Friday, February 27, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 27 February 2015 plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 27 February 2015 plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 27 February 2015

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 08:00 AM PST

Top Weekly Web Article
Slowly but surely edging towards spring, but too slow for my taste. Still bloody cold and wet riding. But at least it gives me time to read motorcycle related articles on the internet. Here are a few I have been reading over the last week that you may have missed.

- Buffett Buys Biker Company (CNN Money)
- Alpinestars Logan Motorbike Jacket Review (The Telegraph)
- Intense Tech Turns Motorcycles Superbikes (Wired)
- Why Is Suzuki Helping Fund This Chinese Ducati Knockoff? (.Jalopnik Lanesplitter)
- Meet the Eccentric Riders of ShanghaiĆ¢€™s Motorcycle Sidecar Subculture (Wired)

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Review: 2015 Piaggio MP3 500 ABS ASR - The Ultimate Evolution?

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST

Review 2015 Piaggio MP3 500
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#Review #Piaggio #MP3 - A detailed review from a top French web site of the 2015 Piaggio MP3 500 ABS ASR - The Ultimate Evolution?

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BMW To Make Motorcycle For New Star Wars Movie?

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 10:00 PM PST

2 Legged BMW
#Funny #BMW #StarWars - From this photo it looks like BMW might just be making the motorcycles to be used in the new Star Wars. And if they aren't, they should....

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Your Hood Is Not A Race Circuit plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Your Hood Is Not A Race Circuit plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Video: Your Hood Is Not A Race Circuit

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 08:00 AM PST

Video Your Hood Is Not A Circuit
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#France #Safety #Ghetto - In French low-income housing projects, like anywhere else in the world, kids are bored and do dangerous things, like racing motorcycles in the streets. One city in France attacked the problem by asking the kids themselves to make a video for their own safety. The result is actually quite good and clear.

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Honda’s New and Beautiful Scrambler

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST

Honda CB1100 CBO Scrambler
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#Honda #Scrambler - Is this Honda's new Scrambler? Is Honda jumping on the Scrambler retro bandwagon?

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France: Fight The Paris Old Motorcycle Ban - Sign The Petition

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 10:00 PM PST

FFMC Paris Ban Petition
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#FFMC #Ban #Petition - The French Federation of Angry Bikers (FFMC) has put up a petition against the ban of old motorcycles to access Paris. Three fields to enter, 10 second of work. Please sign and pass to as many people as you can. Thank you.

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Eyal Melnick Electric Supermoto Concept plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Eyal Melnick Electric Supermoto Concept plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Eyal Melnick Electric Supermoto Concept

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 08:00 AM PST

Melnick Electric Supermoto Concept
Melnick Electric Supermoto Concept
#Electric #Supermoto - Here is an interesting design study, a concept for an electric supermoto. As motorcycles go, this one looks nice and has a nice design feature.

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France: Now They Want To Make Mandatory Dorsal Armor and Gloves

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST

Total ATGATT
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#France #Politics #NannyState - Now another group of politicians in France, the opposition party (UMP), want the spot light, and to hell with the consequences. They have proposed a new law that will make it mandatory for all motorcycle riders and their pillions to wear gloves and have dorsal protection.

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Spain: All Radars Will Be Visible and Announced

Posted: 24 Feb 2015 10:00 PM PST

Spanish Radar matador
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#Spain #Radars - Spain is acting responsibly not like some other European countries. They really want to reduce road fatalities, so they are now going to make sure all radars, fixed and mobile, are very visible on the road, and they will even announce where there are. Even mobile check points. Great move.

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ads: Mercedes Got Motorcycles Covered - Nice Ad plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ads: Mercedes Got Motorcycles Covered - Nice Ad plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Ads: Mercedes Got Motorcycles Covered - Nice Ad

Posted: 24 Feb 2015 08:00 AM PST

Ad Mercedes Benz Van Rear Mirror
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#Mercedes-Benz #Advertisement #Blindspot - Nice and well done advertisement from Mercedes-Benz, who are claiming that their blind spot monitoring system will 'see' motorcycles. Therefore safer for us. Well done ad.

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France: Now The Red Light Radars Are Going To Check Your Speed

Posted: 24 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST

Red Light Camera France
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#France #RedLightCameras - France is looking at supplementing their meager income by adding speed radars to the already existing red light cameras. This way they'll get you one way or another, and hopefully (for the government) both.

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Meanwhile, At The Biker Bar In Florida

Posted: 23 Feb 2015 10:00 PM PST

Florida Biker Bar
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#USA #Florida #BikerBar - Here is a 'biker bar' in Florida. I wonder if this is where I will end up?

