New Year New Limit set by Red Bull’s Robbie Maddison and Levi LaValleeTradition in successful come backs.
While most people rang in the New Year with a glass of champagne in a fancy club or with their closest friends, NYE jump veteran Robbie “Maddo” Maddison and Levi LaVallee did it BIG for the history books and [...]
I hope you all have a great New Year, and that 2012 may NOT be the end of the world (or at least, let me have my birthday first, since the end is predicted to be after my birthday on 12 Dec).
Wishing you health, wealth and loads of friends to enjoy it with. Let’s [...]
This is the last summary of interesting motorcycle articles found on the web for this year. Get it while you can…
– Motorcycling 2011 Review (The Telegraph)
– Riding While Pregnant (Bluepoof’s Adventures)
– A Motorcycle Is Not A Motorcycle Is Not A Motorcycle (The Freak Box)
– The Ultimate In Motorcycle Insurance Facts [...]
Electric scooters are the 9th best selling category of motorcycles in Switzerland during the month of November 2011.
Electric motorcycles didn’t make it to the top 10.
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Excerpted from:Switzerland: Electric Scooters 9th Best Selling Motorcycle
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Rally Training With Johnny CampbellIn the Baja world, Johnny Campbell is a legend. And he is no slouch at Rally racing either, with a Nevada Rally win to his credit and a top-ten in his first and only Dakar attempt back on the Dark Continent in 2001.
In the Baja world, Johnny Campbell is a legend. [...]
With the French government coming down very hard of speeders, the number of fake or false license plates in circulation has increased 19% last year, and probably much more this year.
The only way to escape hefty fines on your motorcycle nowadays is to use someone else’s license plate.
But you can spend 7 years [...]
Cool. The Belgium government finally went back to work, after some 2 years of a government-less country, and they immediately announced that they are financing the 2012 FIM/Monster Motocross of nations race to be held in their country to the tune of €250,000.
Not a bad way to make yourself popular with the motorcycling community. [...]
This looks like a real challenge to ride with an off-road motorcycle, let alone a cheap streetbike/scooter.
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Excerpt from:Obstacle/Adventure Road For Motorcycles
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The Weekly Dirt: December 28, 2011The office is officially closed, but there are still some good tidbits of info to digest during the holidays.
This week, the DR staff is scattered across the country celebrating the holidays and wolfing down calories. The office is officially closed, but there are still some good tidbits of info floating [...]
From all the rat motorcycles and scooters out there (many seen on this site, see related articles below), this has got to be the real rat bike. No doubt about it.
… and to think they eat the creatures….
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Here is the original post: Yuk! A Real Rat Motorcycle
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Switzerland is getting serious about speeding and dangerous driving, be it cars or motorcycles. It used to be a matter of money, from the speeding fine. That was it. Now it’s more serious….
You can now expect a jail term of between 1 and 4 years.
Do you think they serve Swiss cheese and chocolates [...]
You shouldn’t have taken that road with your motorcycle, just the wrong place, the wrong time…
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See original here: You Took The Wrong Road, Mate
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Dust Goggle Prep TipsDust. Iâm a freak about clean goggles. I want to see what Iâm about to plow into, because nobody likes a surprise.
Dust. Iâm a freak about clean goggles. I want to see what Iâm about to plow into, because nobody likes a surprise. My method of helping you see in the nasty [...]
It’s not an easy task to make an advertisement for a bank or financial services targeted at motorcycle riders. Most bikers just aren’t interested in them. The FAM agency in Brazil did a pretty good job, producing ads that are for financial services geared towards motorcycle and scooter riders.
The company is Yamaha Bank, meant [...]
French research & development group, Citi, showed at the last Paris motorcycle & scooter exhibition, their electric scooter concept, named ek’O.
The interesting things that set this electric scooter apart from others, is that the frame shell is made out of linen (resin), and that it used only 15 parts, instead of the traditional average [...]
