Monday, July 27, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Holiday 2015: Gone To Have Some Motorcycle Fun - Sayonara plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Holiday 2015: Gone To Have Some Motorcycle Fun - Sayonara plus 2 more

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Holiday 2015: Gone To Have Some Motorcycle Fun - Sayonara

Posted: 27 Jul 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Bumper motorcycles
#Funny #Bumpercars - Okay folks, I'm out of here. Spent too much time in front of my computers, so I decided on a relaxing holiday, riding my motorcycle and not going near my computer for a week or three. I was starting to get really tired, so a rest was needed. See you in a week or 3. Don't miss me too much. Hopefully I'm coming back refreshed, and my traffic and revenue will pick up then.

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E-Raw: Beautiful Electric Cruiser/Cafe Racer

Posted: 27 Jul 2015 05:00 AM PDT

e Raw
e Raw
#Electric #Cruiser - Here is a (rolling) prototype for an electric cruiser/cafe racer motorcycle that looks totally different and rad; Just look at the saddle, made out of wood. Different from the conventional thinking, this design has many merits. The motorcycle is called e-raw, and it's from expemotion.

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France: First WIP Radar A Jackpot Bonanza

Posted: 26 Jul 2015 11:00 PM PDT

WIP Radar France
France flag
#France #WIPradars - The first Work In Progress radar installed in Brittany on a portion of a road where workers where working was a hit! Not for motorcycles or cars, but for the authorities! 900 photos of speeding vehicles in 24 hours.

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Friday, July 24, 2015

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

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

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 24 July 2015

Posted: 24 Jul 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Top Weekly Web Article
Almost holiday for me. I just hope the weather improves, because the way it's going now, I'll be needing a submarine instead of a motorcycle. Strange weather: one moment a heat wave, followed by ice cold polar weather. Just stay inside and read a lot of articles. Here are a few you may have missed during last week.

- Never Trust A Bike Review (Geezer With A Grudge)
- Motorcycle review: F is for fun in Honda's CB500F (USA Today)
- Product Review: Motojug Hydration System (Tilted Horizons)
- The rise of the silver bikers: 'I feel like a teenager again' (The Telegraph)

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I Hope He Is Not Hungry - Motorcycle Made Out Of Spoons

Posted: 24 Jul 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Spoon Motorcycle
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#Art #Sculpture #Spoons - Imagine that! A motorcycle made 100% out of spoons. Let us hope he left some spoons in the house to eat with. This is a piece of art in its purest form, 100% spoon. In other words, a spoonful.

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Watching The Tour Yesterday, Made My Heart Cry

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 11:00 PM PDT

TdF 2015 Alps
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#Tour #TourdeFrance #MotorcycleHeaven - Watching the first Alps stage of the famous Tour de France bicycle race on TV, just made me weep. Just look at those roads, and then imagine you are there, riding on your motorcycle. Heaven on earth. Motorcycle Bliss.

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Thursday, July 23, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Patents: Two Wheel Drive Motorcycle plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Patents: Two Wheel Drive Motorcycle plus 2 more

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Patents: Two Wheel Drive Motorcycle

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Patent Two Wheel Drive
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#Patents #2WD #Rokon - Here is a patent that was submitted (and granted) in 2005 calling for a two wheel drive motorcycle. This patent uses chains to drive both wheels, and it looks very similar to the Rokon two wheel drive motorcycle, so much so, that I expect that the Rokon uses this patent. What do you think?

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Adventure Riding As Glamour - Road To Beauty

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Lequipee Road to Beauty
#Adventure #Glamour #Lequipee - The five pretty adventure girls featured in 3 videos of their motorcycle trip over the Himalayas, have recently come back from a three week motorcycle trip from Rio, Brazil into the Amazon jungle. The trip got captured by a professional photographers, and he has published some of his work on his web site. Great photos.

