Bikes in the Fast Lane: Brazil: Another Weird Honda Ad From Same Dealer plus 2 more

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• Brazil: Another Weird Honda Ad From Same Dealer
• USA: WTF? No More Smartphone GPS Usage In California?
• Not Impressed With The Honda Gold Dirt? Try The Gold Wing Racer

Brazil: Another Weird Honda Ad From Same Dealer Posted: 09 Apr 2013 09:00 AM PDT #Honda #Advertisement #Brazil - Although not as bad as the first one, and although I understand this one a bit more, it's still weird. Maybe it's a cultural thing. The print advertisement is for the Honda motorcycle dealer Dorvalino Motos in Brazil, and the text reads "If this road was mine, I'd put some holes in it.". From what I understand, since they are advertising a dual-sport/off road motorcycle (the Honda NXR 150 BROS KS, a Brazil-only model) that you'd want to ride some holes....strange because no one wants to ride pot holes. What do you think? Am I strange, or the ad?.......... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

USA: WTF? No More Smartphone GPS Usage In California? Posted: 09 Apr 2013 05:00 AM PDT #GPS #Smartphone - Sometimes I forget that there are other places on this planet that have nanny-states, where the government tries to control every aspect of our lives, from birth to burial. France is pretty bad at this, but I'd say California is a close second. In their latest drive to ensure that its citizens can't do anything that can be seen as remotely dangerous, they have disallowed to usage of smartphone-based GPS while driving, or in our case while riding our motorcycles. Basically, some judge in a court somewhere in California decided that the ban currently in place that disallows you to talk or text while driving also implies that you are not allowed to use your smartphone to navigate through the roads of California. If you want to use your smartphone's GPS, do it at home.............. ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Not Impressed With The Honda Gold Dirt? Try The Gold Wing Racer Posted: 08 Apr 2013 11:00 PM PDT #Honda #GoldWing - If you weren't impressed with yesterday's Honda Gold Wing dressed as a motocrosser, how about this? A Honda Gold Wing sportsbike, the Gold Wing 1800RR: What you see here is the work of Cedric Smith who built this sportsbike. He used a front assembly of a Suzuki GSX-R 1000, the fairing of a Honda CBR 1000RR and the engine of a Gold Wing 1800. .......... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: So You Think Your Motocrosser Is Too Light? Try This plus 3 more

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• So You Think Your Motocrosser Is Too Light? Try This
• Video: Watch Jorge Lorenzo Be Turned Down By Girls
• India: TVS Motor And BMW To Make Joint-Venture?
• France: Motorcycle Rest Stops Bol D’Or 2013

So You Think Your Motocrosser Is Too Light? Try This Posted: 08 Apr 2013 09:00 AM PDT #Honda #GoldWing #Funny - Motocross motorcycles are tough, powerful and light. After all, you need to be able to pull yourself and the bike out of mud, ruts and sand. So it pays having a motorcycle that weighs next to nothing. Right? Well some Dutch bikers don't think the same as you. They prefer heavier motorcycles to race down the mud. And what can get heavier than a Honda Gold Wing (well maybe a Victory, Rocket III or Valkyrie). So they went about and modified several Honda Gold Wings from decent & comfortable long distance motorcycles into machines that could go anywhere, especially mud and dirt. I don't think they'll try this with a brand-new 1800 cc motorcycle, those pesky airbags are going to get in the way of jumps, but they did take a 1400 cc and 1200 cc........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Video: Watch Jorge Lorenzo Be Turned Down By Girls Posted: 08 Apr 2013 05:00 AM PDT #Sector #Lorenzo - Even if you are the reigning world champion MotoGP, it doesn't mean you can do any commercial you want. You need to satisfy your sponsors, even when it means doing a TV commercial that's iffy. That's what Jorge Lorenzo must have felt doing this ad for watchmaker Sector. It's not really a problem for him, either as a person or financially, but the ad is pretty macho. Girls are only interested in him if he wears a "nice" watch...... if that was the case I would be Don Juan.... Anyway, as ads go, it's not bad, funny if you can overlook the macho business. Jorge is a cool guy, and in the end he rides of in the sunset with two pretty girls in his.... sidecar. ...

