Thursday, April 30, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Idea: Magnet Motor - Unlimited Power For Free - Life Is Great plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Idea: Magnet Motor - Unlimited Power For Free - Life Is Great plus 2 more

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Idea: Magnet Motor - Unlimited Power For Free - Life Is Great

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Idea Magnet Motor
Hungary flag
#Hungary #IndieGoGo #PerpetualMotionMachinesDoNotWork - Here is a guy from Hungary who has developed a top secret project that will supply the world with free energy, and permit electric motorcycle from running forever and forever; introducing the magnet motor. 100 bucks and you can ride forever.

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Review: 2015 Honda SH 125i - The City Scooter

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Review 2015 Honda SH 125i
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#Review #Honda #SH125i - A detailed, translated, review from a top French web site of the 2015 Honda SH 125i - The City Scooter

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Ride Sharing Becomes More Popular

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Motorcycle Ride Sharing
#Funny #RideSharing - It looks like sharing your motorcycle or scooter's ride is becoming more and more popular. I guess it's a question of economics: if you can have several riding on your bike, it saves in petrol money.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Zaeta Motorcycles Comes To North America - Bikers Rejoice plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Zaeta Motorcycles Comes To North America - Bikers Rejoice plus 2 more

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Zaeta Motorcycles Comes To North America - Bikers Rejoice

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Zaeta SE530
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#Zaeta #FlatTrack - You may never have heard of the motorcycle manufacturer Zaeta, but it's Italian, great at flat track and it's part designer is none other than Valentino Rossi's father. That's because the bike is used to train MotoGP (and other motorcycle racers) to slide into the curves. And now you can buy a street version of the bike, and you can do that even if you live in North America.

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Review: Aprilia RSV4 RR & RF - The Absolute Diva

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Review Aprilia RSV4 RR RF
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#Review #Aprilia - A detailed, translated, review from a top French web site of the Aprilia RSV4 RR & RF - The Absolute Diva

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Vietnam Produces 500,000th Vespa Scooter

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Hanoi Vietnam Vespa Factory
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#Vespa #Vietnam - These are staggering numbers if you compare the output of European motorcycle manufacturers. Since 2009, 500,000 Vespa scooters have been made in one factory located in Hanoi, Vietnam. Remember, this is not for the world, but the output for Asia. Amazing numbers.

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Yamaha FZS Motorcycle TV Commercial From India plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Yamaha FZS Motorcycle TV Commercial From India plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Video: Yamaha FZS Motorcycle TV Commercial From India

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Yamaha FZS India 2013
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#Yamaha #India - Yamaha sell their bikes everywhere in the world, and one major market is India. Here is a TV commercial that has an interesting saying. Have a look (and a listen).

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Read Old AMA American Motorcyclist Magazines For Free

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 05:00 AM PDT

American Motorcyclist Magazine 1955
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#AMA #Magazines - Google has been scanning books and also magazines for quite some time now. One of the magazines it has scanned is AMA's American Motorcyclist, and you can read back issues for free. The issues start in January 1955 and it's quite fun to see how things have evolved (and how some never have).

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Philippines: Only Close Relatives May Ride Pillion On Motorcycles

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Monkey Pillion
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#Philippines #Pillion - Imagine that! In The Philippines, in some parts you are only allowed to ride as a pillion if you are a first degree relative. All others can be thrown in prison. And this to reduce crime. Crazy politicians.

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Monday, April 27, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: 12 Photos of Totally Destroyed, Bombed or Burned Motorcycles - Part 10 plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: 12 Photos of Totally Destroyed, Bombed or Burned Motorcycles - Part 10 plus 2 more

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12 Photos of Totally Destroyed, Bombed or Burned Motorcycles - Part 10

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Blown Up Motorcycle Nepal
Blown Up Motorcycle Nepal
#Bombs #Destroyed - Here we go again. Part 10 of our series "How cruel mankind can be towards poor harmless motorcycles". What has a motorcycle ever done to you to deserve to be mangled, blown up, set on fire or just totally destroyed.

12 photos of horribly mangled motorcycles, some of them you just can not recognize as being once upon a time a noble motorcycle.

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Review: 2015 MV Agusta Turismo Veloce 800 - The High-speed Train According to MV Agusta

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Review 2015 MV Agusta Turismo Veloce 800
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#Review #MVAgusta - A detailed translated review from a top French web site of the 2015 MV Agusta Turismo Veloce 800 - The High-speed Train According to MV Agusta

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Even Superheros Need To Get Around On A Motorcycle

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Super Heroes On Motorcycle
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#SuperHero #DCComics - You may be able to fly to other planets, jump over skyscrapers in one jump, climb tall building with your hands, but to get around town, you need a motorcycle. Even superheros....

