Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Harley-Davidson - Try Living Off The Straight & Narrow plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Harley-Davidson - Try Living Off The Straight & Narrow plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Video: Harley-Davidson - Try Living Off The Straight & Narrow

Posted: 09 Sep 2014 09:00 AM PDT

Ad Harley Davidson Straight and narrow
Harley-Davidson logo
#Harley-Davidson #Advertisement #Video - Nice TV commercial for Harley-Davidson's 2015 Road Glide motorcycle. The advertisement is nicely filmed, loud but good music and the roar of the Harley's engine. It's the way we bikers like our roads. Nice story.

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Bike Shield App: Avoid Car vs Motorcycle Crashes

Posted: 09 Sep 2014 05:00 AM PDT

The Bike Shield App
The Bike Shield App
#TheBikeShieldApp #Safety - Here is a smartphone app that could save lives, preventing car vs motorcycle (or bicycle) accidents, but for it to work you need critical mass and willingness of the users. A first (and cheap) step towards the USA government mandate for vehicle-to-vehicle communications.

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Haiti: Kill-All-Our-Children Back To School Motorcycle Ride?

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 11:00 PM PDT

Haiti Back To School Ride
Haiti flag
#Haiti #BackToSchool #ATGATT - It looks like it's back to school in Haiti, and proud parents pile their children on their motorcycles and bring them to school. Except of course the father has a sort-of-a-helmet, while rug rat and wife get none. I guess there has to be some difference in the world, right?

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Monday, September 8, 2014

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Real Motorcycle Ambulances plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Real Motorcycle Ambulances plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Real Motorcycle Ambulances

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 09:00 AM PDT

Motorcycle Real Ambulance
Motorcycle Real Ambulance
#Ambulances #Sidecars #Medical - Often in many countries you can not get to a medical emergency and transport the needy quickly and efficiently with a normal (and expensive) ambulance. That is why there are many motorcycle ambulances operating in these areas of the world. fast, efficient and low cost. Here are several of them.

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Don’t Like The Color Of Your Motorcycle Helmet Anymore?

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 05:00 AM PDT

Mask Helmet
Mask Helmet logo
#HelmetMask #Helmets #Cool - Don't like the color or design of your motorcycle helmet anymore, but don't want to spend a fortune on a new helmet? The Helmet Mask comes to the rescue. For some €20 you can change the look of your helmet within 3 minutes to something more 'interesting'. Now you can change your helmet look every day.

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Is This The New Yamaha R6 Sports Motorcycle?

Posted: 07 Sep 2014 11:00 PM PDT

Big Yamaha R6
#Funny #Yamaha - Our roving spies managed to spot a test biker resting on what appears to be a new Yamaha R6 sports motorcycle. Is this the new 2015 VBB version; the Yamaha R6 VBB (Very Big Bikers)?

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Friday, September 5, 2014

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 5 September 2014 plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 5 September 2014 plus 2 more

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Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 5 September 2014

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 09:00 AM PDT

Top Weekly Web Article
It looks like summer has come back with a vengeance. It was probably on holiday last month. Great motorcycle riding weather, but despite the many trips, I've managed to read some interesting articles last week that you may have missed. So here they are.

- More women are discovering the thrill of motorcycles (LA Times)
- Buying A Motorbike (The Telegraph)
- Benefits Of Motorcycle Tent Trailers (Princess Notes)

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Video: Icon’s Motorcycle Stunt Challenges - Super Cool

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 05:00 AM PDT

Icon Stunt Challenges Video
Icon logo
#Icon #Video #Stunts - Here is a super cool video coming from Icon involving two French motorcycle stunt riders who challenge each other in some amazing stunts. Absolute skill involved, but watch until the end so that you can see the outtakes.

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This Ecology Movement Has Gone Too Far

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 11:00 PM PDT

Eco Motorcycle Too Far
#Funny #Ecology - Really! There are limits to the ecology movement..... this has got to stop.

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Give Your Kid A Kawasaki Superbike, Safely plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Give Your Kid A Kawasaki Superbike, Safely plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Give Your Kid A Kawasaki Superbike, Safely

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 09:00 AM PDT

Kiddimoto Kawasaki Superbike
Kiddimoto logo
#Kiddimoto #Children #Toys - Seeing your small kid on a motorcycle is frightening, but not on these. Kiddimoto have several special versions of their training bikes (bicycle/push bikes) for small children, done up in your racing hero's colors. Now there's a special version of the Kawasaki Superbike.