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Portugal: Nice DUI Safety Campaign - Great Visual

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Portugal DUI Campaign
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#SafetyPSA #DUI - This is a nice visual from an anti-DUI campaign coming from Portugal (dating back to 2011)

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Idea: Yes, Another Free Everlasting Energy Source - We Are Saved plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Idea: Yes, Another Free Everlasting Energy Source - We Are Saved plus 2 more

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Idea: Yes, Another Free Everlasting Energy Source - We Are Saved

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Rocket Hydra Power
USA flag
#USA #CrowdFunding #EndlessEnergy - Yes, another crowd-funding project promising free and endless energy for our motorcycles (and cars and other vehicles); It's so simple, I wonder why no one has done this before. take water, split it into H and O2, burn it, which creates water (H20), which is then recycled, burned etc etc etc. Yeah, we're saved. Clean, free and endless energy. Now, if someone could please fork out US$500,00 to the inventor. This way he can prove his concept.

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Garmin Varia: Would This Be Something For Motorcycles?

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Garmin Varia
Garmin logo
#Garmin #Safety - Garmin's new Varia unit is meant for bicycles. It's a rear facing radar that warns the cyclists and car/trucks/motorcycles that there's a bicycle in front of them. But would this be something of interest to motorcycle riders?

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Ohh, So That Is What Motorcycle Panniers Are For

Posted: 21 Jul 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Other use of panniers
#Funny #ChildrenTransport - I never knew that panniers on a motorcycle were meant for that...

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Craftsman - A Motorcycle Story plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Craftsman - A Motorcycle Story plus 2 more

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Video: Craftsman - A Motorcycle Story

Posted: 21 Jul 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Craftsman Motorcycle Story Ad
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#Craftsman #TVCommercial - Nicely done TV commercial that ran a few weeks ago during USA's Father Day for Craftsman . The ad is nicely done, a 'funny' story with figurines and of course a motorcycle.

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Two Years Old, Kymmee Johnson Already Racing A Motorcycle

Posted: 21 Jul 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Young Kymmee Johnson
#VeryYoungRacers - 2 years old, and this very young lady is already riding motorcycle like a pro. Knees down, hard into the curve ... no fear on this little one. Is she going to be the first women to win MotoGP in some 16 years time? Have a look...

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A Vespa Scooter For Four?

Posted: 20 Jul 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Four Seater Vespa
#StrangeScooters - This is plain weird. Is this a scooter built for 4 (like parents and two children), or is this a Royal Vespa, with the royalty sitting behind the driver, and two valets sitting next to the Monarch? You tell me...

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Monday, July 20, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: 23 Snow Globes With Motorcycles - Yes, Snow Globes! plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: 23 Snow Globes With Motorcycles - Yes, Snow Globes! plus 2 more

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23 Snow Globes With Motorcycles - Yes, Snow Globes!

Posted: 20 Jul 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Motorcycle Snow Globe
Motorcycle Snow Globe
#SnowGlobes - Yes, I know, I know. But it's so damn hot that I had to think of snow to cool me down, and coupled that with motorcycles, I ended up thinking of snow globes. So here are 23 photos of snow globes with a motorcycle in them. In the related articles, there's a real snow globe, with a real motorcycle.

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France: Outrageous! Cops Get Bonus For Most Tickets

Posted: 20 Jul 2015 05:00 AM PDT

French Radar Police Hidden
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#France #Police #Scandal - I am outraged! Scandalized! The French car magazine Auto Plus found out that not only are cops being given points for every ticket issued, but the top police units (cars or motorcycles) get an annual bonus of €600 per person. Unacceptable!

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India: Religious Festival With Motorcycle Stunts - Rath Yatra

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Rath Yatra 2015 Stunts
India flag
#India #Stunts #RathYatra - Wow, you got to hand it to those good folks in India. Not only do they make some great food, but their culture is pretty decent as well. They have many Hindu Gods, and one of them, Ratha Yatra, results in an annual festival that sees the locals doing stunts on their motorcycles.

