Thursday, June 18, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: A Working Motorcycle: the BMW Logger Bike plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: A Working Motorcycle: the BMW Logger Bike plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

A Working Motorcycle: the BMW Logger Bike

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 09:00 AM PDT

BMW Logger Motorcycle
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#BMW #Customization #USA - Here is a real 'working motorcycle', a BMW Logging Bike to be used for the wood logging industry in Oregon. It's a show piece, but still, it works. Fully functional, as you can see in the video, it's impressive.

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Patent: Electric Motorcycle with Removable Battery

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Patent Chinese Electric Motorcycle
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#Patents #Electric - This patent from China calls for an electric motorcycle with in the 'fuel tank' the batteries that can be removed.

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China: Are They Scrapping More Motorcycles Than Building Them?

Posted: 17 Jun 2015 11:00 PM PDT

China Binzhou Motorcycle Scrapyard
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#Scrapping #China - Looking at previous photos from Chinese motorcycle scrap yards, you are left wondering if they are scrapping more bikes than actually building them. But then again, with millions made per month, this is just a small drop in the ocean of motorcycles.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Bering Catch - Motorcycle Backpack for Adventure Riders plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Bering Catch - Motorcycle Backpack for Adventure Riders plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Bering Catch - Motorcycle Backpack for Adventure Riders

Posted: 17 Jun 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Bering Catch
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#Bering #Backpack #AdventureRiding - If you are looking for a daily commute backpack, move on. But adventure motorcycle riders could be interested in this Bering Catch backpack. Rain and sun proof, 55L, camelback, etc - all made for long distance motorcycle travel.

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Brazil: Economy Reduces Motorcycle Sales To Historic Levels

Posted: 17 Jun 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Brazil Motorcycle factory
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#Brazil #Statistics - The bad world economy is still having very negative effects around the world, and even BRIC countries like Brazil are feeling the pinch. The first 5 months of 2015 saw the lowest production of motorcycles in 10 years in Brazil.

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You Know When It Is Time To Buy A Lottery Ticket When ...

Posted: 16 Jun 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Luckiest Scooter Rider in the world
#Lucky #Accident - This motorcycle rider should head straight to a shop and buy a lotto ticket. He'll win the jackpot, that's for sure (but then he already won if you see the images).

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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ad: Vespa Traffic Jam Effect and Waze - Banned? plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ad: Vespa Traffic Jam Effect and Waze - Banned? plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Ad: Vespa Traffic Jam Effect and Waze - Banned?

Posted: 16 Jun 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Video Vespa Traffic Jam effect
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#Vespa #Waze #TVCommercial - Interesting and clever TV commercial from Vespa together with smartphone app Waze. Although I think the ad got banned, or at least pulled, it's an interesting way of getting people to buy Vespa scooters, especially when they are stuck in dense traffic.

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Idea: Travel With Your Electric Motorcycle On An Airplane

Posted: 16 Jun 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Coolped
IndieGoGo #Electric #Scooter #Coolpeds - The title is 'slightly' misleading, I admit. This is a crowd-funding project which looks pretty cool, and it is an electric scooter (but not the motorcycle kind) incorporated in a carry-on luggage. Scoot around at 10 kph for some 20 kilometers on your bags... not bad.

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Germany: Motorcycle Church Service - XXXL Format

Posted: 15 Jun 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Hamburg Motorcycle Church Service 2015
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#Germany #ChurchServices #Events - Many bikers I know attend church services, but here's one church service in Hamburg, Germany that catered exclusively to motorcycle riders; all 30,000 of them. Wow.

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Monday, June 15, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Motorcycles and Cakes: Honda plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Motorcycles and Cakes: Honda plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Motorcycles and Cakes: Honda

Posted: 15 Jun 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Cake Honda
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#Honda #Cakes - It's time to feed out sugar cravings, increase our love handles and feed our tummies. We haven't shown your cakes shaped like motorcycles or motorcycle manufacturer's logos for a while, so I guess you're hungry by now. Here are 25 photos of cakes shaped like Honda motorcycles or the Honda logo.

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USA: 23 Photos of the 2015 ROT Biker Rally

Posted: 15 Jun 2015 05:00 AM PDT

ROT Biker Rally 2015
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#ROTRally #USA #Texas - The 2015 Republic of Texas (ROT) Biker Rally in Austin is a major event, with tens of thousands of motorcycles passing through Austin, Texas: riding, laughing, getting drunk and looking at near nude girls or boys. In other words: FUN.