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Italy: Young Scooterist Gets Record Fine For Helmet-less Riding

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 05:00 AM PDT

Tom Hanks With No Helmet
Italy flag
#Italy #RecordFine #Helmetless - A 22 year old, and very stupid scooterist got caught riding around a city in Italy without a helmet. At the end of the story he got fined a record fine: €7000.

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How To Stop A Pillion From Talking On Long Motorcycle Rides

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 11:00 PM PDT

Muzzling a pillion
#Funny #PillionsTalkTooMuch - Sometimes having a pillion on your motorcycle can be a blessing, but sometimes not... they can talk too much. Here is a way some Asian biker found to prevent his pillion from talking. Creative.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Germany: Hein Gericke Complete Newbie Biker Package plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Germany: Hein Gericke Complete Newbie Biker Package plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Germany: Hein Gericke Complete Newbie Biker Package

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 09:00 AM PDT

Hein Gericke Riding School Outfit
Hein Gericke logo
#HeinGericke #Newbies - In Germany, Hein Gericke is offering a complete ATGATT package for newbies who are going to motorcycle riding school. Everything you need to start riding.

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Video: Electric Vehicles Pollute You Say? Have A Look At This

Posted: 03 Sep 2014 05:00 AM PDT

Oil Uses Electricity
#Video #Electric #Ecology - So you think electric motorcycles and cars pollute as much as gasoline vehicles because the power stations needed to generate the required electricity pollute as much? How wrong you are - kind-of. Yes, pollution is required to generate the electricity for our EVs, but did you know that your gas-guzzling SUV uses as much, even more, electricity before you have fuel to pump into the car? Have a look at this well done video.

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Spain: Finally (Tragically) Going High Tech Radars

Posted: 02 Sep 2014 11:00 PM PDT

Police Radar Gun UK
Spain flag
#Spain #Radar - Spain was one of the last hold-outs for the use of laser radar guns. No longer! 30 of them, valued over €1.6 million are now going into service. Looks like the Spanish authorities really need the money from fines, just like the French.

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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: KTM RC390 - How To Do Your Housework Chores plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: KTM RC390 - How To Do Your Housework Chores plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Video: KTM RC390 - How To Do Your Housework Chores

Posted: 02 Sep 2014 09:00 AM PDT

KTM Household Chores
KTM logo
#KTM #RC390 #Competition #Advertisement - Here is a KTM advertisement that clearly reminds me on how I do my house chores. I just think I'm a bit faster. Have a look at the video, it's funny.

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India: Motorcycle Insurance Coverage To Be 3 Years

Posted: 02 Sep 2014 05:00 AM PDT

India Motorcycle Insurance Certificate
India flag
#India #Insurance - In India the motorcycles and scooters are going to benefit from an interesting insurance scheme - they will be insured for 3 years at a time, not one as is the current policy. It is an interesting development that could benefit other countries.

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You Know This Is Not Going To End Well #9383

Posted: 01 Sep 2014 11:00 PM PDT

Not a good idea 9383
#Dangerous #Funny #notGood - Just a little bit of braking, a little bump in the road, a...... you get the message. This is not going to end well.

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Monday, September 1, 2014

Bikes in the Fast Lane: 10 Flags and Motorcycles from Around the World - Part 3 plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: 10 Flags and Motorcycles from Around the World - Part 3 plus 2 more

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10 Flags and Motorcycles from Around the World - Part 3

Posted: 01 Sep 2014 09:00 AM PDT

Motorcycles Flags USA
Motorcycles Flags Brazil
#Flags - Always colorful, always nice to see, even if some of the reasons are not that nice. Flying flags on motorcycles is something many bikers do around the world, so here is the 3rd part of our series "Flags and motorcycles", 10 colorful photos.

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Book Review: The (r)Evolution of the Empulse

Posted: 01 Sep 2014 05:00 AM PDT

Book Review Evolution of the Empulse
Book Review Evolution of the Empulse
#Book #Electric #Brammo - A review of the book entitled "The (r)Evolution of the Empulse", an eBook about the design and production of the electric Brammo Empulse motorcycle. And what's even better ... the book is FREE!. Can't get any better than that.

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Annual Ural European Meeting - Sense Of Humor

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 11:00 PM PDT

Ural European Meeting 2014
Ural logo
#Ural #Event #Austria - Russian Ural motorcycles are holding their annual gathering for European riders next weekend, and their PR department have a wicked sense of humor if you have a look at the event's poster. Wicked.

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