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Arai Quantum 2 vs Z1R Blade
2008-06-06 02:28:00 Today I decided to take my old Z1R Blade helmet to ride in instead of the Arai Quantum 2. After a little bit of “dusting off” I was on my way to the office. I was surprised how much different the Blade felt comparing to the Quantum. And not in a good way. First of all ...
Small Cars, Old Motorcycles, and Fringe Vehicles
2008-06-05 07:01:00 So was the small-car showing at the first Hemmings cruise-in two weeks ago just a blip on the radar? Perhaps: Last night's turnout included just the regular number of vintage Beetles and British cars, though we did see a remarkably nice 1965 Midget. We did note a few more motorcycles than usual
Lesson in Target Fixation
2008-06-04 08:57:00 It is true that motorcycle riding becomes dangerous once you are over a 3 month term into it. Tonight I had yet another close call in my short riding career. To refresh your memory I had a number of them already when I was attacked by a Prius I was attacked by a woman driving an SUV a passenger ...
Tourmaster Tank Bag For Sale
2008-06-02 06:02:00 As I said earlier I?ve got two tank bags in my possession that I no longer need. I had already listed them for sale on a couple of moto forums. And then I realized that I have a blog. So here is the ad for the second bag. I am selling my Tourmaster Tank Bag. ...
Marsee Tank Bag For Sale
2008-06-02 05:59:00 I’ve got two tank bags in my possession that I no longer need. I had already listed them for sale on a couple of moto forums. And then I realized that I have a blog. So I decided to post the for sale ad on here as well. Here it goes. I am selling my Marsee ...
Hot Dreams....
2008-05-29 15:04:00 Harley-Davidson Motor Company (NYSE: HOG, formerly HDI[2]) is an American manufacturer of motorcycles based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The company sells heavyweight (over 750 cc) motorcycles designed for cruising on the highway. Harley-Davidson motorcycles (popularly known as "Harleys") have a distinctive design and exhaust note. They are especially noted for the tradition of heavy customization that gave rise to the chopper-style of motorcycle. [3] [4] Harley-Davidson attracts a loyal brand community,[5] with licensing of the Harley-Davidson logo accounting for almost 5% of the company's net revenue ($41 million in 2004).[6] In 2003, the Buell Motorcycle Company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harley-Davidson,[7] the same year that the Motor Company celebrated its 100th birthday. The Motor Company supplies many American police forces with their motorcycle fleets.[8]Read more about Harleys here
Motorcycle Helmets - Why Are They Important?
2008-05-29 07:00:00 Are you protecting your head when you ride your motorcycle? Motorcycle helmets are one of the most important considerations of all safety concerns, especially when you consider the current statistics stating that brain injury is one of the most dominant causes of motorcycle fatalities. Realizing this importance can make wearing helmets easier to accept psychologically, ...
By: Resources zone
Homemade Motorcycles That Actually Work
2008-05-27 15:29:00 Monster Cycle Standing a massive 15-feet tall, Greg Dunham’s “monster cycle” is claimed to be the world’s tallest rideable motorcycle by Guinness World Records. It weighs in at 6,500-pounds and took Greg over three years to build — spending $300,000 on parts. Riders sit in a specially designed cage underneath the handlebars to drive this monster. Chainsaw ...
By: Bikeintro
Womens Motorcycle Helmets - Stylish and Safe
2008-05-27 14:05:00 Pink and purple fashionable helmets have entered the motorcycling scene - women's motorcycle helmets. The color and design of these helmets stand far apart from men's helmets, and they are far more fashion oriented than the masculine helmets.
By: ArticleRow.com
Classic Open Face Helmet - Against The Wind
2008-05-24 13:07:00 The bikers always say that you should never leave your home without a helmet. Helmet is the most popular headgear protective to motorcyclists as it is very reliable immaterial of the type of helmet. There are so mainly four types of helmets namely full face helmet, half helmet, classic open face helmet and open face retro DOT helmet. The main purpose of the helmet is to provide motorcycle safety to the rider by protecting the biker's head in case of an accident. Moreover, the helmet gives protection to the biker's nose, eyes and ears. In addition, it provides proper ventilation and protects from the elements.
By: ArticleRow.com
Why Split Lanes
2008-05-23 21:58:00 I truly believe that everything in life happens for a reason. My lane splitting etiquette post generated a somewhat sophisticated comment the other day - “Lane Splitting is for IDIOTs”. I was never the one to participate in pissing matches. But again, everything in life happens for a reason. So just the next day after ...
