autoevolution
 

Stories about: motorcycle safety

Nevada Allows Bikes to Run through the Red Light
Nevada Allows Bikes to Run through the Red Light

24 Sep 2013, 12:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Nevada Assembly Bill 117 deem lawful for motorcycle, moped or trimobile or a bicycle or electric bicycle riders to proceed through an intersection against a red traffic light. Now, this does not...

 
Suzuki GSX-R600 Crashing into the Mountain Wall
Suzuki GSX-R600 Crashing into the Mountain Wall

23 Sep 2013, 12:33 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / "Canyon carving" is surely a ton of fun, but one simply cannot afford to lose focus at any time, when riding fast through successive bends. A mistake of a moment of lower awareness is seld...

 
Rider Hits His Head Against Metal Pole, Saved by the Helmet
Rider Hits His Head Against Metal Pole, Saved by the Helmet

17 Sep 2013, 16:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's one more piece of surveillance footage dedicated to those who oppose the helmet laws. This time it's not about who had the right of way and who was to blame for this crash. And I...

 
How to Crash Like a True Lolrider
How to Crash Like a True Lolrider

17 Sep 2013, 14:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A stupid crash of an almost unnatural mystery was recoded by the dashcam of a Russian driver. We can see a scooter rider speeding on a road parallel to the main one, in spite of the wet conditions. ...

 
Judge Dredd Would Fight Robocop for This Helmet
Judge Dredd Would Fight Robocop for This Helmet

17 Sep 2013, 12:41 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Alfred Boyadgis is 23 and is an industrial design student at the University of New South Wales in Australia. He could have passed unnoticed, if it wasn't for this final year project he named Fo...

 
Completely Avoidable Crash, Not Avoided
Completely Avoidable Crash, Not Avoided

15 Sep 2013, 11:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This video shows a textbook motorcycle accident: utterly common, yet people, both riders and drivers appear to ignore the very conditions which lead to it. A car cutting off in front of the bike...

 
25 Lucky Customers Get Their Bell Custom-Fit Star Carbon Helmets at Laguna Seca
25 Lucky Customers Get Their Bell Custom-Fit Star Carbon Helmets at Laguna Seca

14 Sep 2013, 09:12 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This is one truly glorious day, as it may be the very dawn of a new era in motorcycle helmet manufacturing. Bell announces they'll manufacture an extremely limited lot of custom Star Carbon hel...

 
On Bike Stunts and Parenting Fail
On Bike Stunts and Parenting Fail

13 Sep 2013, 15:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Initially, I was about to do a small safety-related write-up as I was watching a bike stunt trick go wrong, but as the video reached the end, I god rather unnerved and decided it was time for a more...

 
Speeding Scooter Idiot Crashes Very Hard
Speeding Scooter Idiot Crashes Very Hard

13 Sep 2013, 13:31 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After showing this video to some of my riding buddies, we're still having a hard time deciding who gets more blame for this crash. On one hand, the truck driver was turning left so he should...

 
MV Agusta and Marco Lucchinelli Offer Racing Training
MV Agusta and Marco Lucchinelli Offer Racing Training

13 Sep 2013, 07:17 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / World GP500 champion and racing legend Marco Lucchinelli shook hands with MV Agusta for his new project DAZEROA300. DAZEROA300 was born out of sheer passion for speed and motorcycle racing and is...

 
Target Fixation Causes Lolrider to Crash
Target Fixation Causes Lolrider to Crash

12 Sep 2013, 14:57 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Pretty much any seasoned rider will agree with me when I say that even some might find it hard to believe, but the bike tends to go in the direction you're looking at. The best proof to back...

 
Two Mistakes, One Biker Crashing Hard
Two Mistakes, One Biker Crashing Hard

12 Sep 2013, 12:39 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / While one mistake is enough to cause a road crash most of the times, having two motorists at fault is a sure way to a nasty crash. However, this accident could have easily been avoided if the two fe...

 
Bell Shows Limited Edition Laguna Seca Star Carbon Helmet
Bell Shows Limited Edition Laguna Seca Star Carbon Helmet

12 Sep 2013, 09:51 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Bell and Mazda Raceway are commemorating the historic return of the eni FIM Superbike World Championship to the iconic Laguna Seca circuit after 8 years with a special-edition Star Carbon helmet. ...

 
Unaware Ninja 300 Rider Rear-Ends Hilux
Unaware Ninja 300 Rider Rear-Ends Hilux

11 Sep 2013, 15:45 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Traffic awareness is most likely the most important thing a motorcycle operator must learn really quickly. Well, at least it's the most important next to actually learning how to ride the bike ...

 
Indian Motorcycles Delays the 2014 Chief Shipment
Indian Motorcycles Delays the 2014 Chief Shipment

11 Sep 2013, 13:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Indian Motorcycles and their new customers have to deal with several more weeks of wait, as the shipment of the 204 Chief and Chieftain bikes is delayed, Bikernet reports. It looks like some of t...

 
Watch and Learn: Cornering Is Serious Business, and so Are Crashes
Watch and Learn: Cornering Is Serious Business, and so Are Crashes

11 Sep 2013, 12:30 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Bad day for this Honda rider who went out for a ride on a winding road and asked one of his friend to shoot the whole trip with a Go Pro camera attached to his Kawasaki Concours. I don't wan...

 
Huge Defects List for the Kawasaki Concours 14 Police Bikes
Huge Defects List for the Kawasaki Concours 14 Police Bikes

11 Sep 2013, 12:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It appears like somebody really screwed up when it comes to customizing the Concours 14 motorcycles Kawasaki sold to police departments. At least this is the only thing coming into mind after readin...

 
Arai RX-7 GP "Hayden Peace" Replica Helmet Available in Limited Run
Arai RX-7 GP "Hayden Peace" Replica Helmet Available in Limited Run

10 Sep 2013, 16:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Arai announces Nicky Hayden's RX-7 GP "Hayden Peace" replica helmets, now available on special order. Wearing a war helmet for peace may sound a bit weird, but when it comes to Nic...

 
Rhino Flips Over and Gets Quite a Bashing
Rhino Flips Over and Gets Quite a Bashing

10 Sep 2013, 12:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like hill-climbing aboard SxS machinery requires riders to be really fast taking decisions, especially when things go wrong and it's back to the foot of the hill time. There are onl...

 
Lane Splitting Video Advice from the California Highway Patrol
Lane Splitting Video Advice from the California Highway Patrol

9 Sep 2013, 13:11 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / There's an open debate on lane splitting in many countries and states, but it looks like California got ahead of the pack. The California Highway Patrol has finally surfaced safety guidelines f...