India: TVS Motor And BMW To Make Joint-Venture? Posted: 08 Apr 2013 12:30 AM PDT #India #BMW #TVS - TVS Motor, India's fourth motorcycle manufacturer, is looking at an expected tie-up with German BMW. KTM are heavy into Bajaj (actually, it's Bajaj who is into KTM), and the partnership/relationship is working fine, so it makes sense for BMW to look for a partner in India. The alliance would call for a technology collaboration, manufacturing of motorcycles and distribution. TVS have a range of small displacement motorcycles, typically in the 160 to 180 cc range and are looking to produce more premium motorcycles, while BMW needs better access to the blossoming Indian market........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

France: Motorcycle Rest Stops Bol D’Or 2013 Posted: 07 Apr 2013 11:00 PM PDT For those of you going to the Bol d'Or motorcycle endurance race, and going by motorcycle, here are all the active motorcycle rest stops. At the "Relais Calmos Motards" you will be able to rest between bikers, eat, hot drinks, check your tire pressure, minor repairs, etc. Do watch out of the police before and after these rest stop, they are ALWAYS there! ...

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

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• Top Internet Stories - 5 April 2013
• Video: Watch The Motorcycle Life In The UK In The 60s
• France: Motophobia Of The French Airport Orly

Top Internet Stories - 5 April 2013 Posted: 05 Apr 2013 09:00 AM PDT 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) ...

Video: Watch The Motorcycle Life In The UK In The 60s Posted: 05 Apr 2013 05:00 AM PDT #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........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

France: Motophobia Of The French Airport Orly Posted: 04 Apr 2013 11:00 PM PDT #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!.......... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: Real Armored Motorcycle Clothing - Bullet Proof plus 2 more

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• Real Armored Motorcycle Clothing - Bullet Proof
• Video: Watch These Nutty Czechs Do An Original BMW R1200GS Test Ride
• Might As Well Drive A Car - Almost A Motorcycle

Real Armored Motorcycle Clothing - Bullet Proof Posted: 04 Apr 2013 09:00 AM PDT #Armor #Bulletproof #ATGATT - When we talk about protective clothing on our motorcycles we often talk about "armor". When an outsider hears us talking about our armor they envisage SWAT team-like clothing, or soldiers doing the rounds in Afghanistan. But in reality, motorcycle armor is usually a bit of plastic (if you're lucky it's liquid metal from D3O) with some Kevlar. That's it. But you can go the whole hog. Columbian company "Miguel Caballero" has combined both motorcycle and personal protective clothing; bullet proof motorcycle clothing. He should know about what is needed, living in one of the hot spots of the world with drug & political assassinations, kidnappings and many other violence that plagues that part of the world. Miguel started his clothing line because he realized that many "people" needed discreet protection. So he started making discreet & stylish bullet proof jackets, using leather on the outside, making it look like a normal jacket, not bullet stopping materials. He quickly branched out, and one of his successful lines of clothing is motorcycle gear........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Video: Watch These Nutty Czechs Do An Original BMW R1200GS Test Ride Posted: 04 Apr 2013 05:00 AM PDT #BMW #Snow #Review #R1200GS - Somehow the guys at the Czech motorcycle site Motodenik.cz managed to talk BMW into loaning them their brand-new R1200GS for a test ride. Little did BMW know that they would be taking the motorcycle out on an extreme test ride. What these nutty Czechs did was ride the Beemer up a mountain in thick ice and snowy conditions. The video below is that of the test drive. The first minute is pretty normal, the roads have been cleared, but then the road is iced up. This not only doesn't deter them, they are still riding with throttle open. At one stage they get to a slope that is too high and need to be pushed since the rear wheel is spinning like crazy. But they manage to get to the top without falling, and at high speed. Amazing........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Might As Well Drive A Car - Almost A Motorcycle Posted: 03 Apr 2013 11:00 PM PDT Roof, heating, mini-fridge.... it all points to some luxury car, not a motorcycle. The only thing missing is an extra set of wheels. But I have to be honest and say I lust for a Honda Gold Wing.... ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: Watch The 1st Season Of "The Clandestine" For Free plus 2 more

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• Watch The 1st Season Of "The Clandestine" For Free
• Video: Redline Motorcycle Clothing - Interesting
• Yemen: Motorcyclists Protest 5 Day Riding Ban