U.S. Census Bureau Motorcycles
2008-05-21 15:00:00 Few things are said to be as exhilarating as riding a motorcycle with its sense of unencumbered freedom and the feeling that the vehicle is an extension of the rider. With the summer season starting, more and more bikers will take to the road. There are about 150,000 accidents involving motorcycles each year. While this number is down almost three- quarters since 1980, these accidents still result in 4,600 deaths of motorcycle riders annually. You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov LATER Technorati Tags: RilySi,Ride it like you stole it,Motorcycle Riding,Motorcycle Commuting,FlatLand,Florida
Lane Splitting - Riders Etiquette Part Deux
2008-05-21 06:39:00 I had already blogged about this a little bit. Today is the time to revisit this subject. I was riding back from the office, traffic as usual, splitting lanes at around 30 mph I caught up to a cruiser rider. My aftermarket Taylormade Racing exhaust has a pretty loud note, usually I don’t have to rev ...
Schumi Skids Out
2008-05-18 22:16:00 In his first day of the German International superbike championship Michael Schumacher skidded onto a gravel pit and failed to finish. Despite the loss Schumi seemed very optimistic and said that he did have fun. And even though he did not confirm whether he would participate in other motorcycle race events rest assured he will. ...
Demo Ride - Triumph Sprint ST
2008-05-18 01:20:00 Perplexed from my Monster demo ride I wandered around looking at Speed and Street Triples. I saw a lonely Sprint ST and decided to sit on it, see how it feels comparing to my Futura. They belong to the same bike class after all - sport tourers. In a blink of an eye Scott, the ...
Demo Ride - Ducati Monster
2008-05-18 01:19:00 Out of curiosity I wanted to try the Monster. I see a lot of people ride it around. So I wanted to see what it was all about and dismiss or confirm the assumption that the Monster is too small for my height. With this said my second demo ride of the day was waiting ...
Demo Ride - Ducati Hypermotard
2008-05-18 01:18:00 The time has come. The visual inspection of this bike that Motodisiac and I had some time ago can not do the justice. I had to demo the Hypermotard. I had to see for myself if my interest in this piece of Italian motorcycle engineering really died down. The demo bike they had was the more ...
Demo Ride Saturday
2008-05-18 01:17:00 Yes, today was the demo ride day. As mentioned earlier we had been offered a demo ride on a Hypermotard and possible a couple of other bikes by the Southern California Ducati, Triumph and Victory dealership in Brea. Motodisiac went off-roading for the whole weekend with our mutual friend. Last night I figured that ...
Schumi to Race in German Superbike Championship
2008-05-17 04:26:00 Former seven-times F1 world champion Michael Schumacher will race this weekend in Germany’s leading bike racing series, the IDM Superbike championship. I just wish my retirement was that great at the age of 39. Good luck, Schumi! We’ll be rooting for you. Source: Motorcycle News
Scrapheap Challenge motorcycles pit electricity against gasoline
2008-05-16 00:26:00 We love the British show Scrapheap Challenge. Reruns of the old Junkyard Wars episodes sometimes appear on satellite TV, and we've seen all of them. The show still runs in the U.K., and the latest episode featured junkyard-derived motorcycles, which the show charitably describes as superbikes. One rule in particular made the challenge rather difficult: no parts originally used on a motorcycle may be used on the scrap-bikes. This made the design of the two-wheelers rather interesting, to say the least. One team decided to go light and nimble with an electric motor and lead-acid batteries. The other team chose to use the engine from a small car. What could be greener than making usable electric machines recycled from discarded junk? Would the powerful internal-combustion engine powered "superbike" grab the victory from the plucky little electric machine? If you'd like to find out, follow the build progress and recaps of the three races which would decide the winner. Thanks for the t...
Why Helmet Color Matters
2008-05-15 22:39:00 I was riding back home from work. I was merging from one freeway to another. Going down the on-ramp, cautiously splitting narrowing lanes. I noted a rider on the freeway I was merging on. Something looked familiar, his helmet looked familiar, his jacket, his bike. Wait, it is Motodisiac. By the time I ended up ...
Green Motorcycles Combine Technology, Sex Appeal, and Transformers [SlideSh
2008-05-12 20:37:00 Yamaha Tesseract: Green Bike or Decepticon? The future of transportation is in no way restricted to cars, considering that most of the world’s population gets by on some sort of bike. If you...
By: Green Options
Green Motorcycles of the (Near) Future [SlideShow]
2008-05-12 20:01:00 Wired magazine put together a slideshow of motorcycles that are pushing the limits of green design and technology. Take the ENV Fuel Cell Bike, pictured above, which will be the first...
By: Green Options
Demo Ride - 2002 BMW R1100S
2008-05-12 06:35:00 Motodisiac and I went canyon riding earlier today. One of our friends joined us. For future reference his code name on this blog would be SpeedRacer as I am sure he’d get a mention or two in the future. As the name suggests he drives and rides very fast which sometimes ends up in speeding ...
