2015 Ducati Multistrada D|air versus Audi A3 Crash Test
11 Sep 2014, 13:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Sometimes, cool machines such as the 2015 Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Touring D|air or an Audi A3 must be sacrificed for the greater good. In this case, it’s for the good of riders. That is, thi...
How to Check Your Honda Gold Wing for Dragging Brake Issues
10 Sep 2014, 14:45 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Honda has released a quick guide for the owners of Gold Wing bikes affected by the recent recall. If you caught yesterday’s story here on autoevolution, you’ve learned that around 126,00...
AGV Pista GP Is the Safest Motorcycle Helmet According to SHARP
9 Sep 2014, 12:56 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / UK’s independent safety review system SHARP has named the AGV Pista GP the safest motorcycle helmet from a total of 331 helmets from around the world which have been tested. It is not a first ...
Massive Honda Gold Wing Recall Because of Dragging Rear Brake
9 Sep 2014, 11:01 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A safety alert was issued by Honda and the NHTSA for the customers and riders of certain Honda Gold Wing GL1800 and GL1800A bikes. Approximately 126,000 Gold Wing motorcycles model years 2001 throug...
Never Too Old to Die
5 Sep 2014, 11:54 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / To some, the words that will follow might seem plain common sense, a tautology… and it’s true, they are. Still, I believe that it’s also great to remember how fragile we are from ...
Emotional Road Safety Campaign Message from a Grieving Mother
5 Sep 2014, 09:39 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / “It’s not speed that kills, but the sudden stop,” says a rather gloomy joke bikers often use. While the truth behind these words is obvious, at the end of the day, someone lies in ...
Watch and Learn: Spectacular Bike Crash Due to Excessive Braking
4 Sep 2014, 14:54 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The video you’re about to see after the jump is definitely one of the “must watch” clips which should be shown to all new motorcycle courses students, as part of their safety trai...
High-Speed Silly Rear-End ATV Crash Could Have Ended Up Much Worse
3 Sep 2014, 14:22 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I, just like most of the fellows to whom I’ve shown this video, first thought that a wide beach is indeed a safe place to ride an ATV fast. I mean, it’s like an airstrip you can use all ...
Schuberth to Introduce a New Helmet at AIMExpo This Fall
2 Sep 2014, 15:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Schuberth will introduce a brand new helmet model at the upcoming 2014 AIMExpo show in mid-October. At the same time, Schuberth North America says that the existing helmet line-up will receive graph...
Kiska-Designed 2015 KTM Airoh Aviator 2.1 Helmets
2 Sep 2014, 15:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Gerald Kiska of Kiska Design fame is one of the guys responsible for the way KTM bikes look. However, the design skills of Kiska and his team have been bestowed upon more than motorcycles, with the ...
ATV Race Ends in a Funny Way
1 Sep 2014, 14:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If anything, ATVs are probably THE vehicles to get hurt while riding, and that may be cause of the somewhat false pretense of safety their 4-wheel architecture conveys. It is unquestionable that an ...
Why Using “Organ Donor” as an Insult Makes You the Ultimate Hypocrite
29 Aug 2014, 15:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We’ve all met these guys who believe they are a tad smarter than the rest and feel the need to go heavy on riders… referring to them as “organ donors.” Such pejorative speec...
Genuine Scooters Stella 125 Automatic Recalled for Stalling Engine
29 Aug 2014, 10:00 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) informs about the recall campaign number 14V408000, which is aimed at 800 Genuine Scooters machines whose engines may stall without warning...
On Religion-Based Exemptions
26 Aug 2014, 16:24 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I started thinking more seriously on the matter of religion-based exemptions yesterday, after publishing the article on the Canadian province of Ontario denying an exemption from the helmet law to t...
Canadian Province Ontario Requests that Even The Sikh Wear Helmets
25 Aug 2014, 11:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I guess I am not the only one who believes that every now and then, religion is used a bit too often and in too many situations to get all sorts of exemptions, and I am not referring to a specific r...
How to Decipher Motorcycle Tire Codes
22 Aug 2014, 14:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Even though most riders pay a visit to their bike dealer or local motorcycle tire shop when it comes to changing their bikes’ tires, I bet there are a lot of guys who would like to know more a...
Nearly 1.2 Million Breath Tests in Recent European Action Show 1.57% Drunk Driving
21 Aug 2014, 15:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A large-scale police action in European countries took place recently and span across an entire week, TISPOL (European Traffic Police Network) reports. Policemen in 30 European countries carried out...
What Happens to the Recalled BMW R1200RT?
17 Aug 2014, 16:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Finally, the customers who bought the 2014 BMW R1200RT equipped with the Dynamic ESA suspensions have received updates on the status of their recalled bikes. After around three months of riding ban,...
Morgan 3-Wheelers and Continental Tires Recalled
16 Aug 2014, 12:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / At this time last year, Morgan issued a recall for their bike engine-powered three-wheelers, which by the way are referred to as motorcycles. A missing label on the brake fluid reservoir was then th...
Self-Driving Motorcycles Are Too Silly for Me, Thanks
15 Aug 2014, 14:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / They say the world is changing. It IS. And it has been so since the first dawn in the Universe. We are insignificant compared to the immensity of space, and that’s why changes seem to take pla...