Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Three Ships Whiskey and Royal Enfield Motorcycles plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Three Ships Whiskey and Royal Enfield Motorcycles plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Video: Three Ships Whiskey and Royal Enfield Motorcycles

Posted: 19 Oct 2011 09:00 AM PDT

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This is a nice and smooth (no pun intended) TV commercial for the South African Three Ships Whiskey. It's a narrative advertisement (ie someone is talking over the ad), featuring prominently three Royal Enfield motorcycles traveling round the world.

It has some very nice images with the three motorcycles. Makes you thirsty .... for a ride.

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European Motorcyclists Say NO To Mandatory Technical Inspections

Posted: 19 Oct 2011 05:00 AM PDT

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FEMA has handed over a petition with 110,000 signatures to try to stop the mandatory technical inspections on motorcycles.

Statistics show that only 0.3% of all accidents is due to technical failure, so it makes no sense, and will cost the motorcycle owner money.

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Yet Another Motorcycle Cop Crashes During POTUS Escort Duty

Posted: 18 Oct 2011 11:00 PM PDT

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Something is very wrong with this picture, and I don't mean the photo below, but if you see it, and look at the ones in the related articles, it's a very worrying trend.... motorcycle cops crashing during escort duty for the President Of The United States.

I wonder why so many crash. Is it bad training, or big demands on the job, faulty equipment, bad communication, or all of the above? Let's face it, it couldn't have been speed, since he was escorting the Presidential bus....

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