Shiver From The Shiver - Aprilia Test Rides
2008-05-10 23:03:00 Ever since the Hypermotard hysteria began both Motodisiac and I were sort of on a quest to find the next bike each one of us likes. We had already drooled over the Hypermotard and the Super Duke a little bit. And frankly both of us got pretty much over both of those motorcycles. The next ...
Fuel Cell Motorcycles: Eco-Friendly, Rider Hostile?
2008-05-10 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor While I love the concept of a hyper-efficient, totally green motorcycle, I have to admit that Intelligent Energy's ENV Bike does sketch me out. Why exactly? Well, since the power comes from a fuel cell, it's...
By: CarDomain Blog
Cadillac-themed hybrid ethanol chopper coming to LA Auto Show
2008-05-07 09:57:00 Jim Taylor who is the chief from Cadillac seems to love his motorcycles, so it comes as no surprise to any of us that he has commissioned a Cadillac-themed chopper and will be bringing it to the LA Auto Show. If you thought that was great then you will be pleased to know that Cadillac ...
By: Product Reviews
HP iPAQ rx5915 Travel Companion (Electronics) newly tagged ?motorcycle?
2008-05-05 19:05:00 HP iPAQ rx5915 Travel Companion (Electronics)By Hewlett-Packard Click to see price Customer Rating: First tagged “motorcycle” by P. Falcioni “Ducatisti” Customer tags: gps(51), pocket pc(40), pda(39), ipaq(19), hp(16), rx5915(15), tomtom(15), mp3 player(15), ...
KTM Super Duke vs Ducati Hypermotard - Visual Comparison
2008-05-01 07:22:00 So Motodisiac and I went down to one of the motorcycle dealers tonight to check out the Hypermotard and the Super Duke. Of course they did not allow any test rides. We are yet to go to another dealership down in Orange County that had offered test rides for the Hypermotards. So this comparison review ...
Hypermotard Hysteria
2008-04-30 20:56:00 Ducati Hypermotard is no doubt a beautiful piece of Italian motorcycle engineering. First time I saw it was at the Super Moto race Motodisiac and I went to last November. I really liked it back then. The second time was at the Long Beach motorcycle show a couple of months later. Then after reading some ...
Girls and Motorcycles
2008-04-29 17:06:00 Don’t ask me how I found this. This is a pretty interesting picture collection I discovered on Flickr. It is a very creative way of comparing girls with motorcycles, or motorcycles with girls. It is entirely up to you to decide which is primary and which is secondary. Personally it would be a really tough ...
Tata Group Wants a Stake in MV Agusta
2008-04-28 20:32:00 The company began as an offshoot of the Agusta aviation company which was formed by Count Giovanni Agusta in 1923. It had its ups and downs but become prominent in the 1990s after being purchased by Cagiva. Nowadays MV Agusta is in a somewhat trouble with its finances. It has not been able to develop new ...
Burnout Paradise gaining motorcycles, night driving, SUVs, more
2008-04-23 20:08:00 Filed under: Game Patches Click for high-resolution image. Criterion Games has ambitious plans for Burnout Paradise, promising updates to the game for a full year after the game's release. They've revealed the release schedule of their upcoming updates:
By: mini wisdom
Know Your Speed Limit
2008-04-23 18:57:00 I have seen this rider before. We usually ride in the morning right around the same time. We get on the freeway at the same entrance and get off around the same area. He rides an old cruiser. We “met” again today’s morning. He got in a car pool lane slightly ahead of me. I did ...
Welcome to the Club!
2008-04-22 20:47:00 If you remember back in December 2007 there was a post about a couple of my co-workers passing the rider’s course. To refresh your memory there was a a female who?s fiancee is a rider, a data base admin and a project manager. Back then the survey showed that the likelier person to get a ...
Gear Review - Arai Quantum 2 Voltage Red
2008-04-21 20:10:00 I have been using my Z1R Blade helmet for a half a year now. I felt that the time had come for me to graduate and get a good upscale brand helmet like Arai or Shoei. Not that there was something wrong with the Blade. I will still keep it in case I ride with ...
Types of Motorcycle Frames
2008-04-21 07:00:00 If you are going to build a motorcycle, the frame determines the basic look of the bike. Of course motorcycle frames affect not only the appearance of the bike but the handling and safety of the finished machine. Frames are the basic skeleton to which other components are attached. They hold the motorcycle tanks ...
By: Resources zone
Reviews of Motorcycle Building Books
2008-04-21 07:00:00 Building your own bike from motorcycle parts is cheaper than buying one new and is a whole lot of fun. When you are done, there is nothing like the satisfaction of driving around on a machine you built with your bare hands. Your first bike project can be a daunting task even if you’ve done ...
