Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Idea: Spike Your Bike With Bike Spike plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Idea: Spike Your Bike With Bike Spike plus 2 more

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Idea: Spike Your Bike With Bike Spike

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 09:00 AM PDT

Bike Spike
#Gadget #Tracking #GPS -There's a never ending list of cool projects, products and ideas coming from crowd-funding web sites like Kickstarter. Many have not been created for motorcycles, but some can be used for bikers with some adaptation. One of those projects is Bike Spike.

The Bike Spike project is a very small tracking device that is meant to be installed on bicycles, but shouldn't need much work to be installed on a motorcycle. The hardware has not only a built-in GPS but also communication hardware allowing it to send data via the GSM networks to the web. And from the web, you can see where your motorcycle is via a browser, or by using iPhone or Android smartphones.

The device also has an accelerator module that can see if your motorcycle is crashing...........

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India: Changes In Ranking Of The Top Motorcycle Makers

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 05:00 AM PDT

Motorcycle Parking India
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#India #Ranking #Statistics - The motorcycle manufacturer's position for the top production & selling spots in India have changed a bit. That's one part of the news; Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India has moved Bajaj into third spot. So currently the top ranking are;

1st is Hero MotoCorp (Honda's former partner but now independent) with 5.91 million motorcycles per year, now in 2nd spot is Honda India with 2.61 million units, moved into 3rd spot are Bajaj with 2.46 million units and then TVS (who recently partnered with BMW) in 4th position.

What's interesting in these ranking is that Honda was in 4th spot in 2011, and..........

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Venezuela: Motorcycles Against Riot Squads

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 11:00 PM PDT

Venezuela Motorcycles vs Riot Police
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#Venezuela #Riot - Brave people, pitting motorcycles against riot squads. This is not going to end well....

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