Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ad: Verizon - Do Not Text and Drive plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ad: Verizon - Do Not Text and Drive plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Ad: Verizon - Do Not Text and Drive

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT

Ad Verizon Text and Drive
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#Advertisement #Texting #Trucks - Hmmmm .. interesting safety advertisement from American phone company Verizon. The concept is good (but not new), the message is loud & clear ... but... this could backfire.

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Event: Motors and Soul

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 05:00 AM PDT

Chateau de Villiers
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#France #Motors&Soul #Event - A great event is coming up in September called "Motors & Soul", bring together great motorcycles, food, live music, a castle and several ride outs. The vent is South of Paris at a real castle. Be there!

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Cyprus: Unusual Way For Motorcycle Police To Patrol The Streets - WTF?

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 11:00 PM PDT

Cyprus Motorcycle Show Off
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#Cyprus #Police #Funny - This has got to be the most unusual and weirdest way to patrol the streets for motorcycle cops. Is this the upside down world? Or are they doing upskirts?

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Monday, July 28, 2014

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Patent: Rejoice! No More Water On Motorcycle Visors When It Rains plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Patent: Rejoice! No More Water On Motorcycle Visors When It Rains plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Patent: Rejoice! No More Water On Motorcycle Visors When It Rains

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 05:00 AM PDT

Patent Compressed Air Visor Cleaning
#Patent #CompressedAir #Helmets - Here is a patent that was filed that will make your life so much easier when it rains. No more rain water on your motorcycle helmet's visor. Done, clear. ...

Idea: Smart Tire Pressure Monitor System for Motorcycles

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 05:00 AM PDT

CycleAT
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#Kickstarter #TPMS #CycleAT - Here is an interesting Kickstarter project - a really smart and well done Tire Pressure Monitoring System for motorcycle, incorporating much more data than just pressure, and all visualized on a smartphone. Cool.

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The Easy Way Of Finishing The Tour de France

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 11:00 PM PDT

Tdf 2014 On Motorcycle Cop Behind
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#TouDeFrance #TdF #Gendarmerie - There are many ways to finish the tough Tour de France bicycle race, almost all involve superhuman efforts. But this cyclist found the easy way. Somehow I do not think this is legal....

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Friday, July 25, 2014

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Stories - 25 July 2014 plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Stories - 25 July 2014 plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Top Internet Stories - 25 July 2014

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT

Top Weekly Web Article
I have been working for a week without glasses since mine fell out of my pocket during a motorcycle ride, and got crushed by 100's of tractors. It has not been easy to write articles, so any spelling mistakes... ooops. I should have a new pair tomorrow, so back to normal. But it didn't prevent me from reading many interesting articles, which I will share with you.

- Ride Review: Energica Ego (Asphalt And Rubber)
- A Motorcycle Addiction (slightlycorkedandmore)
- Harley Davidson Street Shipments Delayed Because (Milwaukee Business Journal)
- Hands On With The Worlds First HUD Motorcycle Helmet (Indefinitelywild)
- The 2014 Bike Exif Awards, Part I (Bikeexif)
- Thailand Revolution Motorcycle (The New York Review of Books)

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France: Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy Shows How To Ride Motorcycle, NOT!

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 05:00 AM PDT

Sarkozy Non ATGATT
#France #Sarkozy #ATGATT - For the former president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, who was known to be very strict regarding the rules of the road, the man who started the speed radars craze, the gigantic vehicle repression, but also the man who reduced road fatalities, he should know better.

Sarkozy got caught by the Paris Match magazine riding a Vespa scooter with his lovely wife, none of them dressed appropriately for riding a PTW. No protected clothes, no gloves and more importantly, NO HELMET!

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China: Talk About Obstacles On Your Daily Motorcycle Commute!

Posted: 24 Jul 2014 11:00 PM PDT

China Typhoon Rammasun Trees Obstacles
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#China #Typhoon #Obstacles - That is not what you want to see on your daily motorcycle commute.

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Sidi Magnetic Motorcycle Boots - Mag-1 plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Sidi Magnetic Motorcycle Boots - Mag-1 plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Sidi Magnetic Motorcycle Boots - Mag-1

Posted: 24 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT

Sidi Mag 1
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#Sidi #Boots #Magnetic - Sidi's new magnetic closing motorcycle boots are cool. You can set the closing width to the exact width you require, and it is set for the whole feet.

