Honda Motorbikes: Bikes in the Fast Lane: Switzerland: 20 Times More Scooters Last 20 Years plus 2 more

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Switzerland: 20 Times More Scooters Last 20 Years plus 2 more

Switzerland: 20 Times More Scooters Last 20 Years
Movier Review: Timerider
Indonesia: Nice Motorcycle Protest - Impressive

Switzerland: 20 Times More Scooters Last 20 Years

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:00 AM PST

These are pretty amazing statistics coming from the Swiss Federal Office of Statistics (OFS). Overall in 2010, there were 5.36 million vehicles circulating in Switzerland, of which 12% were motorcycles.

In the last 20 years, the number of motorcycle doubled, from 299,264 to 651,252 in 2010, but it's the number of scooters that blows your mind (well, at least it did mine). In the last 20 years, the number of scooters was multiplied by a factor of 20, representing 37% of the motorcycle park.

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Movier Review: Timerider

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:00 AM PST

Review of the movie entitled "Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann", an honest-to-God Biker/Sci-Fi/Western movie. It's original, and reasonably good.

Image you are sent back into time, to the good old Western days, and all you have is your motocross motorcycle. That'll be fun...

All the usual suspects for a Western movie are there...

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