Posted in time waster on Dec 15th, 2011
Saw this on MCN, and at first I thought it was a spoof on the inflatable airbags companies like Dainese and Alpinestars are developing… But you decide: giant orange bowling ball suit: joke or the next big wave in motorcycle protection. BTW – the CG bike looks pretty good.
Posted in time waster on Dec 13th, 2011
Stunting is something that you either get into wholeheartedly, or better stay away from… Sure the front wheel of sporty bikes tend to come up on their own – but REAL stunting requires lots of practice, dedication – as well as lots of drops and lots of tires and parts. So it helps to be [...]
Posted in time waster on Dec 12th, 2011
So if you’re in the air see…and you want to bring the front wheel to rotate downward, you tap the rear brake… And if you want to raise the front a little, you can hit the throttle to lift it while you’re mid-air. Wait…what? I had no idea you could control the pitch [...]
Posted in time waster on Dec 7th, 2011
So the good news is there’s another sequel to Faster, the excellent Mark Neale documentary about MotoGP. The bad news is, if you live in the U.S. – unless you went to the single showing of it somewhere in the West Coast… You won’t be able to see it for a while. Well [...]
Posted in time waster on Nov 25th, 2011
Because otherwise they hang out at the Honda museum in Japan… On a different note: Honda sucks when it comes to promoting its own story. Even this “museum” looks a little dry. Short version is: Soichiro Honda built the company out of a bicycle repair shop, and a dream of wining the Isle of Mann TT. [...]
Posted in TGIF, time waster on Nov 25th, 2011
It turns out that the president of Dennis Kirk isn’t just the president, he’s a gearhead, and here’s his latest creation. A cafe racer from a CB750…on a reasonable budget no less! What’s your jones: Streetfighter, cafe racer, chopper, race bike?
Posted in time waster on Nov 18th, 2011
[Update: click to watch the full race...]
Speaking of street races… MotoGP riders would never race on a F1 street course. The standards for safety are generally a lot higher in MotoGP than for auto racing: more run off space in the corners, barriers are further from potential crash spots… But fortunately there’s a [...]
Posted in time waster on Nov 16th, 2011
Why didn’t we think of this before? This certainly makes it to the top of the list of fun/silly things to do on a scooter: ahead of scooter jousting, and scooter polo; and right under scooter paintball.
Posted in TGIF, time waster on Nov 11th, 2011
[here's a slightly sped up tour of Barcelona - looks like a nice place to ride!]
I wouldn’t say riding is always “THE” high point of the week, but commuting by two wheels sure makes everything a little more fun… We’ve had pretty good riding weather all week. The only thing that could make it better [...]
Posted in scooter, time waster on Oct 18th, 2011
Just because I never want to part with my 600cc sportbike, doesn’t mean I always want to RIDE a 600cc sportbike. Especially when I have to carry stuff, and the ride is long, and I’m feeling under-the-weather. Maybe it’s my old age talking, but a tube-framed scooter (which means it’s lighter than steel [...]
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