Posted in news, sportbikes on Sep 9th, 2009
High performance cars (like the Ferrari with auto clutch) made the shift some time ago from standard gearboxes to electronically controlled clutches and paddle shifters (sans clutch pedal). Is this the future of motorcycles also? What’s interesting about the video is that (at the end) it shows the performance implications for the dual [...]
Posted in news on Jun 9th, 2009
Well it COULD be… Jesse was good enough to post this under comments but it deserves more visibility: There’s a city council hearing Thursday 11AM regarding “Intro 980,” a bill to compel the DOT to devise a plan for motorcycle & scooter parking. Here are some details. And Jesse says:
FYI: I’ll be there, and will [...]
Posted in motorcycle, news, time waster on Feb 4th, 2009
Up till now, electric motorcycles have been “interesting” the way sixth grade science projects are “interesting.” If I had to ride one every day I’d feel like I was in detention… But what the Tesla did for electric cars (somewhat), this company is trying to do for motorcycles… I just wish we could see the [...]
Yesterday was a good day for this country. And hopefully it might encourage you to believe in our system of government. I hope so. I wrote about Proposition 416A a while back. Well it turns out that many people in law enforcement think this is a done-deal. They think this law will surely pass sometime [...]
Posted in misc, motorcycle, news on Aug 20th, 2008
Just a quick note: Most of you probably know already that Sue Carpenter’s motorcycle section in the LA Times has been axed… We used to link to this on the old citybiker site. I noticed this a couple of weeks ago when I went to go check on new articles, but couldn’t find [...]
Posted in celebrities, motorcycle safety, news, riding tips on Oct 3rd, 2007
Everyone’s probably heard about the recent spill Hollywood cool guy, George Clooney, took while riding a rented Harley in Jersey. It’s unfortunate, but accidents happen, and luckily both riders were (pretty much) okay, although breaking anything is no fun! But this gives us an opportunity to raise a hypothetical question: Let’s say you’re [...]
Posted in misc, motorcycle, news, time waster on May 30th, 2007
You’ve probably heard of the Tesla sport-electric by now. Instead of making street-going golf carts, they developed on the performance advantages of electric motors. Performance advantages?!?! An idea previously unheard of in the world of electric cars – the main performance advantage of an electric motor is torque. All torque, all [...]
Posted in motorcycle, motorcycle safety, news, shopping, sportbikes on May 9th, 2007
“…The biggest news with this year’s model is the Suzuki Drive Mode Selector, or S-DMS, which lets riders choose between different engine power settings at the flip of a switch — while riding, at whim and as conditions warrant.” – Sue Carpenter, LA Times
We’re still at a cross-over age in motorcycles, in which a good [...]
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