Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ideas: Cool Looking Motorcycle Turn Signals plus 3 more

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• Ideas: Cool Looking Motorcycle Turn Signals
• Ever Hear Of Motorcycle Manufacturer Italika? They’re Big
• Dakar: The 2014 Dakar Poster Is Out - Already
• Don’t Ever Complain About Your Gas Station Again

Ideas: Cool Looking Motorcycle Turn Signals Posted: 20 Mar 2013 09:00 AM PDT Often, motorcycle turn signals look like they were added as afterthought by the manufacturer. They usually look out of place and the same one can be seen on different models. And if that's the case with your motorcycle, here's a crowd-funding Kickstarter project that may interest you. The project was submitted by MuzaMoto in the USA and it involves some kickass and very stylish turn signals. They are working on two different signals/indicators. The first one is bolted on the end of your handlebars. They are smaller than normal ones, but can be seen 360° around, something your "normal" indicators can not boast about........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Ever Hear Of Motorcycle Manufacturer Italika? They’re Big Posted: 20 Mar 2013 05:00 AM PDT I thought I knew most of the big motorcycle manufacturers out there, but I was wrong (as usual). When you have a manufacturer who makes some 200,000 motorcycles and scooters per year, you'd expect to know them, right? I mean, Ducati is world famous, but only produces some 50,000 units per year, so 4 times that should be even more know.... The company is called Italika, and they are Mexico's big motorcycle manufacturer. They started using the Korean Hyosung motorcycle as their basis, assembling them in Mexico, but now they're on their own. They design and make several models and sell them not only in Mexico but Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, Panama and Brazil. As far as market share goes, Atalika "own" the Mexican market with some 63% market share in 2011; impressive for a company created in 2005. 1,000,000 motorcycles were made and sold since their creation. Here's what a few of their bikes look like........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Dakar: The 2014 Dakar Poster Is Out - Already Posted: 20 Mar 2013 01:45 AM PDT #Dakar - We've just finished the 2013 edition of the popular Dakar rally, and already they've released the poster for the 2014 race. You can't blame the organizers for not planning. So now all I got to do is wait 9 months.... ...

Don’t Ever Complain About Your Gas Station Again Posted: 19 Mar 2013 11:00 PM PDT I've heard fellow motorcycle riders complain about the amenities of their gas station, or some bikers even complain about the pumps. After you see this "gas station" in Somalia you'll never complain again. ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: Brazil: Weird Honda Motorcycle Dealer Advertisement plus 3 more

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• Brazil: Weird Honda Motorcycle Dealer Advertisement
• Kate Moss Looks Hot On A Matchless Motorcycle
• Own Some Beautiful Motorcycle Art At An Affordable Price
• Reaching New Heights With Your Motorcycle

Brazil: Weird Honda Motorcycle Dealer Advertisement Posted: 19 Mar 2013 09:00 AM PDT This print advertisement is for a Honda motorcycle dealer in Brazil called Dorvalino Motos. Sorry, but I'm lost... Usually ads have a message that either informs potential buyers, or convinces them to buy. This ad shows a small photo of a Honda CBR 1000RR and the Tower of Pisa. That's it. Does it mean you can ride from Brazil on a Honda motorcycle all the way to Italy? If so, it's news... otherwise I just don't get it. ...

Kate Moss Looks Hot On A Matchless Motorcycle Posted: 19 Mar 2013 04:49 AM PDT One of world's oldest motorcycle manufacturers, UK's Matchless (remember Marlon Brando on one in The Wild One), is coming out with their own line of clothing, and they found a very pretty ambassador for their clothing; famous model Kate Moss. They're putting together their publicity campaign, using famous photographer Terry Richardson to make photos of the two beauties........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Own Some Beautiful Motorcycle Art At An Affordable Price Posted: 19 Mar 2013 05:00 AM PDT Sometimes you can find gems on crowd-funding sites like Kickstarter. Artist Reed White lives in Minnesota, USA and specializes in making beautiful paintings of motorcycles. He has put three of his paintings up for sale at Kickstarter, and each painting is offset print in a limited number and signed by the artist himself........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Reaching New Heights With Your Motorcycle Posted: 18 Mar 2013 11:00 PM PDT What can I say? ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: Switching From 2 to 4, From 4 to 2 Wheels - Motorcycles & Cars plus 2 more