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Friday, April 24, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 24 April 2015 plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 24 April 2015 plus 2 more

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Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 24 April 2015

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Top Weekly Web Article
With a lot of travelling and when at home, lots of work being done on our new home, I barely have time to look at the motorcycle, let alone ride it. It looks so lonely out there in the garage, and that while the riding weather is near perfect. But sitting in trains, planes and automobiles gives me the chance to catch up on my reading. Here are a few interesting articles that you may have missed over the last week.

- 2015 Argentina MotoGP Post-Race Round Up: On Rossi Vs Marquez, And Why You Shouldn't Believe The Pundits (Motomatters)
- 10 Must Have Motorcycle Accessories (Motorcycle Central)
- Tucano Urbano Giacca Trip jacket review (Overland Magazine)
- Would Warren Buffett Consider Acquiring Harley Davidson (24/7 Wall Street)

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French National Police - Results Of Airbag Vest For Motorcycle Cops

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 05:00 AM PDT

French National Police Airbag Vests
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#France #NationalPolice #AirbagVests - The French motorcycle police undergoes a gruelling and very difficult training. The National Police training center has adopted airbag vests for the trainees, and since they have had them, they have not had any serious injuries. On average, one airbag vest gets deployed EVERY DAY!

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Not Much Use On A Motorcycle

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Not much use
#Funny #Misplaced - That serves very little purpose on a motorcycle, does it? As decoration, or for electric motorcycles - maybe. But it is funny.

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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Review: 2015 Yamaha R3 - Double Game plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Review: 2015 Yamaha R3 - Double Game plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Review: 2015 Yamaha R3 - Double Game

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Review 2015 Yamaha R3
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#Review #Yamaha - A detailed and translated review from a top French web site of the 2015 Yamaha R3 - Double Game

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Two Deserving Crowd-Funding Project: Hues of my Vision and MotoMatters

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Hues of my Vision
MotoMatters GoFundMe
#Crowd-Funding #GreatProjects - Lots of crowd-funding projects out there, but few are deserving. But now we have two that merit at the least your attention, and at best, your money: 1. Hues of my Vision is a coffee table book of Ara and Spirit who have been riding their motorcycle sidecar for 9 years through every corner of the USA. This is a volume buying deal to make the book price affordable. 2. MotoMatters is the top MotoGP/World Superbike web site that gives you the very best analysis and coverage of the top motorcycle races. To be able to continue covering these races, David Emmett requires funds to attend these far away races, and his is running out of money. Dig in your heart, then your pockets, and help fund these projects. Go on, you know you want to...

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France: Bus Drivers To Be Able To Fine Motorcycle Riders et al

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Motorcycle in Paris Bus lane
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#France #BusLanes - The Parisian transportation company, RATP, is looking into placing video cameras onboard their buses, and letting their drivers fine motorcycles and cars that stray into the reserved bus lanes. For a change, the unions are dead set against it.

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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: The New Mash Cafe Racers - Old But New plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: The New Mash Cafe Racers - Old But New plus 2 more

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The New Mash Cafe Racers - Old But New

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Mash Cafe Racer 250
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#Mash-Motors #CafeRacers #Retro - Chinese/French motorcycle maker Mash make some interesting retro-looking motorcycles. Another one of their latest are two Cafe Racers; 125 and 250. Nice looking and very affordable.

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Europe: Road Fatalities - The Best, The Worst

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Changing Statistics
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#Europe #Statistics #Roadfatalities - The European Commission has published the statistics of road fatalities in Europe during 2014. Who were the good countries and who were the bad ones. Where do you stand a bigger chance of becoming road kill on your motorcycle?

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There You Go, Try Stealing That Scooter

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Try Stealing That Scoot
#Anti-Theft #Funny - Yes, nothing is theft-proof, but this one is pretty darn close. You'd need several strappy guys or a fork-lift to steal this scooter. Now ... how do I do that with my Honda Gold Wing?

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Hero MotoCorp - Why We Do Not Like Public Transport plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Hero MotoCorp - Why We Do Not Like Public Transport plus 2 more

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Video: Hero MotoCorp - Why We Do Not Like Public Transport

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Video Hero Public Transport
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#HeroMotocorp #TVCommercial #Advertisment - I guess this ad is for anyone who, like me, has to often take public transportation. It's why we hate it, and why we love riding motorcycles. It's a TV commercial from India based Hero MotoCorp.

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Review: 2015 Honda CB 125 - The Queen of the City

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Review 2015 Honda CB 125
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#Review #Honda - A detailed translated review from a top French web site of the 2015 Honda CB 125 - The Queen of the City

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You Know Those Jerry Cans You See On Adventure Motorcycles?

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Jerry can usage
Motorcycle with jerry can
#JerryCanUsage - You know those adventure travelling motorcycle with all that gear and a jerry can or two? So what do you think is inside the jerry cans? Fuel you say?

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