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Switzerland: Number of Radars To Be REDUCED!

Posted: 24 Jul 2014 03:33 AM PDT

Radar Swiss
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#Switzerland #Radars #Speeding - Good news for our Swiss motorcycling bikers - the Swiss authorities have deemed that since there are less and less speeding tickets issued by speed radars, they are gong to remove several of them since the cost money. Less radars = GOOD, more radars = BAD.

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Sudan: Beer Delivery Motorcycle - Question?

Posted: 23 Jul 2014 11:00 PM PDT

Sudan Beer Delivery Motorcycle
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#Sudan #Beer - Here is a question for you... would you rather ride motorcycle and deliver beer in a Muslim country like Sudan, or live where you are now, but not be involved in motorcycles and beer? What do you choose?

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Russia: Amazingly Detailed Wooden Motorcycle - Beauty plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Russia: Amazingly Detailed Wooden Motorcycle - Beauty plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Russia: Amazingly Detailed Wooden Motorcycle - Beauty

Posted: 23 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT

Wooden IZH 49
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#Russia #Wooden #IZH-49 - A carpenter in Russia to keep himself occupied during those long winter nights created this master piece: a 1:1 detailed copy of the Russian IZH-49 motorcycle. An amazing detailed copy made totally out of wood. Impressive.

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CapIt For Helmet Drying

Posted: 23 Jul 2014 05:00 AM PDT

CapIt Dry Helmet
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#CapIt #DryHelmets - Italian Capit, known for its race motorcycle tire warmers (MotoGP, SBK, etc) are now selling their helmet dryer, using warm or cool air to dry your helmet.

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Syria: Cops Expected To Ride With Photo Of Dictator Assad?

Posted: 22 Jul 2014 11:00 PM PDT

Syria Cop Assad Photo
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#Syria #Police - Wow, it looks like the motorcycle police in Syria need to ride around with photos of the (dictator) president Assad. If not....

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Vespa India - Do You ....? plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Vespa India - Do You ....? plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Video: Vespa India - Do You ....?

Posted: 22 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT

Vespa India d Do You
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#Vespa #India #Advertisement - Here is a TV commercial from Vespa India, that is nicely put together, well filmed, nice music, but the message is pretty corny and it's only at the end that you realize that the advertisement is for Vespa.

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KTM Beach Beer Time

Posted: 22 Jul 2014 05:00 AM PDT

KTM Cooler Bag
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#KTM #BeachTime - Apart from the KTM swimwear we showed you last month, you can also go to the beach in style - beer cooler, beer bottle opener and sit-&-drink-beer KTM chair. Ready for the beach?

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USA: Staying Dry In Floods On Your Motorcycle

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 11:00 PM PDT

Staying Dry Illinois
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#Funny #Floods - So this is how you stay dry during floods while riding your motorcycle.... Now I know...

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Monday, July 21, 2014

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Patent: Chinese Guy Patents Motorcycle Starter Button - Shocking plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Patent: Chinese Guy Patents Motorcycle Starter Button - Shocking plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Patent: Chinese Guy Patents Motorcycle Starter Button - Shocking

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT

Patent Motorcycle Start Button
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#China #Patent #Starter - In a shocking development, some guy in China has patented a motorcycle starter button. YES - no more kickstarters. Why didn't I think of that? ...

Tour de France 2014: The Motorcycle Police

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 05:00 AM PDT

Tour de France 2012 The Race
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#TourDeFrance #TdF #Police - We're almost getting towards the end of the famous Tour de France for 2014, and I know many motorcycle riders like watching the TdF, not only for the cyclist's inhuman efforts, but also the 100's of motorcycles that ride with the Tour.

One such group of motorcycles play a very important role for the Tour; the motorcycle police.

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Philippines: Well Blow Me Down - That Is A Strong Wind

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 11:00 PM PDT

Typhoon Rammasun Manila
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#Philippines #Typhoon - I have never been one who likes to ride my motorcycle when there is a strong wind, but here motorcycles are shifting around without anyone on them. Holy crap!

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