Monday, July 20, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: 23 Snow Globes With Motorcycles - Yes, Snow Globes! plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: 23 Snow Globes With Motorcycles - Yes, Snow Globes! plus 2 more

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23 Snow Globes With Motorcycles - Yes, Snow Globes!

Posted: 20 Jul 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Motorcycle Snow Globe
Motorcycle Snow Globe
#SnowGlobes - Yes, I know, I know. But it's so damn hot that I had to think of snow to cool me down, and coupled that with motorcycles, I ended up thinking of snow globes. So here are 23 photos of snow globes with a motorcycle in them. In the related articles, there's a real snow globe, with a real motorcycle.

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France: Outrageous! Cops Get Bonus For Most Tickets

Posted: 20 Jul 2015 05:00 AM PDT

French Radar Police Hidden
France flag
#France #Police #Scandal - I am outraged! Scandalized! The French car magazine Auto Plus found out that not only are cops being given points for every ticket issued, but the top police units (cars or motorcycles) get an annual bonus of รข‚¬600 per person. Unacceptable!

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India: Religious Festival With Motorcycle Stunts - Rath Yatra

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Rath Yatra 2015 Stunts
India flag
#India #Stunts #RathYatra - Wow, you got to hand it to those good folks in India. Not only do they make some great food, but their culture is pretty decent as well. They have many Hindu Gods, and one of them, Ratha Yatra, results in an annual festival that sees the locals doing stunts on their motorcycles.

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Friday, July 17, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 17 July 2015 plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 17 July 2015 plus 2 more

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Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 17 July 2015

Posted: 17 Jul 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Top Weekly Web Article
What a week, what a week! That was intense, with several parties, loads of people, fireworks, Tour de France, and great weather. Unfortunately not much motorcycle riding, but I'm making up for that now. Here are a few interesting motorcycle related articles that have appeared over the last seven days that you may have missed. For your reading pleasure.

- Leatherman Tread Review: Is The Bracelet Multitool Genuinely Useful? (Indefinitelywild)
- Commuting with the fun, stylish and expensive Bolt e-bike (Engadget)
- Evans Off Camber - The Question Of Moto Monogamy (Bikers Report)

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France: The Paris Motorcycle Exhibition 2015 - Dates and Venue

Posted: 09 Jul 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Salon de la Moto 2015 Map
Salon de la Moto logo
#France #Exhibitions SalonDeLaMoto - After several years in limbo land, the French motorcycle exhibition is slowly coming back to its former glory. It's not there yet, but every two years (it alternates with the German Intermot) it gets bigger and better. Here are the dates and other information in case you want to come and have a look.

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Very Funny, But Fake WD-40 Advertisement

Posted: 16 Jul 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Old WD 40 ad
#Fake #Advertisement #WD40 - Funny, with a lot of sexual innuendo, but according to the experts, the WD-40 ad is fake. Pity, since it's awesome.

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Lara by Viba, MV Agusta Based Scrambler - Pretty plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Lara by Viba, MV Agusta Based Scrambler - Pretty plus 2 more

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Lara by Viba, MV Agusta Based Scrambler - Pretty

Posted: 16 Jul 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Viba Lara 800
Viba logo
#Viba #Scramblers - Viba is a small French motorcycle customization company, but with great ideas and talent. They have produced a limited edition Scrambler, called the Lara 800, based on a MV Agusta engine. Looks really rad, elegant and sporty at the same time. Only 23 of these will be made.

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Want To Buy A Vintage Motorcycle For Not That Much Cash?

Posted: 16 Jul 2015 05:00 AM PDT

DKW RT Standard
Heinkel Scooter with Sidecar
#Auction #Vintage - Buying a vintage motorcycle or scooter at an auction doesn't need to cost an arm and a leg. Here is one internet auction, that finishes next Tuesday, with some reasonably priced vintage motorcycles. Tempting...

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Indonesia: Mass Motorcycle Exodus 2015

Posted: 15 Jul 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Indonesia Exodus 2015
Indonesia flag
#Indonesia #MassTrafficJams - Looks like a mass exodus of motorcycles in Indonesia, but all it is, the end of the Eid al-Fitr religious holidays, a bit like Thanksgiving in the USA when everyone and their dog travels home.

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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Tour De France: The Motorcycle Riders - Not For Everyone plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Tour De France: The Motorcycle Riders - Not For Everyone plus 2 more

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Tour De France: The Motorcycle Riders - Not For Everyone

Posted: 15 Jul 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Tour de France 2015
Tour de France logo
#LeTour #TourDeFrance #Tour2015 - Riding a motorcycle in the Tour de France may sound ideal, but it's very hard work with no time to admire the scenery for fear of hitting a child, or crashing into the cyclists. In order to make sure the bikers are at the top of their skills, they must follow a mandatory training with the motorcycle cops every two years.