Watch The 1st Season Of "The Clandestine" For Free Posted: 03 Apr 2013 09:00 AM PDT #Comedy #TheClandestine - The first full season of the hit web TV series "The Clandestine" is now available for viewing, and the good news is that it's totally free. The Clandestine started as a Kickstarter project last year in the UK, and the comedy series is a cross between "Sons of Anarchy" and "The Office". The storyline is a couple of office workers start a "vicious" motorcycle gang, a 1%er biker gang. Of course, since it's a comedy, nothing goes the way they intended it to go. There are 13 episodes out, each funnier than the next. In contrast with regular TV, the episodes don't last long, about 5 minutes each, and in very sharp contrast with American TV, the words they use would be very frowned upon in the US office, so if you're looking at them in your cubicle, turn down the volume........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Video: Redline Motorcycle Clothing - Interesting Posted: 03 Apr 2013 05:00 AM PDT Here's a TV commercial for Redline, a Polish motorcycle clothing outfit. The ad is interesting as they used a video game-like images, with a motorcycle dodging traffic or racing on a circuit while wearing the Redline gear. Nice way of introducing a clothing line, and as games go, this would be fun. Maybe they should bring it out as a downloadable game... ...

Yemen: Motorcyclists Protest 5 Day Riding Ban Posted: 02 Apr 2013 11:00 PM PDT #Protest - Really! It really looks like politicians are dumb creatures anywhere in the world. It doesn't matter where you live, if there are politicians you know that a) your life has become complicated and b) they enrich themselves. Why ban motorcycles for 5 days to ensure that a conference is safe? The mind boggles.... ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ad: Saridon Motorcycle Helmet - Gone Right Past Me plus 2 more

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• Ad: Saridon Motorcycle Helmet - Gone Right Past Me
• Europe: Explanation About Motorcycle Clothing Norm EN 1621-1
• France: Video Ticketing Has Begun

Ad: Saridon Motorcycle Helmet - Gone Right Past Me Posted: 02 Apr 2013 09:00 AM PDT #Bayer #Advertisement - Normally speaking advertisements, especially print ones, need to convey a message with seconds of seeing it. When flipping through a magazine all ads are vying for your attention. So the ad must be visually interesting and tell its message immediately. In other words, don't make the reader guess what you are trying to say, like this ad... The ad is made in Venezuela and is for Bayer's Saridon, a headache .......... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Europe: Explanation About Motorcycle Clothing Norm EN 1621-1 Posted: 02 Apr 2013 05:00 AM PDT #Safety #Norms #Armor - As you may know, here in Europe we "love" norms & standards. Mostly created by politicians who have nothing better to do than impose more and more rules and regulations on motorcyclists, some of these norms are meant to inform motorcycle riders about the equipment they are buying. It's a kind of "leveling the playing field" approach, so that you can purchase the right safety gear that applies to you. Back in 1997 they came up with a standard for motorcycle armor, called the EN 1621-1 standard. It got updated in 2003 and the last update was last year. The norm is there to make sure you understand what level of protection you'll be getting with the gear. To make it "simple" to understand, they came up with a pictogram, a drawing that shows you to what levels the motorcycle armor will protect you. You'll be finding these pictograms on the clothing you'll be buying in stores. It's an European wide norm. Here's a brief description of what the pictogram represents........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

France: Video Ticketing Has Begun Posted: 01 Apr 2013 11:00 PM PDT #Fines #CCTV #Video #France - In France politicians are grasping at any straw to get money into the state's purse. Things are going bad, with more and more unemployment and deficit, higher taxes, more factories closing down and therefore innumerable ways of ticketing cars and motorcycles. It looks like every few months the authorities think of new ways of parting motorcyclists and car drivers with their hard earned money. We've already seen all sorts of radars, but now the latest weapon to get your money has started in Paris on April 2nd; VIDEO. The French had reluctantly started rolling out video surveillance equipment to fight crime (it's too expensive while money can be better spent getting money from hard working citizens), but now suddenly someone realized that you can actually use video cameras to find ways of making money. A plan was immediately put into place, and with a speed that you will never see a government do for something good & proper, the video surveillance cameras will now fine you for a host of issues:.......... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: Easter Monday - We Are Closed Today, Off For An Ice Cold Motorcycle Ride

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Easter Monday - We Are Closed Today, Off For An Ice Cold Motorcycle Ride Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:00 PM PDT #Funny #Winter - It's Easter Monday, and since I haven't been on my motorcycle for weeks, I decided to brave the ice cold winter conditions and go for a ride. See you tomorrow after having unthawed. ...

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