Bikes in the Fast Lane: Patent: Motorcycle Loading Device For Trucks plus 2 more

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• Patent: Motorcycle Loading Device For Trucks
• Ad: Sandiego Motoshow 2012 - Not Macho
• France: Former Prime Minister Hurt In Motorcycle Accident

Patent: Motorcycle Loading Device For Trucks Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:00 AM PDT Sometimes you need to load your motorcycle onto a truck, especially when your bike is broken down. Professionals who make their livelihood transporting motorcycles need an easy way of loading the motorcycle. Trailers are easy, since you can just push up the motorcycle, but if all you've got is a pickup truck, things get more complicated. George Simpson has designed a device that will load a motorcycle onto a truck............ Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Ad: Sandiego Motoshow 2012 - Not Macho Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:00 AM PDT Usually during motorcycle exhibitions, shows and photos, pretty & sexy girls are placed before the motorcycle. Just to dress them (the motorcycle) up, and make them more noticeable. But not in the advertisements for the Sandiego Motoshow 2012..... there it's the other way. The motorcycles are there as the main event, even blocking the view of the pretty girls. And it is Sandiego, not San Diego, since this one is in the Medelin area in Colombia, and it's a shopping center ...

France: Former Prime Minister Hurt In Motorcycle Accident Posted: 30 Jul 2012 11:00 PM PDT The last Prime Minister before the current one, Francois Fillion, is a self-proclaimed petrol head. He loves anything with wheels and an engine, and has been known during his 5 years as Prime Minister under the Nicolas Sarkozy government to head for the races as a spectator. And often enough, not just as a spectator, since he has participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Classic Cars. His love for mechanized wheels is not limited to 4 wheels. He's also into motorcycles and scooters. And it's this passion that has cost him dearly. Last weekend, Francois Fillion spent the weekend with Luca di Montezemolo, president of Ferrari, in Capri, Italy. He went out for a scooter ride, but lost control of his scoot when attempting to hit the brakes too hard. He crashed, and broke his leg, with an open wound...... Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: How To Turn A Moped Into A Motorcycle - Video plus 2 more

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• How To Turn A Moped Into A Motorcycle - Video
• Be Seen, Really Seen, On A Motorcycle
• Dakar 2013: Motorcycles Sold Out

How To Turn A Moped Into A Motorcycle - Video Posted: 30 Jul 2012 09:00 AM PDT It's incredible what some people can do if they put their minds and hands to it..... Somewhere in Turkey, some enterprising lads took a moped, you know - one of those 50cc-2-stroke-pedal-to-go-faster-louder-than-real-bikes vehicles, and turned it into a motorcycle! What they did was bolt on three other 50cc engines, making it a 200cc motorcycle. The job is impressive to say the least. In the video below, you'll see, and more importantly hear, the 4x50cc mopcycle run some static tests, and then some poor fellow, without ATGATT, ride off into the sunset. The sound the engine(s) provide is impressive, as is the speed the thing accelerates. ...

Be Seen, Really Seen, On A Motorcycle Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:00 AM PDT Sometimes you just can't be careful enough when riding your motorcycle, especially at night. We're small in size, compared to trucks and cars, and with only one light in front and back, we can easily be run over by cagers who just don't pay attention. BikeLink hopes to remedy this situation. Through Fundable, a web site like KickStart that allows people to invest in ideas without taking an equity stake, BikeLink wants to turn their safety product into a sellable product. BikeLink is a battery operated collar you place behind your motorcycle helmet. At night time, turn on the BikeLink, and several bright LED lights will start shining...... .....Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Dakar 2013: Motorcycles Sold Out Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:00 PM PDT It might be a worldwide financial crisis for many, but for some passionate racers, it just doesn't matter. In the space of 2 months, the Dakar rally has sold out all its spaces for motorcycles. A total of 305 motorcycles & quads have registered for the race that starts next year in Santiago de Chile. But only 220 of them will actually start on the 5th of January 2013. 10 Latin-Americans, and the rest are motorcycle racers from 51 different nationalities. It's interesting to see so many people want to race in a "dream of a lifetime". Typically, it'll cost some $75,000 to participate, counting your bike, transport, etc. Some people have even mortgaged their house so that they can participate. At this moment I'm still contemplating to attend the mythic event, but it depends on me finding a magazine or newspaper that will help finance the trip (it costs a lot of money as accredited press to attend). We'll see... ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ducati: Read All About It - iPad Version plus 2 more