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• Switching From 2 to 4, From 4 to 2 Wheels - Motorcycles & Cars
• Is KTM Becoming The Master Of Merchandising?
• My Kind Of A Priest - A Hard-Core Biker One

Switching From 2 to 4, From 4 to 2 Wheels - Motorcycles & Cars Posted: 18 Mar 2013 09:00 AM PDT #Motorcycle #Car - It looks like a lot of professional racers in the car and motorcycle sports are crossing over to the other category. What used to be motorcycle racers going to the "dark" side of the sport, ie car racing, has now become a common cross occurrence. We all remember the speculations when Valentino Rossi tried the Ferrari F1 race car a few times. Most fans were convinced that he was going to race Formula One. Other champions had done that in the past, so why not him. Notably John Surtees, who became the only world champion MotoGP and Formula One. Many Dakar motorcycles racers have gone on to race cars........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Is KTM Becoming The Master Of Merchandising? Posted: 18 Mar 2013 05:00 AM PDT It used to be Harley-Davidson who were the masters of merchandising. They were even rumored to make more money selling their name on products than making money selling their motorcycles. But it looks like another motorcycle manufacturer has caught up, and probably even surpassed the Milwaukee based company; KTM. Like most manufacturers, KTM started out with simple merchandising items, like baseball caps, t-shirts etc. All very bland, everyone had them. But quickly they started adding stuff that was unique, and because they were unique, they became fast bestsellers. The KTM Toaster catapulted KTM into the merchandising scene. But they've had a lot of other stuff, so much that their catalog is quite big. It might not have reached Harley-Davidson proportions, but big nevertheless. It helps of course that they have loyal, even fanatical, fans that will make everything orange and put the KTM logo on it:.......... WARNING At the bottom of this long list of KTM merchandising stuff is one NSFW item. You have been warned! ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

My Kind Of A Priest - A Hard-Core Biker One Posted: 17 Mar 2013 11:00 PM PDT If ever I were to find religion, I'd like to have this guy be my spiritual advisor. Imagine having a priest nicknamed Gofo and who is a hardcore motorcycle rider. How cool. Can we have him for pope please? ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Stories - 15 March 2013 plus 2 more

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• Top Internet Stories - 15 March 2013
• Movie: The 1st Motorcycle Cannonball Race Documentary
• UK: Thankful Villages Run 2013

Top Internet Stories - 15 March 2013 Posted: 15 Mar 2013 09:00 AM PDT Almost spring time and have just sat through the worst snow blizzard in my lifetime. Will it ever end this winter? In the mean time here are some interesting motorcycle related articles I've been reading snuggled up to the fire. - Motorcycle Racing vs Social Media: How Dorna Could Turn Losing The Battle Into Winning The War (Motomatters) - God on Two Wheels: Motorcycle Missionaries (Riding Vintage) - Tips to prepare for Road Trips (Zig Wheels) ...

