Monday, February 9, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: France: The Folding Trailer plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: France: The Folding Trailer plus 2 more

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France: The Folding Trailer

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 08:00 AM PST

Remorque Pliante
Remorque Pliante
#Trailers - Having a trailer is nice, but you loose a lot of real estate space in your garage. Here is a French company that has a totally folding trailer that takes up the space of a folded and stored Ping-Pong table, and can even 'bend' the rear allowing you to ride up your motorcycle.

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Switzerland: 1000 Charging Stations For EV Passed

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST

Switzerland Charging map 201502
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#Switzerland #EVChargingStations #Statistics - The land of mountains, cows, chocolate and bankers has passed the 1,000 mark for electric cars and motorcycles charging stations. Not bad for a 41K km2 country with high mountains.

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France: The Anti-Motorcycle-Ban Protest Ride In Paris

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 10:00 PM PST

FFMC Paris Protest
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#FFMC #ProtestRide - On Sunday, the FFMC organized protest ride against the motorcycle ban for bikes older than the year 2000 from entering in Paris was followed by some 4000 bikers. Here is what happened.

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Saturday, February 7, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: France: The Year 2000 Motorcycle Ban Gets Worse, Much Worse

Bikes in the Fast Lane: France: The Year 2000 Motorcycle Ban Gets Worse, Much Worse

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France: The Year 2000 Motorcycle Ban Gets Worse, Much Worse

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 11:45 PM PST

Marie Antoinette
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#France #Ban - The ban on motorcycles built before the yer 2000 is bad, but it's worse, much worse. Already the Parisian police have vetoed the Monday 9th protest while the law is being voted, and this Mayor of Paris has already said she wants to ban in the year 2020 all motorcycles built before 2015. Yes, you read that right, 2015.

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Friday, February 6, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 06 February 2015 plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 06 February 2015 plus 2 more

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Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 06 February 2015

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 08:00 AM PST

Top Weekly Web Article
Boy, I've been gone from home for a long time, just riding back for a few hours before heading out again. At least this weekend I'll be home. Winter is trying to creep in, but not having much luck, thankfully. Here are a few motorcycle articles that have appeared over the last week that you may have missed.

- The Million Dollar Racing Ducati Motorcycle Califorthumnia Hot Rod On Ebay (Cycleworld)
- The archbishop biker: Thomas Wenski leads poker run across Miami-Dade (Miami Herald)
- Riding Your Motorcycle Home On A Business Tax Saving (Business Fabricated)
- Geeking out on electric motorcycles รข€" a trip to the Zero factory (Gizmag)
- Fear of Riding After A Motorcycle Accident (Michael Padway And Associates)

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Pope Benedict Motorcycle Less Valuable Than Pope Francis

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST

Religious Figure On Motorcycle
Vatican City flag
#PopesSellingHarleys - Both Popes last one and current) have received a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, both signed it, and both auctioned off the bikes for charity. But the current Pope Francis got a hell of a lot more money for his than the previous Pope. So who's your daddy now?

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Colombia: A Day Without Motorcycles In Bogota

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 10:00 PM PST

Bogota Motorcycle Free Day 2015
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#Colombia #Pollution - Wow. Yesterday was a day without motorcycles (or cars) in the country's capital city Bogota. On its own, I'd prefer their solution, one day in the year without any vehicles on the road, than the French way of banning motorcycles built before the year 2000 (and cars before 1997). Luckily it's not a law yet, but even after the proposed massive motorcycle protest ride, it probably will be.

I wonder what the results were in Bogota pollution-wise?

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Thursday, February 5, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Review: 2015 Yamaha TMax 530 - The 2015 Edition plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Review: 2015 Yamaha TMax 530 - The 2015 Edition plus 2 more

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Review: 2015 Yamaha TMax 530 - The 2015 Edition

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:00 AM PST

Review 2015 Yamaha TMax 530
Yamaha logo
#Review #Yamaha - A detailed review from a top French web site of the 2015 Yamaha TMax 530 - The 2015 Edition

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New Gorilla Alarm - Small, Powerful and Communicative

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST

Gorilla Alarm Series 9
Gorilla Alarms logo
#Gorilla #Alarms - Gorilla Alarms, an institution for motorcycle protection, has released a new alarm that is smaller, more powerful (120 db siren) and can communicate with you. The Series 9.

