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Andrea Dovizioso Back with Suomy Helmets, Replica Expected in April
Andrea Dovizioso Back with Suomy Helmets, Replica Expected in April

5 Feb 2014, 16:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Ducati Factory Team rider Andrea Dovizioso is back to trusting the safety of his head to Suomy Helmets. Suomy has readied a race track-compliant SR-Sport, laoded with all the pro-grade features, ...

 
Two Scooters, One Wall
Two Scooters, One Wall

5 Feb 2014, 13:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Scooters street racing in the city spells trouble, and riding with a passenger while at it is double trouble. Want to make it triple? Leave the helmets out of the affair, and you've got an acti...

 
Biker Airbags Receive the First Official Comparison Test in France
Biker Airbags Receive the First Official Comparison Test in France

4 Feb 2014, 15:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Airbag systems for motorcycle riders aren't exactly a new thing, but it's only during the past years their presence and development become truly noticeable. Now it's time to take a ne...

 
Costly Mistake for Mindless Rider
Costly Mistake for Mindless Rider

4 Feb 2014, 13:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / "Always expect the unexpected when riding a motorcycle," they say and indeed, pretty much all the seasoned riders would agree on this. However, the rel life out there on the streets is ...

 
Warning, Extreme Motorcycle Idiots Ahead
Warning, Extreme Motorcycle Idiots Ahead

3 Feb 2014, 16:17 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Putting things in simple and direct terms, this video shows a terribly reckless rider doing one of the stupidest things any road user could ever do. Namely, passing a car without checking the road a...

 
Motorcycle Safety Is a Relative Concept
Motorcycle Safety Is a Relative Concept

1 Feb 2014, 10:30 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Sometimes it matters rather little whether a guy is riding a motorcycle or driving a car. All it takes for a bad ending of the day is being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The crash after t...

 
Suzuki GSX-R 600 vs SV 650S Frontal Crash
Suzuki GSX-R 600 vs SV 650S Frontal Crash

31 Jan 2014, 17:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's a sunny and glorious day as luck does not run completely out for the two riders involved in a head-on crash recorded by the Gixxer on-board camera. The GSX-R600 rider seems to know his ...

 
Speeding Scooter Crash, Boom, Bang
Speeding Scooter Crash, Boom, Bang

31 Jan 2014, 11:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Scooter, speed... boom: one does not necessarily have to be a traffic expert to figure out that speeding in the city turns out bad results quite often. While even sport bikes with their light wei...

 
Bell Displays Historic Helmets at the 21 Helmet Exhibit
Bell Displays Historic Helmets at the 21 Helmet Exhibit

30 Jan 2014, 16:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Bell Helmets has taken up a very important role in the 2014 One Motorcycle Show and the 21 Helmets exhibit. And because the 2014 edition of this amazing custom motorcycling event promises to be the ...

 
Wheelie Show-Off Turns to Laughing Stock
Wheelie Show-Off Turns to Laughing Stock

29 Jan 2014, 13:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Sometimes I wonder what's worse: wheeling a long distance and taking a hard fall at the end, or crashing the wheelie directly, almost before it even begun, so to speak. Even though a motorcy...

 
Mindless Thai Scooter Hit Hard by Car
Mindless Thai Scooter Hit Hard by Car

28 Jan 2014, 16:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Not checking one's mirror prior to steering off the main road DOES get people killed. This fellow was lucky enough to avoid being killed and literally splattered by the incoming car, but he was...

 
Nuviz HUD Helmet System Detailed
Nuviz HUD Helmet System Detailed

28 Jan 2014, 16:09 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like HUD (heads up display) motorcycle helmets and systems are the way to go, and Nuviz is just the next big thing in this market. Up for public funding, the Nuviz HUD project exceeded the ...

 
Incredible Brush with Death for Speeding Rider
Incredible Brush with Death for Speeding Rider

28 Jan 2014, 15:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After watching this video, the only thing I said to myself was something like "well, you get to live another day, buddy." Watch it for yourselves and see what comes into mind... Some sa...

 
Rider Dodges 5 Cars in 4 Seconds
Rider Dodges 5 Cars in 4 Seconds

28 Jan 2014, 13:51 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's luck and the absence of panic which saved the rider's hide this day... though I've met more than half a dozen riders who agreed that the fellow drained the very last drop of luck...

 
Amateur Thai Scooter Drag Racer Crashes
Amateur Thai Scooter Drag Racer Crashes

27 Jan 2014, 16:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's ever so good to see young people interested in motorcycle racing and tuning their bikes and scooters to get that extra speed or stability and make the difference between the winner and the...

 
Rider Pays a High Price for Running the Red and Wheeling
Rider Pays a High Price for Running the Red and Wheeling

27 Jan 2014, 13:33 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / In case some one plan to write a handbook on how to be an idiot while riding a motorcycle, this video should definitely be mentioned. As if riding at night was not already providing enough SMIDSY...

 
French President Triggers 1000-Helmet Sales, Manufacturer Thanks Him
French President Triggers 1000-Helmet Sales, Manufacturer Thanks Him

26 Jan 2014, 13:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Whether the alleged affair of the French president Francois Hollande is a true thing or not is outside my field of expertise, but the fact that Monsieur le President helped Motoblouz sell more than ...

 
Hit-Air Shows New Airbag Motorcycle Jacket
Hit-Air Shows New Airbag Motorcycle Jacket

25 Jan 2014, 10:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / One of the first independent manufacturers of rider-worn airbag systems, Japan-based Hit-Air show their latest motorcycle jacket, the EU5. The Hit-Air EU5 jacket brings all the functionality and ...

 
Winter Time Plays Nasty Tricks on Rider
Winter Time Plays Nasty Tricks on Rider

23 Jan 2014, 13:57 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's no secret that the winter is not exactly the best season for riding a motorcycle. And if cold is one thing we can get rid of rather easily, the Corazzo heated vest being just one of the ma...

 
ADAC Presents Yellow Angel Award to Bosch for the MSC Motorcycle Stability System
ADAC Presents Yellow Angel Award to Bosch for the MSC Motorcycle Stability System

23 Jan 2014, 12:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The German automobile association ADAC presents Bosch with the Yellow Angel award in the "Innovation and Environment" category, for the Motorcycle Stability Control (MSC) system introduced...