Posted in misc, motorcycle safety on Mar 25th, 2009
It’s officially Spring, so in our quest to make CityBikers the safest, smartest bikers around here’s my top 5 list of Spring riding hazards (in no particular order)… Add your own top 5, or 10, or 1 in the comments section… Or if you’re feeling more creative, how about a caption for the photo [...]
Posted in motorcycle safety, riding tips on Feb 27th, 2009
Although I don’t recommend this, I think it might actually work in getting cars to notice you in NY. If you ever wished car’s would notice you more, perhaps an even better (and safer) option is to invest in a hi-viz safety vest to wear (at times) over your regular gear.
Posted in how-to, motorcycle safety on Feb 12th, 2009
When you’re driving a car, you probably learn intuitively that cars can brake way faster than they accelerate. Even exotic supercars brake faster than they can accelerate. This experience gets drilled into our brains, so that however fast you are able to accelerate in a car, you know that you’ll be able to brake a [...]
Posted in how-to, motorcycle safety on Nov 19th, 2008
Here’s a quick tip concerning your front tire pressure: The lower the psi in the front tire, the greater the amount of traction you get in that tire…because the contact patch is bigger. But…lower psi also increases how much the steering “pulls” during turns, and how much it is affected by abnormalities on the [...]
Posted in motorcycle safety on Oct 28th, 2008
There are two basic approaches to safety. One approach is what automakers have done in the US: design cars that can better sustain crashes. This often meant bigger and heavier. But it also meant better frame design and crumple zones, plastic bumpers, and air bags. But there’s a totally different highly effective approach that’s missing [...]
Posted in how-to, motorcycle, motorcycle safety on Oct 16th, 2008
In our relentless quest to make CityBikers the safest and swiftest bikers out there, let’s talk tire pressure. It seems like a small thing but it makes a huge difference in how your bike handles. Most people inflate their tires to the manufacturer’s recommended psi. On my bike that’s 36 psi front, [...]
Posted in motorcycle, motorcycle gear, motorcycle safety on Oct 8th, 2008
Most citybikers don’t wear leg protection because leather pants look silly walking around (Ross in leather pants), and you can’t take your pants off in public the way you take off a motorcycle jacket. Unfortunately nothing beats a pair of good perforated leather track pants for comfort, control and safety…but that doesn’t mean you [...]
Posted in how-to, motorcycle, motorcycle safety, riding tips on Oct 7th, 2008
When the MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi was asked what the difference was between riding some of the fastest motorcycles in the world to driving the fastest cars (Formula 1), he said the difference was you had much more braking power in the car. Most sportbikes can (theoretically) brake harder than the typical minivan or [...]
Posted in misc, moto-shopping, motorcycle safety, sportbikes on Sep 9th, 2008
This might be of interest to only a few citybikers, but it’s too cool not to mention: Yamaha’s 2009 R1 will have a “big bang” engine. “Um okay” you say as your eyes glaze over getting ready for a technical discussion. The Big Bang engine is a regular inline four cylinder engine that [...]
Posted in misc, motorcycle, motorcycle safety on Aug 29th, 2008
Mainly this blog encourages people to take to two wheels, develop good riding skills, and wear protection (unless you’re one of the X-Men)…because we realize that if more people took to two wheels, not only would they find something that brings a little bit more joy into life, but the city would be better off, [...]
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