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What To Do When Your Motorcycle Breaks Down? Bus It?

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:00 PM PST

Bussing your motorcycle
#Funny #Fail #Bus - I guess if your motorcycle breaks down and you need to get somewhere, you don't have a choice but to go on the bus ... with the motorcycle. I'd love to see the photo from inside the bus.

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Idea: Want To Invest In A Motorycle Hearse? Chopphearse plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Idea: Want To Invest In A Motorycle Hearse? Chopphearse plus 2 more

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Idea: Want To Invest In A Motorycle Hearse? Chopphearse

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:00 AM PST

ChoppHearse
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#Kickstarter #Crowd-Funding #Hearse - Here's an idea that tanked. Copphearse, a motorcycle hearse using a chopper. But why did if fail?

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Kyburz: 1000’s Electric Scooters Sold But Do You Know Them

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST

Kyburz DXP
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#Kyburz #Electric - This company has sold over 4,000 electric scooters, but very few people will have heard of the name; Kyburz. You can understand this if the company is Chinese for example, since there are 100's of them. But the company in question is from Switzerland, and their electric scooters can be found all over the world.

So why don't you know about them?

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Look! A Real Steel Horse

Posted: 03 Feb 2015 10:00 PM PST

Steel Horse
#Funny #Farming - Now that is a real steel horse! A good use of a motorcycle.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Follow Up On Excellent Motorcycle Safety Campaign plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Follow Up On Excellent Motorcycle Safety Campaign plus 2 more

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Video: Follow Up On Excellent Motorcycle Safety Campaign

Posted: 03 Feb 2015 08:00 AM PST

Ride To Live Commuter Rider
Australia flag
#Australia #Safety #NSW - A follow up on the excellent motorcycle safety campaign from last year coming to you from NSW, Australia. Four short videos using 'ghost' motorcycles on what will happen if you take the wrong decision. Very nice.

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Paris: Biker Protest Ride Against Ban On Old Motorcycles

Posted: 03 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST

Paris Biker Protest 201404
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#FFMC #Paris #ProtestRide - The French Federation of Angry Bikers to organizing a protest ride this February 8th against the ban for ail motorcycle built before the year 2000 from entering Paris. This should be a massively followed ride, blocking the whole city.

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Two Old Brand Slugout: Royal Enfield Sells More Than Harley-Davidson

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 10:00 PM PST

Royal Enfield vs Harley
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#RoyalEnfield #Harley-Davidson #Sales - For the very first time, India based Royal Enfield sold more motorcycles globally than USA based Harley-Davidson. Both are old and established brands. But that's sales, on the financial side it's a different story.

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Monday, February 2, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Idea: Electric Rain Wipers For Motorcycle Helmets - RainPal plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Idea: Electric Rain Wipers For Motorcycle Helmets - RainPal plus 2 more

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Idea: Electric Rain Wipers For Motorcycle Helmets - RainPal

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 08:00 AM PST

RainPal
RainPal
#indieGoGo #Crowd-Funding #HelmetWipers - RainPal is an idea sitting in a crowd-funding site that is basically a rain wiper for motorcycle helmets, that is very thin, small and has a wireless remote control located in your motorcycle's handlebar.

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Review:2015 Ducati Panigale 1299S - The Beauty is a Beast

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST

Review 2015 Ducati Panigale 1299s
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#Review #Ducati #Panigale1299S - A detailed review from a top French web site of the 2015 Ducati Panigale 1299S - The Beauty is a Beast

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EnduroPale: World Wackiest Motorcycle Beach Race 2015 - Photos

Posted: 01 Feb 2015 10:00 PM PST

EnduroPale 2015
Enduropale Touquet 2015 vintage
#EnduroPale #BeachRace #France - The Le Touquet EnduroPale motorcycle beach race is one of the biggest motorcycles races in the world, but also one of the wackiest and crazy, not to speak about dangerous; races you can watch. Here are 11 photos of the crazy beach race.

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