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USA: Flies Cause Multiple Motorcycle Accidents

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Flies Kill Motorcyclists
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#USA #Flies #Accidents - I know they are pesky insects those flies, but causing motorcycle accidents? Wow, that must be a lot of them.

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Friday, June 12, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 12 June 2015 plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 12 June 2015 plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Top Internet Motorcycle Stories - 12 June 2015

Posted: 12 Jun 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Top Weekly Web Article
Sometimes there is a week that has so many interesting motorcycle related articles appearing on the web, I just don't know which ones to highlight. Must be a sun/moon condition. Here are several interesting reads that have appeared over the last week that you may have missed. For your reading pleasure.

- Two Wheeled Wisdom - Motorcycle Safety Film (1960's) By The AMA & The AMSA (Say What?)
- Would You Buy This Electric Motorcycle For Under 10K.Html (Cheat Sheey)
- Motorcyclists: Please Stop Being Sanctimonious Assholes (Jalopnik Lanesplitter)
- Where Are The Bikers Of Tomorrow (The Telegraph)
- Road legal turbine motorcycle breaks three world records (Gizmag)

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Is This The Future MotoGP Motorcycle ?

Posted: 12 Jun 2015 05:00 AM PDT

BMW IR MotoGP Concept
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#Electric #Design #BMW #MotoGP - Motorcycles evolve, and so do the ones in MotoGP racing. In the near future, when gasoline runs out, or costs $100 per liter, races will no longer be held with ICE bikes. The current fad is electric motorcycles, since they are already racing them albeit not for MotoGP. But the time will come.

American designer Jordan Cornille from Detroit thought so too, so he designed an electric motorcycle for MotoGP racing, and gave it a BMW identity (which means BMW would be racing MotoGP..finally) and called in iR Concept.

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Yamaha - Reliable Prisoner Transportation Since 1960

Posted: 11 Jun 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Tunis Prisoner Transport
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#Tunisia #PrisonerTransportation - Yamaha, a name for prisoner transportation. Reliable, comfortable and economical.

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Idea: Intelligent Wireless Headset Or Dumb Idea - The X-1 plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Idea: Intelligent Wireless Headset Or Dumb Idea - The X-1 plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Idea: Intelligent Wireless Headset Or Dumb Idea - The X-1

Posted: 11 Jun 2015 09:00 AM PDT

X 1 headset
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#Bluetooth #Safety #IndieGoGo - From a first glance, the X-1 headset on crowd-funding site IndieGoGo looks interesting; a Bluetooth wireless headset inside your motorcycle helmet that when you crash and can not call for help, will call for you. Sounds interesting? Well, it's not!

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France: Road Mortality Statistics 2014 - Interesting

Posted: 11 Jun 2015 05:00 AM PDT

France 2014 Stats
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#France #Statistics #Fatalities - I know statistics are boring, but sometimes you find gems. The official statistics for 2014 in France regarding fatalities and accidents have been published by the Ministry of Transportation, and they make an interesting read.

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Indonesia: Go Jek - An Uber App For Motorcycles, But Better

Posted: 10 Jun 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Indonesia Go Jek
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#Go-Jek #Indonesia #Uber - Go Jek is an Uber style app that allows you to hail a motorcycle to bring you, or your packages, to a destination of your choice. Very efficient when traffic is very dense. Sounds like something that will work in any big city. Move over Uber, this is the way it's done.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Learn Stoppies Without Wrecking 6 Motorcycles plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Learn Stoppies Without Wrecking 6 Motorcycles plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Learn Stoppies Without Wrecking 6 Motorcycles

Posted: 10 Jun 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Stoppie School
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#Stoppies #School - Doing is stoppie looks fun and easy (it's quite natural when you brake too hard), but doing it right means wrecking a few motorcycles. or going to a special school in the UK where they teach you how to do it without wrecking your bike, using a stoppie machine.

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Spidi: Armored Hoodie

Posted: 10 Jun 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Spidi Hoodie Armor
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#Spidi #ArmoredHoodies - Italian Spidi have increased their models in their already extensive motorcycle clothing range with an armored hoodie.

The hoodie is great for riding motorcycle when it's not hot enough for summer clothing and not too cold enough for winter gear. Or just for riding in the summer.

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Vespa Goes Even More Stylish With Vespa Armani

Posted: 09 Jun 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Vespa 946 Armani
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#Vespa #Armani - Vespa and Armani are two Italian icons, one is the fashion king of scooters, the other the fashion king of stylish clothing. Now they are together as a scooter model, the Vespa 946 Emporio Armani.

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