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Stories about: motorcycle safety

Icon Launches Spring/Summer Collection
Icon Launches Spring/Summer Collection

25 Feb 2014, 11:01 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The first serious spring rides are still some good weeks away, but careful riders are already making preparations. And in case new riding gear and helmets are on your shopping list, a quick look at ...

 
Bad Luck Day for Innocent Rider
Bad Luck Day for Innocent Rider

20 Feb 2014, 15:57 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Just like every rider knows for a fact, motorcycle safety is a very iffy affair, even when we're thinking about experienced motorcyclists riding at legal speed and paying attention to what happ...

 
2015 Chak Molot, the Safest Motorcycle Around?
2015 Chak Molot, the Safest Motorcycle Around?

20 Feb 2014, 14:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Molot is Russian for “sled.” The Chack Molot should have also received some prefix, such as “super” or “ultra,” as we're dealing with a completely different ...

 
Huge Amount of Fail for Three Bike Riders
Huge Amount of Fail for Three Bike Riders

18 Feb 2014, 15:41 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Riding with more than one passenger on a motorcycle or scooter is a truly common thing in Asian or South American countries, where two-wheelers are used mostly for daily transportation, and not for ...

 
RightPSI, the Easier Way to Check Tire Pressure
RightPSI, the Easier Way to Check Tire Pressure

18 Feb 2014, 15:22 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Welcome RightPSI, a nifty addition to anyone's car, motorcycle or bicycle. These add-on screw-in caps are to be fitted on the valve of your vehicle's tire and you'll know whether the...

 
Nobody Should Ever Ride a Bike or Motorcycle, NY Legislator Declares
Nobody Should Ever Ride a Bike or Motorcycle, NY Legislator Declares

18 Feb 2014, 12:27 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Age can play dirty tricks on the human mind, and Suffolk County NY Legislature member Thomas F. Barraga, 70, is one of the latest victims. Namely, he replied to a letter Matthew Cutrone, 17, sent h...

 
Speeding Rider Crashes as Father Teaches His Daughter about Road Safety
Speeding Rider Crashes as Father Teaches His Daughter about Road Safety

14 Feb 2014, 11:00 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Proper education passed by parents to their children can really make a difference later in life, and with people literally swarming on the roads of the world, road safety should be also a part of yo...

 
Rider Too Cool To Wear a Helmet Kind of Breaks Face
Rider Too Cool To Wear a Helmet Kind of Breaks Face

11 Feb 2014, 16:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like karma taught Kyle a painful lesson this day. Namely, the fact that wearing a helmet when riding a motorbike is a very good idea, and the people who do so are not just some dull idiots....

 
Too Much Speed, Too Little Skills
Too Much Speed, Too Little Skills

11 Feb 2014, 13:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I guess that pretty much any rider will agree with me and approve that the turns are most likely the best part of motorcycling, with the riding with wind in your hair and face already included. S...

 
F2 Carbon Trey Canard Replica Helmet from Fly Racing
F2 Carbon Trey Canard Replica Helmet from Fly Racing

11 Feb 2014, 13:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Fly Racing surfaces a new F2 Carbon replica helmet, and this time it bears Trey Canard's signature. The F2 Carbon Trey Canard replica is available in two different color schemes, a white/red...

 
Oil on the Road Is Not a Rider's Best Friend
Oil on the Road Is Not a Rider's Best Friend

10 Feb 2014, 14:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Oil, gravel, ice, sand, and even plain water, they are all a rider's "enemies" at times. And since they are sometimes "ambushing" the unsuspecting rider, being able to ride ...

 
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...

 
Why Stunts in Parking Lots Are Not the Best Idea
Why Stunts in Parking Lots Are Not the Best Idea

4 Feb 2014, 15:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Choosing to practice some stunt tricks in an empty parking lot is definitely a much wiser idea than doing the same thing on public roads. However, it is not the very best idea, either, and this vide...

 
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...

 
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...

 
Triumph Faulty ECU Triggers US Recall
Triumph Faulty ECU Triggers US Recall

30 Jan 2014, 16:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Just as we suspected, it was only a matter of days until the Canadian Triumph recall would be extended to the US market. However, we're dealing with other figures, as at least 2800 Triumph b...

 
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...