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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Send Your Motorcycle Helmet To A Spa plus 2 more

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Send Your Motorcycle Helmet To A Spa
Suomy: 3 Motorcycle Helmets In 1
Indonesia: Cornered Car Thief Steals Police Motorcycle

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 09:00 AM PDT

Motorcycle helmets get tired, sweaty and dirty. When you get hot, you start sweating. Your head sweats as much as the rest of your body, maybe even more. And the sweat needs to go somewhere, and on your head, that somewhere is your helmet.

After a day riding off-road, or in the blistering sun, quite a lot of sweat will have accumulated in your helmet. That has several drawbacks; it will stink, and more importantly, bacteria will start growing like mushrooms in a cave.

For companies that hire out motorcycles and helmets, it is even more important to make sure helmets are sterile and clean. Would you want to hire a helmet that has someone's sweat in it? I know I don't...

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Suomy: 3 Motorcycle Helmets In 1

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Italian motorcycle helmet manufacturer Suomy, have recently released their 3logy helmet, a 3-in-1 helmet. Although the "3" is a bit far-fetched, it's really a 2-in-1 with a Bluetooth option, the motorcycle helmet does come in a large variety of colors.

You can configure the Suomy 3logy helmet yourself, removing & fixing a couple of screws, into a jet or an integral helmet. Both types have received homologation.

The double shell is made out of tricarboco fiber, isolated with thermoplastic.The colors can be changed as well, simply change the covers from one of 12 available.

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Indonesia: Cornered Car Thief Steals Police Motorcycle

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 11:00 PM PDT

There's going to be a lot of egg, or more probably rice-sate, on the faces of the local LEO.

They corner a car thief, but then the guy steals a police motorcycle, and now they've lost a) the thief, and b) their own motorcycle.

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Europe: Electric Vehicle Sales To Reach €1.7 Billion By 2017 plus 2 more

Europe: Electric Vehicle Sales To Reach €1.7 Billion By 2017
Ads: Yamaha Fazer, Or How Not Make Good Motorcycle Ads
Turn Your Computer Laptop Into A Full Motorcycle Toolkit - KTM

Europe: Electric Vehicle Sales To Reach €1.7 Billion By 2017

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 09:00 AM PDT

#EV #Electric - According to the market research company Frost & Sullivan, the sales of Electric Vehicles (EV - Cars and Motorcycles) in Europe will reach €1.7 Billion by the year 2017. 2010 saw a sales of €55 million in Europe, but the company sees an expansion of 50% each year.

The largest hold-back is the battery technology used today, with the cost of the battery materials rising. New battery technology could accelerate the sales of EVs, plus additional government subsidies for the purchase of electric cars and motorcycles.

30 to 40% of manufacturers who subcontract the development and manufacturing of the electric engines will be insourcing this over the next few years.

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Ads: Yamaha Fazer, Or How Not Make Good Motorcycle Ads

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Somehow the ADK Fortune Communication PR company in India missed to boat on this one. Two Yamaha print advertisements for their Fazer motorcycle. Both ads refer to historical explorers, Columbus and Vasco de Game.

How many people will identify their Fazer with an adventure motorcycle? And that while Yamaha have an excellent "explorer" motorcycle, the XT1200Z Super Ténéré.

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Turn Your Computer Laptop Into A Full Motorcycle Toolkit - KTM

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 11:00 PM PDT

KTM have got some pretty cool merchandising gifts. Some are quite out of this world, stuff you'd never think off. I'll admit, though I don't have my KTM motorcycle anymore, I still have several KTM stuff lying around the house.

This is the latest KTM idea; a sticker that you place on your portable computer's (laptop) cover and that turns your PC into a motorcycle toolkit, or at least it would seem so. Imagine walking into your office with that....

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Monday, June 4, 2012

Bikes in the Fast Lane: If You Are A Motorcycle Riding Audiophile, This Is For You plus 3 more

If You Are A Motorcycle Riding Audiophile, This Is For You
Leatt: Cool Down On Your Motorcycle
Marc Coma Takes Podium In His First Baja 500
Spain: Not All Repression, Carrot and Stick Approach

If You Are A Motorcycle Riding Audiophile, This Is For You

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 09:00 AM PDT

A lot of you, myself included, like riding your motorcycle while listening to music. Usually that means hooking up your player to in-ear loudspeakers. The sound quality is usually not bad, depending on the quality of the in-ear plug loudspeakers. You can buy generic ones, like the ones that came with your music player or smartphone, or buy custom made ones. The advantage of a custom made ones, is that the fit in your ear is 100% perfect, so they'll not let in any external sound.

But audiophiles will never buy an audio product that is not the top-of-the-top. They'll not think twice to buy gold with platinum connector cables costing $5,000 just because it renders the music just that little better. Well, if you are one of these people, and you want to have perfect, or near perfect, music while riding your motorcycle, this product is for you.

The product comes from Logitech, not a company associated with perfect sound, but there you go. They have released the "Ultimate Ears Personal Reference Monitors", an ear plug that can be customized to your taste.

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Leatt: Cool Down On Your Motorcycle

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 05:00 AM PDT

#Leatt

South African Leatt are very well known for their neck brace. It will have saved many lives in the Dakar race, where all motorcycle riders now must wear one.

But they do not only make neck braces as safety equipment. They also have a reasonably cheap vest that will cool you down when the weather is very hot. Called CoolIt Vest, the vest worn next to your skin will keep you cool for long periods of time while riding in extreme hot temperatures.

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Marc Coma Takes Podium In His First Baja 500

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 03:00 AM PDT

Spanish Dakar winner Marc Coma competed in his first ever Baja 500, and he finished in 3rd place, not bad for a first time. He raced with two other team members, Mexican Ivan Ramirez and USA Mike Brown.

Ramirez crashed the KTM motorcycle in the beginning, badly damaging the bike. They had to quickly change the exhaust on the KTM 450 Enduro bike, and then make up for lost time.

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Spain: Not All Repression, Carrot and Stick Approach

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 11:00 PM PDT

It's nice to see that in a country like Spain, it's not all about repression. In most countries that have adopted a license point system, you get a capital of license points to start out with. When you do something naughty, like speeding, riding through a red light or crossing a white line, points get deducted from your existing points (or added, depending on the method used). Once you have no points left, you lose your license and you need to go to school to get it back.

If you have been ducted points, you get them back after a while, usually a year or two. That's the way the system works in most countries. But not in Spain. There they add points to your capital of points if you have been a good driver. 3 years into the points system, back in 2009, the government added 1 or 2 points to all drivers who had a clean driving license. This year, 6 years after the points system was introduced, they are adding another "free" point; a bonus point.

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