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India To make Own Electric Drivetrain for Motorcycle, Conquer The World

Posted: 15 Jul 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Republic Day Parade 2012
India flag
#India #Electric - India is stepping up its game. The EV world is going to be rocked. The Indian government is investing in producing an electric drivetrain kits for their motorcycle and scooter industry, that can be used by the manufacturers. First kit to arrive in 6 months, 3 by 2020. Are they going to rule the world?

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Summer Time: BBQ Time - Kawasaki Style

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Kawasaki BBQ
#Kawasaki #BBQ - It's summer time, and when it's summer, it's also BBQ time. Here is Kawasaki's way of doing up a pretty cool BBQ set. I want...

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Mahindra - Square Off Against Cars - Ad plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Mahindra - Square Off Against Cars - Ad plus 2 more

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Video: Mahindra - Square Off Against Cars - Ad

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Mahindra Kisi Se Kam Nahi
Mahindra logo
#Mahindra #TvCommercial - Not known around the world, Mahindra is a enormous company making the most tractors in the world, but also cars, military equipment, and also motorcycles and cars. In their latest TV commercial to show that motorcycles are better than cars. But we know that already, right?

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Japan: The Sub Sub Culture - Bosozoku Biker Girls

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Bosozoku Girl
Japan flag
#Japan #Bosozoku #FemaleBikerGang - Japan has many cultures, also in the motorcycle world. One subculture is the crazy Bosozoku one, and a sub-subculture of this group are the Bosozoku girls. Wild, crazy, kamikaze style bikers, they prove Japan that they can wipe their own asses. Cool.

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Bastille Day Today, 2015 Edition - Let The Heads Roll

Posted: 13 Jul 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Bastille Day Storming
France flag
#France #BastilleDay #14Juillet - It's the 14th of July, therefore the French national holiday, known outside of France as Bastille Day. A celebration of the days when royalty lost weight (their head got chopped off).... something modern-day royalty should remember. Yesterday and today see many celebrations, even with motorcycles. Firemen balls (the dancing kind), fireworks, motorcycle rides and lots of parties.

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Monday, July 13, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: A Day At The Races: All the Tour de France 2015 Vehicles plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: A Day At The Races: All the Tour de France 2015 Vehicles plus 2 more

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A Day At The Races: All the Tour de France 2015 Vehicles

Posted: 13 Jul 2015 09:00 AM PDT

France Radar Greed
Tour de France logo
Many people around the world follow world's biggest and toughest bicycle race, the famous Tour de France. This year was a double bonanza for me.. it would be going through not only our region, but the city where I live. And to make things even easier, it would be passing 5 meters from my garden terrace. So what better than throw a Tour de France party by inviting some friends. So here are 186 photos of all the vehicles on the Tour. 186 photos out of the some 3,000 vehicles.

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France: Motorcycle Lobby Group Asks For Speed Reduction!

Posted: 13 Jul 2015 05:00 AM PDT

FFMC Le Mans Radar Warning
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#France #FFMC @SpeedLimits - The French Association of Angry Bikers (FFMC) is asking for a speed limit reduction from 90 kph to 70 kph in an area that has become dangerous for motorcyclists.

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They Shoot Motorcycles, Don’t They?

Posted: 12 Jul 2015 11:00 PM PDT

They Hang Motorcycle Dont They
#Funny #HangingByTheNeck - Shoot, then hang motorcycles.... bad. Racists! They shoot motorcycles don't they?

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Friday, July 10, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 10 July 2015 plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 10 July 2015 plus 2 more

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Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 10 July 2015

Posted: 10 Jul 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Top Weekly Web Article
Sandwiched between yesterday's Tour de France arriving 5 meters from my house and Tuesday's national holiday (Bastille Day), it's been a busy week with parties, and more important, preparing for the parties. So very little time to do any motorcycle riding, but some time to do some interesting reading. Here are a few articles you may have missed during the week for your reading pleasure.

- Bleeding Your Motorcycle Brakes Syringe (Motorcycle Thailand)
- Officials: Motorcycle Gangs Stepping Up Efforts To Recruit Troops (Daily Caller)
- Ride Review: Indian Chief Vintage (The Motorcycle Obsession)
- A New Film On The World's Most Dangerous Race (Bikeexif)
- Biker cut in half in horror crash after hitting telephone wire and tree during police chase (Mirror)

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Nigeria Finally Takes Next Step For Homemade Motorcycle, and Stumbles

Posted: 10 Jul 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Naseni M1
Nigeria flag
#Nigeria #NaseniM1 - Strange country, Nigeria.... In 2013 they announced after a long research, that the country will be mass producing their own build motorcycle, which looks like a carbon copy of the Honda Cub, now they announce that their national car manufacturer is going to make the motorcycle initially, but then others will be making it, and paying them royalties. That after they ban the imports of all foreign motorcycles. Strange country.

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Hey! What Happened? I Just Washed My BMW GS Motorcycle!

Posted: 09 Jul 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Shrunken GS
#Funny - All I did was wash it in warm water. Now look at my BMW GS motorcycle... it SHRUNK!

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