Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 29 August 2014 plus 2 more

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• Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 29 August 2014
• Switzerland: Motorway Wrong Direction Radar
• Belgium: Old Motorcycle Safety Campaign - Still Very Good

Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 29 August 2014 Posted: 29 Aug 2014 09:00 AM PDT Last few days of a very cold and wet August. Let's hope and pray for an Indian summer to save some of the riding season. But as usual there have been a few good and interesting motorcycle stories appearing on the internet over the last seven days, which you may have missed. So here they are - Khardung La - Almost (Tiffany Coates Travels The World) - Motorcycle Pants I Actually We (BoingBoing) - Brookfield Harley Lover Is 100 And Still Biking B99339123Z1 272813261 (Brookfield NOW) - Filipino Motorcycle Tandem Assassins: A Rapidly Growing National Cancer (Get Real Philippines) ...

Switzerland: Motorway Wrong Direction Radar Posted: 29 Aug 2014 05:00 AM PDT #Switzerland #WrongWayYouSucker - The Swiss are experimenting with a wrong-way radar, hoping to quickly stop cars from going on a motorway in the wrong direction. ...

Belgium: Old Motorcycle Safety Campaign - Still Very Good Posted: 28 Aug 2014 11:00 PM PDT #Belgium #Safety #Advertisements - Here is a look at an 'older' motorcycle safety campaign from Belgium (dating back to 2009). I had already shown the video PSA? but here are the two print ads that came with it. Quite good. ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: Idea: Keyless Padlock For Your Motorcycle - Noke plus 2 more

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• Idea: Keyless Padlock For Your Motorcycle - Noke
• Givi: Low Cost Flip-Up Motorcycle Helmet - X.14 Shift
• Malaysia: They Too Have A Share-A-Motorcycle Day

Idea: Keyless Padlock For Your Motorcycle - Noke Posted: 28 Aug 2014 09:00 AM PDT #Ideas #Padlocks #Kickstarter - Here is a very, very, nice crowd-funding project (that is more than fully funded) called Noke. Noke is a solid, well designed (even pretty), sleek padlock that has no key. Press the padlock's shackle, it sends a wireless message to your smartphone that then unlocks the padlock immediately. There's even a smart system in case your smartphone runs out of battery. ...

Givi: Low Cost Flip-Up Motorcycle Helmet - X.14 Shift Posted: 28 Aug 2014 05:00 AM PDT #Givi #LowCost #Cheap - Givi have recently released a low cost, if not cheap, modular (flip-up) helmet. But it has only been certified to work when it's closed. But I've seen it going for €116... not bad price). ...

Malaysia: They Too Have A Share-A-Motorcycle Day Posted: 27 Aug 2014 11:00 PM PDT #Malaysia #IndependenceDay #Stunts - It looks like India is not the only country that has a "Share-A-Motorcycle" day. Here is the same program in Malaysia, where the cram 31 riders on the same motorcycle. Talk about sharing.... ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: An Ultralight Trailer For Behind Motorcycles plus 2 more

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• An Ultralight Trailer For Behind Motorcycles
• USA: Scary! Lawnmower Crashes Into Motorcyclists
• What Motorcyclists Had To Do Before The Mobile Phone

An Ultralight Trailer For Behind Motorcycles Posted: 27 Aug 2014 09:00 AM PDT #Trailering #Camping - Towing a trailer behind your motorcycle is a possibility, but only for a few powerful motorcycles. But it doesn't need to be with this very, very, light trailer. Only weighing 125 kgs, almost any motorcycle or scooter can tow it. From SylvanSport, it's called the Go-Easy. ...

USA: Scary! Lawnmower Crashes Into Motorcyclists Posted: 27 Aug 2014 05:00 AM PDT #USA #LawnmowersAreDangerousForMotorcycles - How scary is that? Imagine being hit by a lawnmower while riding the highway on your motorcycle. Super scary. ...

What Motorcyclists Had To Do Before The Mobile Phone Posted: 26 Aug 2014 11:00 PM PDT #Funny #MobilePhones #ThingsHaveChanged - Remember the days before we had mobile phones? Nowadays if you want to make a phone call while riding your motorcycle, you stop, grab your mobile phone and make the call now matter where you are. Even better, if you have one of those Bluetooth communicators, you can call while riding (although not recommended). But this was the way we had to make calls before they invented the mobile phone.... things have changed. ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ad: Harley-Davidson, Trade In, Trade Up plus 2 more

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• Ad: Harley-Davidson, Trade In, Trade Up
• Study: Electric Motorcycles To Grow To 55 Million By 2023
• Is This The Ultimate Squid?

Ad: Harley-Davidson, Trade In, Trade Up Posted: 26 Aug 2014 09:00 AM PDT #Advertisement #Harley-Davidson #TradeIn - I haven't been a great fan of Harley-Davidson advertisements. They have been too much in my face, too weird and from a different culture. But this advertisement is one of the exceptions on the rule. ...

Study: Electric Motorcycles To Grow To 55 Million By 2023 Posted: 26 Aug 2014 05:00 AM PDT #Research #Electric #eMotorcycles - An extensive research by Navigant Research is showing that the electric motorcycles and scooters sales will have reached 55 million by the year 2023. But what does that mean? ...

