Friday, April 5, 2013

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Stories - 5 April 2013 plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Stories - 5 April 2013 plus 2 more

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Top Internet Stories - 5 April 2013

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 09:00 AM PDT

Top Weekly Web Article
Will the winter ever end? Cabin fever and PMS suffering to the extreme. Anyway, here are a few motorcycle articles that have appeared during last week to keep you busy in case you can't ride your motorcycle. - Xena XX10 Motorcycle Disc Lock Alarm (Webbikeworld)
- Spotted Royal Enfield Cafe Racer Caught Testing (Bike Advice)
- Ice Cream Sandwich Motorcycle Revving Up For Launch (Washington City Paper)
- One Of The Many Possible Reasons Car Drivers Do Not See Motorcycles (Motorcycle Blog From Jafrum)

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Video: Watch The Motorcycle Life In The UK In The 60s

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 05:00 AM PDT

UK 1960 Motorcycle Documentary
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#Britain #Vintage #Video - Here's an excellent video "documentary" of life in the UK during the 60's of the motorcycle world. It shows several aspects of the biker world then; cafe racers, ton up boys, 59 Club, messenger service, motorcycle charity organizations, etc.

The video quality is exceptional, it looks like it was made recently until you see the "vintage' motorcycles, clothing style and hairdos. It gives a very good insight of the British biker world during the 60's. Excellent...........

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France: Motophobia Of The French Airport Orly

Posted: 04 Apr 2013 11:00 PM PDT

Orly Ouest Motorcycle taxi Move
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#Taxi #France #Orly - The life of the French motorcycle taxi is overflown with obstacles, and they are usually not the ones you find on the road. The obstacles encountered by French motorcycle cabs are political, car taxis and obstructive & motophobic airport authorities.

In the latest slap in the face, ADP, the operators of Orly Ouest (West) decided to move motorcycle taxis to another place. Already a few years ago they closed the motorcycle taxi information booth (see related below) and now they decided to move passenger pickup from the door next to the "normal" taxis to the furthest away point in the airport (see diagram).

What this means is that business people who come to Paris for the day, find themselves walking a very long distance to get to their motorcycle taxi. Often these people are pressed for time, the reason they go for motorcycle taxis since normal taxis during rush hours can take hours, and now they need to rush to the other side of the airport to get their ride, not exactly passenger friendly but the airport has caved in several times under pressure of the 4 wheel taxis. To hell with the actual customer!..........

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