar). Clip was used for their launch in India.

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TomTom GPS Data Used By Police

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 05:00 AM PDT

3D GPS
Looks like it's going back to good old maps. It looks apparent that the data TomTom GPSs collect anonymous from their motorcycle and car GPSs are not only used by traffic planners.

Apparently the police uses them to find out where people are speeding so that they can place speed radar cameras along those roads.

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Video: Yamaha Motorcycles Makes Grown Bikers Cry

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:00 PM PDT

Video clip
Yamaha logo
In an obvious dig at Harley-Davidson, here's a Yamaha Motorcycle TV advertisement that will make grown men cry..... or at least that is what the ad will make you think.

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Honda Looking At Airbags For Their Motorcycles plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Honda Looking At Airbags For Their Motorcycles plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Honda Looking At Airbags For Their Motorcycles

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 09:00 AM PDT

Honda Airbag Patent
Honda logo
According to a recent patent filing, Honda is looking at providing airbags for most of its motorcycles.

Looks like Honda wasn't as crazy as we thought when the opted for airbags for their Gold Wing.

But will it work? Will people flock top buy Honda motorcycle because of its airbags?

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Cyril Despres Moves Slowly To The Dark Side Of Racing

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:00 AM PDT

Cyril Despres Corvette
Multiple Dakar winner, Cyril Despres, looks like is getting ready to trade in his KTM motorcycle for a car. He's not the only one, since other Dakar legends did similar, and went on to win the Dakar in a car.

But in the mean time, Despres tried his luck racing a Corvette. So far, he's still planning to race a motorcycle in the 20122 Dakar, but what about 2013?

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Finally A Road Sign Acknowledging Motorcycles

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 06:25 AM PDT

Exciting Vehicles
It took a while, but finally they made a road sign, in our favor, that acknowledges motorcycles.

We all know that our motorcycles are far more exciting than cages, or is it "exiting"?

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ads: Yamaha And The Jungle plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ads: Yamaha And The Jungle plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Ads: Yamaha And The Jungle

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 06:33 AM PDT

Ad Yamaha Gorilla Jungle Costa Rica
Yamaha logo
At first glance these ads didn't do it for me. They looked lame until you read the text and look at the photo. Then I got it....in fact, I recognized two of the characters...

The three advertisements are for Yamaha Costa Rica

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Honda Gold Wing To Go Hybrid?

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 05:00 AM PDT

Honda Gold Wing Hybrid
Honda logo
Honda has filed a patent for a hybrid motorcycle.

A closer look at the patent, and it's obvious that the motorcycle in question is the Gold Wing.

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Sebastian Vettel, Current F1 World Champ Goes Motorcycle

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 11:00 PM PDT

Sebastian Vettel Marcus Walz Motorcycle
The need for speed lives in any Formula One car racer, and probably double so for World Champions.

Schumaker loves racing motorcycles, Kimi Raikonnen has a bad-ass chopper, and now current World Champion F1 Sebastian Vettel has ordered a chopper from the same designer for Kimi's chopper, Marcus Walz.

What is it that attracts F1 racers to the world of motorcycles?

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