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Friday, July 17, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 17 July 2015 plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 17 July 2015 plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 17 July 2015

Posted: 17 Jul 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Top Weekly Web Article
What a week, what a week! That was intense, with several parties, loads of people, fireworks, Tour de France, and great weather. Unfortunately not much motorcycle riding, but I'm making up for that now. Here are a few interesting motorcycle related articles that have appeared over the last seven days that you may have missed. For your reading pleasure.

- Leatherman Tread Review: Is The Bracelet Multitool Genuinely Useful? (Indefinitelywild)
- Commuting with the fun, stylish and expensive Bolt e-bike (Engadget)
- Evans Off Camber - The Question Of Moto Monogamy (Bikers Report)

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France: The Paris Motorcycle Exhibition 2015 - Dates and Venue

Posted: 09 Jul 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Salon de la Moto 2015 Map
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#France #Exhibitions SalonDeLaMoto - After several years in limbo land, the French motorcycle exhibition is slowly coming back to its former glory. It's not there yet, but every two years (it alternates with the German Intermot) it gets bigger and better. Here are the dates and other information in case you want to come and have a look.

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Very Funny, But Fake WD-40 Advertisement

Posted: 16 Jul 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Old WD 40 ad
#Fake #Advertisement #WD40 - Funny, with a lot of sexual innuendo, but according to the experts, the WD-40 ad is fake. Pity, since it's awesome.

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Lara by Viba, MV Agusta Based Scrambler - Pretty plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Lara by Viba, MV Agusta Based Scrambler - Pretty plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Lara by Viba, MV Agusta Based Scrambler - Pretty

Posted: 16 Jul 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Viba Lara 800
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#Viba #Scramblers - Viba is a small French motorcycle customization company, but with great ideas and talent. They have produced a limited edition Scrambler, called the Lara 800, based on a MV Agusta engine. Looks really rad, elegant and sporty at the same time. Only 23 of these will be made.

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Want To Buy A Vintage Motorcycle For Not That Much Cash?

Posted: 16 Jul 2015 05:00 AM PDT

DKW RT Standard
Heinkel Scooter with Sidecar
#Auction #Vintage - Buying a vintage motorcycle or scooter at an auction doesn't need to cost an arm and a leg. Here is one internet auction, that finishes next Tuesday, with some reasonably priced vintage motorcycles. Tempting...

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Indonesia: Mass Motorcycle Exodus 2015

Posted: 15 Jul 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Indonesia Exodus 2015
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#Indonesia #MassTrafficJams - Looks like a mass exodus of motorcycles in Indonesia, but all it is, the end of the Eid al-Fitr religious holidays, a bit like Thanksgiving in the USA when everyone and their dog travels home.

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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Tour De France: The Motorcycle Riders - Not For Everyone plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Tour De France: The Motorcycle Riders - Not For Everyone plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Tour De France: The Motorcycle Riders - Not For Everyone

Posted: 15 Jul 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Tour de France 2015
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#LeTour #TourDeFrance #Tour2015 - Riding a motorcycle in the Tour de France may sound ideal, but it's very hard work with no time to admire the scenery for fear of hitting a child, or crashing into the cyclists. In order to make sure the bikers are at the top of their skills, they must follow a mandatory training with the motorcycle cops every two years.

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India To make Own Electric Drivetrain for Motorcycle, Conquer The World

Posted: 15 Jul 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Republic Day Parade 2012
India flag
#India #Electric - India is stepping up its game. The EV world is going to be rocked. The Indian government is investing in producing an electric drivetrain kits for their motorcycle and scooter industry, that can be used by the manufacturers. First kit to arrive in 6 months, 3 by 2020. Are they going to rule the world?

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Summer Time: BBQ Time - Kawasaki Style

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Kawasaki BBQ
#Kawasaki #BBQ - It's summer time, and when it's summer, it's also BBQ time. Here is Kawasaki's way of doing up a pretty cool BBQ set. I want...

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