Movie: The 1st Motorcycle Cannonball Race Documentary Posted: 15 Mar 2013 05:00 AM PDT Hmmm... looks like an interesting video. It's a documentary of a Motorcycle Cannonball "race", not by hardcore race motorcycles, but by pre-1916 motorcycles. You can imagine how tough a coast-to-coast race would be on present-day race or endurance motorcycle, so you can imagine how it would be on a vintage bike dating before 1916. Some don't even have a transmission. The need to rebuild their engines in the parking lots, and keep squeezing every bit out of the bike to make it to the coast. And I guess the bikers will need to have their kidneys and other organs remolded after each day............. ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

UK: Thankful Villages Run 2013 Posted: 14 Mar 2013 11:00 PM PDT You might be wondering what a "thankful" village is? Sounds kind of strange, doesn't it? "Thankful Villages" are those villages in the UK that have not had any people killed during the World Wars that had decimated many villages in Europe. In other words, these are villages that did not need to place a war memorial to honor the villagers that had fallen for their country. There are 51 such villages in the UK, and 14 of them are "Double Thankful" since they lost no one during World War One and Two. To mark the occasion, to meet the proud residents and to raise fund for the Royal British Legion, Medwyn Parry and Dougie Bancroft have organized a motorcycle trip starting July 27th to visit all 51 villages. That's a total of 2,500 miles covered in 9 days. Mind you, it's not a race, so no speeding........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: Artist Makes Motorcycle Out Of 20,000 Candies - Sweet Tooth plus 2 more

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• Artist Makes Motorcycle Out Of 20,000 Candies - Sweet Tooth
• UK: 1000s Of Speeding Fines To Be Binned Due To Wrong Font Used
• France: Little Known Fact - All Motorcycle Helmets Require Stickers!

Artist Makes Motorcycle Out Of 20,000 Candies - Sweet Tooth Posted: 14 Mar 2013 09:00 AM PDT Talk about having a sweet tooth! 32 year old, Orlando, Florida based artist, Cristiam Ramos makes his art using a different material than most artists. Artists use common materials like paint or clay, maybe metals, but very few, maybe even only one, use candy. Cristiam does exactly that. He's been making portraits of famous people using sweets, and now he's made this life-size motorcycle totally out of candy. Using anything you can find in your local grocery shop; M&Ms, bubble gum, liquorice, Gummy Bears, you name it. If you can eat it, if it's sweet, you'll probably find it on the motorcycle. 20,000 candy pieces went into this motorcycle........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

UK: 1000s Of Speeding Fines To Be Binned Due To Wrong Font Used Posted: 14 Mar 2013 05:00 AM PDT Sometimes, rare I admit it, you got to love lawyers. In the UK, on a stretch of road on the M42 motorway, the Highways Agency has been using the wrong font for their variable speed limits. The electronic signs that got placed there in 2006 signal different speed limits according to road conditions and traffic. And there lies the problem: the font used for the electronic signs was too narrow, or at least, not in compliance with the standards set in 2002. In the mean time, thousands of cars and motorcycles have been fined, and the lawyers want these fines squashed........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

France: Little Known Fact - All Motorcycle Helmets Require Stickers! Posted: 13 Mar 2013 11:00 PM PDT Here's a little fact that few people know, even those living in France. France is the only country in the world, to my knowledge, that requires all motorcycle helmets to have reflective stickers. Officially you need four reflective stickers; front, rear and both sides. The surface of each sticker needs to be 18 cm2, and within each sticker you need to be able to draw a 40mm diameter circle, or a 12.50 cm2 rectangle with a minimum 20 mm length. The stickers should not be removable (without damaging the helmet) and remain reflective over time. Crazy as it may sound, this is true, and if you get caught without one, you get fined €135 and they deduct 3 points from your license. So you get docked the money and points even if you motorcycle helmet itself has been properly homologated........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: We Have A New Pope. Nuns Rejoice And Go For A Motorcycle Ride plus 3 more

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• We Have A New Pope. Nuns Rejoice And Go For A Motorcycle Ride
• Prescription Sunglasses For Motorcycle Riders From Different Brands
• USA: Cops In Richmond Prefer Honda Motorcycles Over Harley
• Spain: Proposed New Maximum Speeds - Up & Downs

We Have A New Pope. Nuns Rejoice And Go For A Motorcycle Ride Posted: 13 Mar 2013 10:00 AM PDT #Pope - Finally, the nuns can go and have fun on their motorcycle. ...

