Posted in TGIF on Nov 19th, 2010
It’s pretty much the last possible weekend for track days in the Northeast. If you like working on lap times, you’ll have to stick to video games for the next few months. Here’s a couple of easy laps on a track I’ve only seen on video games (and TV). Some people like to go cold [...]
Posted in TGIF, time waster on Nov 12th, 2010
But the bike itself looks nice. I don’t know why the U.S. Scooter market is so stuck in Vespa mode since the basic design of a scooter is so flexible. BMW’s take is pretty cool looking… But what’s with the cheese?
Posted in motorcycle, TGIF on Oct 8th, 2010
There really is no reason something like this couldn’t be nicely made and sold in the U.S. for around the price of a Smart Car. It makes driving in the rain a different experience as well. Check out the video link after the jump.
Posted in TGIF, time waster on Oct 2nd, 2010
(Found this on motoblog.it) Okay everyone knows what would happen if they pit a Peugot Scooter against a Lamborghini Gallardo… But what if the Scooter had a Jet engine attached to it- then who would win in the quarter mile? Very interesting…indeed! I think I know what I need for the my next track day.
Posted in TGIF, time waster on Oct 1st, 2010
It’s neat because it’s different, but is it better? I personally prefer seeing the horizon tilt…because in my mind, it’s closer to the way I see things while riding. Here, the bike seems to be floating like a specter. But it makes me wonder, do we usually like things (motorcycle related) because they’re better or [...]
Posted in TGIF on Sep 3rd, 2010
On the video he asks if you can spot the small error the student makes around the 3minute mark… I’m not sure, but my guess is that it’s the #1 mistake most riders make: turning in too early and winding up wide at the exit.
Posted in TGIF, time waster on Jul 30th, 2010
I see your skateboard riding dog and raise you one monkey. I guess it’s true we really are descended from these guys. But two questions… Is that a Rossi Yamaha rep? And is that monkey on the blue bike smoking a cigarette?
Posted in TGIF, time waster on Jul 30th, 2010
It’s basically “like riding the elephant in India” It’s surprising to me how even reasonable intelligent people think of bikers in terms of B-movie stereotypes. It doesn’t help that a lot of the folks who work at bike shops like these stereotypes and play them up. I think basically a lot of people don’t know [...]
Posted in TGIF on Jul 9th, 2010
Two things in particular make the California Superbike School a great learning environment. One – they know how to isolate individual skills. If you are in the business of training people to develop precise skills, you know that the trick is to isolate each individual skill and drill them to mastery THEN put them together [...]
Posted in TGIF on Jun 4th, 2010
Wish I could do that. (From the fashionable folks at motoblog). I think it’s better with the sound off, but that’s me.
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