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 [...]
Posted in how-to, motorcycle, motorcycle safety, riding tips on Jul 22nd, 2008
One of the joys of driving a nice car is looking out at the road over a cool fighter-pilot inspired dashboard. Of course your eyes are on the road, but you can see the speedometer in your lower field of vision – always ready for a quick glance at the speed or rpms or [...]
Posted in how-to, motorcycle, motorcycle safety, new york, riding tips on Jul 2nd, 2008
Riding in and around NY is probably not quite like riding in other motorcycle towns. You don’t have windy roads with scenic outlooks, you have windy cabs with aggressive drivers on cell phones. The apex of a canyon turn never changes, but the proper line between an SUV, a cab and a delivery [...]
Posted in misc, motorcycle, motorcycle safety, sportbikes on Jul 1st, 2008
Today is a heavy traffic day. And it’s hot… And there are a lot more trucks than usual. And did I mention the temperature? But every time I think it’s too hot to wear a jacket or too difficult riding a sportbike I think of this guy… See video.
There’s another guy, [...]
Posted in misc, motorcycle, motorcycle safety, new york, time waster on Jun 23rd, 2008
[Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, and Orlando Bloom in their leather jacket glory...]
Okay so here’s the truth about leather motorcycle jackets… And this is directed mainly at the men – women already have a good handle on this… Hey buddy, I know you THINK you look really cool in your motorcycle jacket – or [...]
Posted in how-to, misc, motorcycle, motorcycle safety on Jun 18th, 2008
“There’s something Darwinian about motorcycling that you don’t find with Minivans…” – Anonymous
“In the end the death rate of motorcyclists and automobile drivers is and always has been 100%” – Anonymous
The problem with motorcycles (in the US) is that it makes up just 1% of the vehicles on the road, but 19% of the fatalities… [...]
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