Prescription Sunglasses For Motorcycle Riders From Different Brands Posted: 13 Mar 2013 09:00 AM PDT Wearing prescription glasses puts me at a disadvantage when riding motorcycle during the day. It's very difficult, at times impossible, to get prescription sunglasses that work well while riding a motorcycle. The stronger your prescription, the more difficult it is to get sunglasses. Of course you can get plain sunglasses with a prescription, but they don't work well on a bike. First of all the frame is usually too big to fit properly under your helmet, and they don't wrap around your eyes, so wind will make your cry like a newborn baby. ADS make lenses for popular sunglasses (and normal glasses) that make it possible to wear just about any sunglass while still having prescribed glasses........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

USA: Cops In Richmond Prefer Honda Motorcycles Over Harley Posted: 13 Mar 2013 05:00 AM PDT It's a strange read when you see that in Richmond Country, Georgia, USA, the motorcycle police prefer Honda motorcycles over their Harley-Davidson ones, even if Harley has been a traditional supplier of LEO bikes since their existence. But according to the Richmond cops (and other places in the USA), although the Hondas are much more expensive, they are safer, lighter and easier to use. Also, an important factor is when in pursuit, the Harley takes its time, while the Honda reaches faster speeds much quicker. Also having a water-cooled Honda engine is a blessing when temperatures go over the 100°F. But according to the cops, the Harley looks better............... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Spain: Proposed New Maximum Speeds - Up & Downs Posted: 12 Mar 2013 11:00 PM PDT The Spanish General Directorate of Traffic (DGT), after a review of speed limits in Spain, have drafted a new law concerning speed limits and a few other transportation related issues. The most important ones concern the maximum speed limits on the motorways. Depending on road conditions and general state of the roads, the speed limit can be raised to 130 kph (currently 120 kph). On the secondary roads, again depending on the state and width of the road, maximum speeds will vary. If the width is 6.5 meters, the speed limit is lowered from 100 kph to 90 kph. If the width is less than 6.5 meters, speed limit goes between 50 and 70 kph. If there's no visible lines on the narrow roads, speed limit is set to 50 kph........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ad: Hispanic Against Drunk Drivers : Monsters Do Exist plus 2 more

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• Ad: Hispanic Against Drunk Drivers : Monsters Do Exist
• Dean, From Jan & Dean, To Do The Senior Citizen Taiwan Motorcycle Trip
• It Is Nice To Receive A Biker Wedding Invitation....

Ad: Hispanic Against Drunk Drivers : Monsters Do Exist Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:00 AM PDT Interesting visual in this advertisement against Drinking & Driving. The PSA ads are from Hispanic Against Drunk Driving (HADD) and in the ad they feature the bad wold chasing little red riding hood while drunk on a motorcycle. Don't worry, they're not singling out motorcycle riders, since they have two other ads based on old fables that are not bikers. They idea is "Monsters do exist. If you drink, don't drive.".......... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Dean, From Jan & Dean, To Do The Senior Citizen Taiwan Motorcycle Trip Posted: 12 Mar 2013 05:00 AM PDT Remember the video we posted about the 17 Taiwanese senior citizens (age 80+) who did a trip around the island on their motorcycles? A very inspiring video, and I can only hope to be able to do this when, and if, I reach that age. I wasn't the only one inspired. Peter Starr, motorcycle documentaries producer and editor at Motorcyclist Magazine, wanted to get involved and he roped in Dean Torrence, the other half of the famous rock & roll duo Jan & Dean (hits like Surf City, Deadman's Curve, The Little Old Lady from Pasadena, etc), and both, with 19 other foreign bikers are going for a similar ride around the island........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

It Is Nice To Receive A Biker Wedding Invitation.... Posted: 11 Mar 2013 11:00 PM PDT It's nice when two friends, both motorcycle riders, are getting married, and it's even nicer when you receive their wedding invitation in the post and it looks like this: ...

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