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, [...]
Posted in how-to, motorcycle, motorcycle safety, riding tips on Aug 26th, 2008
If you don’t know what motorcycle gykhana is, then check out the post a few days back (Motorcycle Gymkhana). A lot of you saw this and thought: [a] this is amazing, and [b] imagine how useful these skills are in real life! Unlike track skills like ‘getting your knee down’ the skills you [...]
Posted in motorcycle, motorcycle gear, motorcycle safety on Aug 21st, 2008
The 5 star Lazer LZ6 (under $100), and the 2 star Arai Condor ($500+)
It’s time to buy a new helmet…but I’m holding off a bit and waiting, and waiting, and waiting… How come you ask? Because I want to see how some other helmets fare in the new SHARP ratings system.
It’s already been [...]
Posted in how-to, motorcycle, motorcycle safety on Aug 6th, 2008
A couple of weeks ago during the MotoGP race at Laguna Seca, Casey Stoner…a brilliant motorcyclist, number one in the rankings, running 12 seconds ahead of everyone else, (while head to head with Valentino Rossi) managed to drop his bike at 5 mph in sand…
This just goes to show, it can happen to ANYONE. [...]
Posted in moto-shopping, motorcycle gear, motorcycle safety, new york on Aug 5th, 2008
Riding on two wheels is about freedom. Not only that, “it’s hot out,” and “I need to be dressed for the meeting” and “it’s a short trip downtown, so I’ll be really careful.” Now when you’re in Rome (or wherever this picture’s from), I say do as the Romans do…you can make airplane [...]
Posted in how-to, motorcycle gear, motorcycle safety, new york on Aug 4th, 2008
There you are ready to go out on a Saturday night on your bike. And what do you see in the distance? Was that lightning? It had rained all morning, and the weather man said there would be intermittent rain all day… So what do you do? Do you take [...]
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