Bikes in the Fast Lane: When You Start Seeing Pink Fairies On Motorcycles, STOP plus 3 more

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• When You Start Seeing Pink Fairies On Motorcycles, STOP
• Xmas2011: Ugly Goggles
• France: Campaign Against Souping Up Mopeds
• Xmas2011: iPhone Motorcycle Case

When You Start Seeing Pink Fairies On Motorcycles, STOP Posted: 15 Dec 2011 08:00 AM PST If you're out riding your motorcycle, and start seeing pink fairies on their scooters, better stop. ... .. you're either very tired, or drunk. ...

Xmas2011: Ugly Goggles Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:00 AM PST Sometimes ugly can be pretty, or at the very least, useful. This is a case of ugly but useful. The Ugly Goggles are incredibly ugly, but one thing is for sure; they'll hold the wind from your eyes. The goggles are foam lined, so soft for your face, and they have air vents preventing the goggle from fogging up. ...

France: Campaign Against Souping Up Mopeds Posted: 15 Dec 2011 04:00 AM PST If there's one thing that bothers the daylights out of me are teenagers racing around on souped up mopeds. Many are 2-strokes, with their exhaust removed, and they race around town and villages, often with their helmets loose on their heads. ... and the noise is ear splitting. Many of these kids get involved in accidents, often with terrible life-long consequences. Mopeds are limited in horsepower and speed, but what the teenagers do is modify the engine to give them more speed. The first thing they do is remove the exhaust, often put in a bigger carburetor, and the more mechanically inclined, rebuild the engine. According to the statistics from the French government, 37 teenagers are involved in bad accidents daily. On top of that, they not only face a fine of €135, but in case of an accident, the insurance will not pay up if the moped has been modified. So the parents are out of pocket, often for a lifetime. To try to change their mindsets, the government had recently launched a publicity campaign. The photo below is exactly the way these kids ride their mopeds, trying to keep down wind resistance. ...

Xmas2011: iPhone Motorcycle Case Posted: 14 Dec 2011 10:00 PM PST Got an Apple iPhone 4 or 4S? You lucky devil....! As you know, it's better to protect your expensive mobile phone, and especially to prevent antenna reception problems, you'll need to put a case over the phone. This bumper case specially made for the iPhone 4 and 4S is decorated with a motorcycle on the back. What more do you want? ...

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