Is This The Ultimate Squid? Posted: 25 Aug 2014 11:00 PM PDT #Squid #PhoningWhileDrivingIsStupid - What do you think? Is this the ultimate squid? Wheelie on a public street. No gear whatsoever? Phoning while riding? ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: 21 Photos Of Motorcycles Carrying Everything But The Sink - Part 6 plus 2 more

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• 21 Photos Of Motorcycles Carrying Everything But The Sink - Part 6
• Idea: A See-Through Motorcycle Helmet
• Video: First Ever Gyrocam On A Stunt Motorcycle

21 Photos Of Motorcycles Carrying Everything But The Sink - Part 6 Posted: 25 Aug 2014 09:00 AM PDT #Cargo #Crazy #Funny - Back to being amazed. This is part 6 of a series of photos of motorcycle and scooters carrying anything you can imagine. These bikes are truly versatile, and can carry the craziest things you can image. Some of them are pretty cruel considering they are transporting live animals (just look at the first one), but that's life. ...

Idea: A See-Through Motorcycle Helmet Posted: 25 Aug 2014 05:00 AM PDT #Design #Helmets - A new and quite interesting design of a motorcycle helmet that should make riding in the rain easier and better, and more important, safer. It's a design project, but who knows, maybe it will become a reality. ...

Video: First Ever Gyrocam On A Stunt Motorcycle Posted: 24 Aug 2014 11:00 PM PDT #Gyrocam #Stunts - Gyrocams are great in MotoGP races, since you really get the feel of the bike's angles. But Hungarian stuntman Palatinus Attila decided to mount one on his stuntbike and make a really cool video. have a look how impressive this is. ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 22 August 2014 plus 2 more

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• Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 22 August 2014
• Patents: Chinese Guy Invents Motorcycle Handlebar - Adjustable
• Indonesia: No, That Is Not What You Do When You Lose An Election

Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 22 August 2014 Posted: 22 Aug 2014 09:00 AM PDT Is summer over already? it sure looks like it over here in Europe. Rain, cold, even sleet. It has not been that good, but still managed to get a few miles on my motorcycle, and to read a few interesting motorcycle-related articles over the week. Here are some that you may have missed. - How Electric Power Can Make You Faster - New Tech (Motorcyclist) - Ladies in Ladakh - The Reconnaisance (7 articles) (Tiffany Coates Travels The World) - Deer Strategies for Riders (Scooter In The Sticks) - Kevin Ash Scholarship For Bike Journalists Of The Future (The Telegraph) ...

Patents: Chinese Guy Invents Motorcycle Handlebar - Adjustable Posted: 22 Aug 2014 05:00 AM PDT #Patent #Handlebars #Adjustable - Here is a Chinese patent for an interesting development - height adjustable handlebars. Motorcycle handlebars are built to the average person, 1 meter 70, so if you are bigger or smaller, you are out of luck. But maybe this patent will solve it. ...

Indonesia: No, That Is Not What You Do When You Lose An Election Posted: 21 Aug 2014 11:00 PM PDT #Indonesia #Elections #Vandals - Sorry, no matter what happened, no matter what the results, when elections are lost, you don't take it out on poor innocent motorcycles. That's criminal. ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ride Your Motorcycle Wearing A Panama Hat - Cool plus 2 more

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• Ride Your Motorcycle Wearing A Panama Hat - Cool
• Europe: Week Long Police Checks Finds A Lot Of Drunk Drivers
• Does This Look Like Your Morning Motorcycle Commute?

Ride Your Motorcycle Wearing A Panama Hat - Cool Posted: 21 Aug 2014 09:00 AM PDT #TucanoUrbano #Liner #Helmets - Tucano Urbano has some radically rad gear for motorcycle riders, and this one is no different. It's called Panama, like the famous hat, and it gives your head more air in your helmet, keeping it cool and without sweat, and prevents static electricity from messing up your hairdo. ...

Europe: Week Long Police Checks Finds A Lot Of Drunk Drivers Posted: 21 Aug 2014 05:00 AM PDT #Europe #DUI #Police - The European police in 30 countries made a concerted effort to check for DUI during one week, and their haul was massive. There are a lot of drunk drivers in Europe. ...

Does This Look Like Your Morning Motorcycle Commute? Posted: 20 Aug 2014 11:00 PM PDT #Indonesia #TrafficJams - Is this what your morning motorcycle commute looks like? I don't think so, unless you live in Indonesia. If even motorcycles are jammed up like that.... ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: India: $2.3 BILLION Incentive Program For Electric Motorcycles plus 2 more

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• India: $2.3 BILLION Incentive Program For Electric Motorcycles
• New Luxury Motorcycle - The Midual Type 1
• Pakistan: Somehow I Do Not Think This Is A Purposely Wheelie

India: $2.3 BILLION Incentive Program For Electric Motorcycles Posted: 20 Aug 2014 09:00 AM PDT #India #Electric - The Government in India has the foresight of pumping in $2.3 BILLION for an incentive plan to get people to buy 6 to 7 MILLION electric motorcycles and scooters by the year 2020 and to put a national charging station infrastructure in place. Great idea, can we have that too please? ...

New Luxury Motorcycle - The Midual Type 1 Posted: 20 Aug 2014 05:00 AM PDT #Midual #Luxury - A new luxury motorcycle has been presented. Coming from France, country of many famous luxury brands, the Midual Type 1 is a beauty, and it's expensive. How much? If you gotta ask, forget about it (pssst... it's €140.000). ...

Pakistan: Somehow I Do Not Think This Is A Purposely Wheelie Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:00 PM PDT #Pakistan #Rickshaw #Wheelie - The caption below says a wheelie for the rickshaw, but if you look at the number of people inside the motorcycle, I don't think the rider was trying for a wheelie... it just happened. ...

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