By: Resources zone
Three Ways to Build a Motorcycle
2008-04-20 07:00:00 Some people build custom bikes because they are cheaper than buying one. Others just want the I-built-that feeling as they look at it. Still others might want customization that they can’t get in an “off the shelf” model. When someone decides to build a motorcycle, there are three paths to take depending on budget, ...
By: Resources zone
Motorcycle Helmet Bag - Don?t Leave Home Without Your Headgear
2008-04-19 11:28:00 Riding advocates always tell people to wear a helmet when riding their motorcycle in order to protect the head from serious or fatal injuries is they are ever involved in an accident. There will always be people who would prefer not to be encumbered by this heavy and hot piece of riding equipment, but when faced with the alternative of brain injury or death, most people will invest in a helmet that is comfortable and easy to wear in order to protect themselves. This investment deserves to be protected as well and consumers who are conscientious about their equipment will also purchase a motorcycle helmet bag to keep their equipment in tip top shape. These bags will help keep the helmet from getting dinged up and dull when they are not being used, making them last longer and retain their beauty.
By: ArticleRow.com
Busted or Welcome to the 21st Century and the World of the Internet
2008-04-19 00:54:00 I got an email from my mother the other day. She said that she’d put my name into Google search and the whole bunch of motorcycle links came up. “I did not know you were into motorcycles” - she said. Now my mother does not know a lot of things about me. However she’s generally ...
BMW Motorrad S 1000 RR race bike on sale next year
2008-04-18 10:20:00 Many of us have been speculating as to when BMW Motorrad will be releasing their new and much anticipated 1000 RR race bike. Well we can now tell you that BMW are to launch the new motorcycle and will hit our streets next year and has committed to build 1,000 units. When you look closely at ...
By: Product Reviews
Bitter Thursday Morning Rant
2008-04-17 20:04:00 Beautiful day today. Almost 80F degrees, virtually no wind. Great weather for a quick ride to the office. Right? Technically yes. But the reality is that I have a birthday to go to right after work. Some alcohol might be consumed. Motorcycle and alcohol - bad combination. Driving to the office annoyed the hell out of ...
Schumacher Suffers Motorcycle Falls
2008-04-15 19:20:00 Michael Schumacher on Monday was unhurt in a 55 mph (80km/h) fall as he he continued his foray into the world of motorcycle racing. Bild newspaper claims that the fall, at the Lausitzring circuit in Germany, was one of three falls in total for the former champion since he began regularly sampling the thrills of two-wheeled ...
MonoTracer
2008-04-15 05:43:00 The MonoTracer is built by vehicle and engine construction company Peraves, and rolls off the factory floor starting at $82,350. Basically, MonoTracer is an advanced version of the normal bikes. A cabin mounted on a bike and the drag gets minimized to a great extent, making MonoTracer highly effective at achieving high speeds and greater ...
By: Top Blog Posts
Thoughts on Commercials - Subaru WRX STI vs KTM Super Duke 990
2008-04-15 02:04:00 Some time ago Motodisiac showed me this commercial. It was a KTM Super Duke 990 commercial that KTM had to take down from their site as it did not promote the right riding attitude and style. When you see it you will probably understand why. Today I read this blog post that showcased a Subaru commercial. ...
Bratstyle Motorcycles
2008-04-14 21:53:00 Japanese custom bike makers Bratsyle build or tinker with any make and model to create dream bikes. With capabilities to machine nearly any part of the bike including engine blocks, mufflers, handlebars and seats, each bike is an exquisite work of craftsmanship and a showcase of impressively sharp attention to detail. Unlike over-the-top embellished bikes in the vein of Orange County Choppers, Bratsyle offers a more rideable, comfortable, subdued luxury that reminds us of Simone Pace's Italian bikes. I especially like the old-school Firestone slicks often used on their street bikes. Check out some motorcycles, purchase original parts or inquire about your own custom creation at Bratsyle.
By: Fashion Newsweek
Group Riding Done Right
2008-04-14 20:13:00 Found this great article describing group riding etiquette, signals and rules. I’ve ridden in small groups before and it is very important that everyone in a group knows these guidelines. We have been on a ride a couple of weeks ago where Motodisiac was a “lead bike” as he had a GPS system, a couple of ...
Lane Splitting - Riders Etiquette
2008-04-11 20:10:00 I was riding back home from the office last night. Merging from one freeway to another. End up close to another rider on a pretty new R1 with two small saddle bags. We were on both sides of one of the left most lanes. He apparently intended to take the space between the 2 left ...
Advantages of a Scooter Over a Car
2008-04-11 07:00:00 Choosing a scooter can have several advantages if your always on the go. If you are a student, or have a job that carries you away from home daily you know with the prices of automobiles today as well as gas prices constantly shooting up, many are looking for alternatives to driving their own cars. ...
By: Resources zone
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