Bikes in the Fast Lane: Xmas2012: KTM Thinks Of Everything For Christmas plus 3 more

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• Xmas2012: KTM Thinks Of Everything For Christmas
• Ads: AKT Motos and Social Media - Fail
• France: Government Suspends Mandatory Armband
• Colombia: No More Male Motorcycle Pillions Allowed

Xmas2012: KTM Thinks Of Everything For Christmas Posted: 27 Nov 2012 08:00 AM PST Christmas often means loads of gifts, and if you're lucky, they'll be motorcycle related. But apart from putting gifts under the Christmas tree, usually smaller gifts fit nicely in holiday stockings. So, here's an idea... get bigger stockings... meaning you'll be luckier to get bigger presents.. right? KTM have a special holiday stocking ready to receive nice gifts. In the shape of an Alpinestar motocross boot, the stocking measures 44 x 30 cms........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Ads: AKT Motos and Social Media - Fail Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:00 AM PST AKT Motos is a Colombian motorcycle manufacturer of what looks like Indian TVS motorcycles. They produce, probably more assemble, low displacement motorcycles for the Colombian market. They've released two print advertisements which in IMHO fail to bring a message across. Both ads below show the two main social media symbols, Facebook and Twitter, and a blueprint inside the symbols. The tag line says "Get Out There", so I'm presuming they mean to say that to let Facebook and Twitter go, and just get on your motorcycle or scooter, and ride. But it's not obvious, or maybe I just don't understand Colombian ads.... ...

France: Government Suspends Mandatory Armband Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:45 AM PST According to Moto Magazine (the printed magazine of the French Federation of Angry Bikers - FFMC), after many months of protests and lobbying, the Minister of Interior has suspended today the mandatory wearing of high visibility armbands, a law that was going to be in place starting January 1st 2013........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Colombia: No More Male Motorcycle Pillions Allowed Posted: 26 Nov 2012 10:00 PM PST Wow, talk about drastic measures. In Colombia apparently there's a lot of thieves working on motorcycles. Pillions rip handbags out of the hands of old ladies walking to church, and ride off in the sunset with the loot. To stop the expanding crime, the 10 mayors of the Aburra Valley area have decided that starting November 30th, for a period of 2 months, no motorcycle is allowed to carry male pillions. According to statistics, 20% of thefts are done by motorcycle riders and 17% of homicides were also performed by armed pillions........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

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