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Monday, February 23, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Optimate For Lithium Motorcycle Batteries plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Optimate For Lithium Motorcycle Batteries plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Optimate For Lithium Motorcycle Batteries

Posted: 23 Feb 2015 08:00 AM PST

Optimate Lithium
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#Optimate #BatteryChargers #Lithium - Lithium motorcycle batteries have many advantages over lead-based ones, but they are fragile (and expensive), so you really need to take care of them. Optimate has many solutions for maintaining all sorts of motorcycle batteries, and now they have a full and automatic system for Lithium-Ion ones, the Optimate Lithium 0.8A.

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Patent: Fingerprint Locking Device for Motorcycles

Posted: 23 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST

Patent Fingerprint Locking Device
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#China #Patents #FingerprintReader - Nice idea for a patent. A Chinese guy patented a device that placed on your motorcycle will read your fingerprint before starting the motorcycle. Cool way to prevent bike theft, but scary if you live in a country where a life, or in this case a hand or finger, means nothing to thieves.

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The Only Merciful Thing To Do With This Horse Is Put It Down

Posted: 22 Feb 2015 10:00 PM PST

Iron Horse Down
#Horse #Funny - Poor horse. The only merciful thing you can do is put it out of its misery. Poor horse.

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Friday, February 20, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 20 February 2015 plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 20 February 2015 plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 20 February 2015

Posted: 20 Feb 2015 08:00 AM PST

Top Weekly Web Article
Who is ready for spring? I know I am. Although weather has been mild, and had a few opportunities to go on assignment on the motorcycle, I prefer to have some heat in my bones. But one thing is sure ... there are a lot of interesting motorcycle articles appearing over the last week. Here are some you may have missed.

- What If Motorcycles Didnt Exist? (Motorcycle Central)
- KTM 1290 Super Adventure Review (The Telegraph)
- Good news (?): marijuana doesn't increase the likelihood of car crashes (La Times)
- Motorcycle tips from an award-winning NCO (Army Times)
- First ride review and video: 2015 Zero SR (Gizmag)
- This big, blacked-out motorcycle is a ferocious road warrior (Business Insider)

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Patent: Use Your Motorcycle Jacket To Jump Start Your Battery

Posted: 20 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST

Patent Solar Powered Motorcycle jacket
#Patents #SolarPoweredjacket - What an idea! Someone patented a motorcycle jacket with solar panels that store up the energy to ... wait for it..... jump start your battery. Something wrong with this picture.

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Video: Would You Pass With Your Motorcycle?

Posted: 19 Feb 2015 10:00 PM PST

Is it Going To Or Not
#Video #PassOrNot - When you are in such a situation as in the video below, do you still pass, or just wait for the inevitable to happen?

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: USA: Motorcycle Simulator For A Good Cause plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: USA: Motorcycle Simulator For A Good Cause plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

USA: Motorcycle Simulator For A Good Cause

Posted: 19 Feb 2015 08:00 AM PST

Motorcycle Therapy
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#Vets #MotorcycleTherapy - Here is a deserving cause looking for funding. Motorcycle Therapy is an organization putting motorcycle simulators in VA hospitals, giving their patients a virtual motorcycle ride. Cool or what?

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Review: 2015 Kawasaki Vulcan S 650 - The Custom For Everybody

Posted: 19 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST

Review 2015 Kawasaki Vulcan S 650
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#Review #Kawasaki - A detailed review from a top French web site of the 2015 Kawasaki Vulcan S 650 - The Custom For Everybody

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France: Nice Anti Drinking and Driving Campaign

Posted: 18 Feb 2015 10:00 PM PST

French Anti Alcohol Campaign
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#France #DUICampaign - Here is an advertisement which was published some time ago in France for an "anti drinking & driving" campaign.

It's a good image. I translated the text from French on the image. Not bad??

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Spidi: New Motorcycle Adventure Touring Jacket - X Tour H2Out plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Spidi: New Motorcycle Adventure Touring Jacket - X Tour H2Out plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Spidi: New Motorcycle Adventure Touring Jacket - X Tour H2Out

Posted: 18 Feb 2015 08:00 AM PST

Spidi X Tour H2Out
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#Spidi #TouringJacket - Spidi's new adventure/touring jacket, the X Tour H2Out jacket looks like a winner, even facing strong competition from BMW and KTM adventure jackets.

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France: Unique Dimension For Motorcycle License Plates

Posted: 18 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST

Motorcycle Protest Rouen 2012
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#France #LicensePlates #Politicians - Politicians need to make new laws if not they are out of a job. The latest 'law' in France is that motorcycle license plates need to be uniform, a single dimension (not 2 or 3 as currently the case). Law started on February 18th, but garages can use old plates until 30th of June, and old motorcycles don't have to change. FTW? Why bother?

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Okay, From Which Planet Is This Police Motorcycle?

Posted: 17 Feb 2015 10:00 PM PST

Alien Police Motorcycle
click to see where USA is on the map
#Police #Sci-Fi - Have any alien race invaded us, and are their police force using their own motorcycles? Just look at those Gatling guns in the front...

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