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• Ducati: Read All About It - iPad Version
• Terracotta Warriors: I Did Not Know They Had Motorcycles In Those Days
• Really, Helmets Work Better Than Umbrellas

Ducati: Read All About It - iPad Version Posted: 27 Jul 2012 09:00 AM PDT Apple's iPad has become a successful publishing platform for newspapers, magazines and books. Many motorcycle magazines have now got an iPad version, and slowly but surely motorcycle manufacturers are starting to get into the game (though I'm still waiting for the manufacturer who releases iPad/Tablet specific motorcycle manuals). Ducati have got an electric magazine, for free, that you can download and read on your iPad. The magazine, also available in print, is called "Ducati The Red Line Magazine". The glossy magazine is full of photos of your beloved motorcycles, but in addition to the print version, this one has videos. This edition you'll find an interview with Troy Bayliss, MotoGP, Superbike and the Diavel........ Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Terracotta Warriors: I Did Not Know They Had Motorcycles In Those Days Posted: 27 Jul 2012 05:00 AM PDT It looks like in the days they made the Terracotta Warriors they already had motorcycles......pretty neat, especially considering they were made in the 3rd century BC... In fact, it's an artist who has made these in recent years, and is exhibiting them on the streets of Xi'an, China. ...

Really, Helmets Work Better Than Umbrellas Posted: 26 Jul 2012 11:00 PM PDT Honest... when riding your motorcycle in the rain, a helmet does wonders, more than an umbrella. God knows how he is managing to keep the umbrella open, and riding at the same time. ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: Review: Screaming Banshee - Super Loud Motorcycle Horn plus 2 more

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• Review: Screaming Banshee - Super Loud Motorcycle Horn
• Living In Your Helmet
• Mario’s Motorcycle Art

Review: Screaming Banshee - Super Loud Motorcycle Horn Posted: 26 Jul 2012 09:00 AM PDT Sometime ago we mentioned this Kickstart project involving the Banshee motorcycle horn. It was the idea of an enterprising person in the USA that wanted to make a proper and safe horn for motorcycles. Motorcycle horns are notorious for being lame; sounding like a duck with a severe cold. The Banshee horn, when pressed normally, would still sound like a duck, but when pressed a bit longer, it would blow the socks off that truck driver moving into your lane because he is busy watching TV while sending a SMS to his girlfriend. The horn also will flash your high beams, so people will also know where the danger is coming from. Great idea. Well, the good new is that the Kickstarter project got fully funded, and the horn is being manufactured and sold. To mark the occasion, Screaming Banshee LLC, the company founded for this horn, sent me a version of their horn to test out........ Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Living In Your Helmet Posted: 26 Jul 2012 05:00 AM PDT Some folks just can't get enough of having their helmet on, and not only when riding a motorcycle. Their love for motorcycle helmets extends to their living quarters. So why not make your house in the shape of a helmet? It's a novel idea, though some houses have been built that closely look like a helmet, they were never meant to be one. Here are two "houses", the first more a shack, the second a pure PhotoChop imagination of a helmet house. Buy why not? It could be an interesting project for an architect. ...

Mario’s Motorcycle Art Posted: 25 Jul 2012 11:00 PM PDT Here's a guy from the Philippines, Mario Mallari Jr, how makes some nice art from scraps of metal. A lot of the art objects are motorcycles, in different shapes and forms. Nice stuff. Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

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