Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Patent: Increased Pillion Comfort On Motorcycles, I Think plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Patent: Increased Pillion Comfort On Motorcycles, I Think plus 2 more

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Patent: Increased Pillion Comfort On Motorcycles, I Think

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 09:00 AM PDT

Patent Pilion Grab bar
Patent Pilion Grab bar
#Pillion #Patent - I wonder if there is a special school people go to to write up patents? I was reading a patent, number EP 2610148 A1, which has as description:

"A motorcycle (1) includes a rider seat (52), a passenger seat (54), a grab bar (70) having left (74) and right side portions extending rearward from left and right sides of the passenger seat (54), and a coupling portion (90) coupling the left side portion (74) and the right side portion to each other at the rear of the passenger seat (54), and a hip guard (110) disposed between the passenger seat (54) and the coupling portion (90) with respect to a vehicle fore-and-aft direction and coupling the left side portion (74) and the right side portion to each other wherein an upper end (114) of the hip guard (110) is disposed at a position higher than the passenger seat (54) and the coupling portion (90) and an opening is formed between the hip guard (110) and the coupling portion (90) as viewed in plan"...........

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France: Less Car But More Deadly Motorcycle Accidents

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 05:00 AM PDT

France July 2013 Motorcycle Accidents
France flag
#Statistics #Accidents - I am surprised that the French authorities are surprised.... The number of cars and trucks having fatal accidents have decreased last month by 5.7%, a record. But the number of deadly motorcycle accidents has increased between June and July 2013 by 19.3%

As the authorities state, the motorcycle fatal accidents had been decreasing months before that, and now they have started increasing again.

So let me get this straight.... in the winter there were less motorcycle accidents, and in the summer they increased.... hmmmmmmm .... I wonder why?

All these statistics actually mean nothing if you do not have something to compare with, like the number of motorcycles on the road at that time. If only 100 motorcycles are on the road during winter and 50 of them died, that is enormous, with a 50% casualty rate. But if 1,000,000 are on the road and 50 died, it's a small percentage.

But the government will never publish these kind of statistics since then they can not keep the repression going, making a lot of money in the process. So they just try to scare us with one-sided figures.

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Trying To Figure Out This Motorcycle Photo

Posted: 13 Aug 2013 11:00 PM PDT

Dominican Republic Moto taxi
Dominican Republic flag
#Taxi #Photo #Confusing - When I saw this photo I was about to bin it when I suddenly realized that the photo was confusing. According to the text, the photo is that of a motorcycle taxi rider and a passenger with her purchased goods. But look closely at the photo. A left arm is going about the passenger's head, while another left arm is holding a sack. Or is it that there is a third person on the motorcycle?

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