Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Stories - 23 November 2012 plus 2 more

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• Top Internet Stories - 23 November 2012
• Clover’s New Airbag Motorcycle Jacket
• France: French Federation of Angry Bikers Against Armbands

Top Internet Stories - 23 November 2012 Posted: 23 Nov 2012 08:00 AM PST Another week has flown by and we are now into the real start of winter, although it's still fall. Cold and wet over here. Let's hope you had a great shopping Black Friday. Here's some of the news I've read that might interest you. - Wanting, Hoping, Praying Hayabusa (Asphalt And Rubber) - Missing Hand Doesn Stop Motorcycling Passion (Ultimate Motorcycling) - Motorcycle Quotations And Sayings (Motorcycle Blog From Jafrum) ...

Clover’s New Airbag Motorcycle Jacket Posted: 23 Nov 2012 04:00 AM PST Italian motorcycle clothing company Clover have released an all-purpose all-season motorcycle jacket with an incorporated airbag. Called Crossover Airbag, the new jacket is made out of Duratek 7 and it's rain proof. To further protect you from water, inside there's a waterproof membrane. The airbag in the Clover Crossover jacket can be optional, i.e., you can order it without an airbag. The airbag deploys in 0.08 seconds which is very fast, and it's fully integrated inside the jacket itself. According to the commercial blurb from Clover, it's the first true 3 layer jacket with a homologated airbag........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

France: French Federation of Angry Bikers Against Armbands Posted: 22 Nov 2012 10:00 PM PST Since the French government has decided that for our own interest and safety they want all motorcycle riders, including foreign registered ones, to wear a high visibility armband, the French Federation of Angry Bikers (FFMC) has been strongly opposed. It's a moronic law which serves no one apart from maybe the manufacturers of the armband. Apart from a couple of advertisements in the newspapers opposing the new law (which comes into effect January 1st, 2013), and a bunch of protest rides, the FFMC have been peppering pubic places with armbands. Here are a few photos of statues and landmarks that have received the FFMC's "touch". ...

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