2013 MotoGP: New Bridgestone Hard Tire Introduced at Brno
30 Jul 2013, 16:22 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Bridgestone, the official tire supplier of the 2013 MotoGP announced they are ready to introduce a new Hard compound rear tire at the Bwin Grand Prix at Brno, the Czech Republic. Bridgestone offe...
70 MPH Crash Seen by the Helmet Cam
29 Jul 2013, 16:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / As the rider in this video says, this bad crash occurred because of insufficient riding experience. A more seasoned motorcyclist would test a bit the brakes of a motorcycle before heading out in ...
Zero Excuses for This Ducati 848 Crash
29 Jul 2013, 11:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / No pity, but no bashing also, for this Ducati 848 rider, as it looks like he kind of knew what could happen. Riding hard on mountain roads, it was only natural that gravel and sand waited after one ...
ABS Issues Trigger Triumph Daytona 675 and Street Triple Recall
29 Jul 2013, 09:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We kind of stopped counting the recalls due to ABS modulator problems, but here's another one, this time for Triumph machinery. Triumph has to bring back 1,887 of their 2012-2013 Street Triple,...
R6 Rider Spills the Silly Way
27 Jul 2013, 10:31 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The 2 second rule has a very funny way of proving the solid reasons behind it, and this Yamaha R6 rider found them out the hard way, with a silly, laughable wipeout. We can tell almost for sure t...
Dainese Surfaces New Hybrid Knee Brace
26 Jul 2013, 13:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Dainese has shown their all-new Hybrid Knee Brace, an advanced piece of motorcycle protective gear for off-road riders and all those concerned with their safety. There are quite a lot of knee inj...
Dainese Shows D-Air Street Rider Airbag Crash Test
26 Jul 2013, 10:01 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Recently teamed up with BMW Motorrad for further development of both race track and street rider airbag systems, notorious Italian protective gear manufacturer Dainese has just surfaced some officia...
Good-Old Open Door-in-Your-Face
26 Jul 2013, 09:41 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Legal or not, lane splitting is a maneuver which requires extreme awareness from the two-wheeled motorist doing it. While in some states and countries lane-splitting at low speed and obeying sev...
Too Bad the R6 Is Not a Dirt Bike
25 Jul 2013, 15:33 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Some take this for granted, some feel like testing it, if willy-nilly: the Yamaha R6 is not a dirt bike. Just like the Ducati 848, riding if beyond the edge of the asphalt means going past the p...
Can Such Helmet Damage Be Real?
25 Jul 2013, 12:59 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After watching this picture for countless times and analyzing it the best we could, we're still having two opposing ideas here: some say that such helmet abrasion is possible, provided that so...
2013 Kawasaki Ninja 300 Recalled for ABS Problems
25 Jul 2013, 12:40 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Safety-focused precautionary measures taken by Kawasaki as the NHTSA announces the recall of several new 2013 Ninja 300 machines. The NHTSA campaign has number 13V310000 and claims that at least ...
Yamaha R6 Crashes Hard into the Mountain Wall
24 Jul 2013, 15:19 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A scary accident was filmed by an onboard camera as a rider lost control of his 2013 Yamaha YZF-R6 on the Angeles Crest, California and smashed hard into the mountain wall, causing the motorcyclist ...
Canada May Rethink Motorcycle Licensing Process
24 Jul 2013, 15:05 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's good to see some Canadian motorcycle professionals raising their voices and speaking in favor of a more realistic way for issuing motorcycle licenses. At least this is what we saw in the O...
Whoops, I've Just Missed the Corner
24 Jul 2013, 13:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Speeding and speed-triggered rider errors are some of the most common motorcycle accidents which do not involve crashing with another vehicle, and this footage depicts one of the errors which are t...
2014 Honda CTX700T and CTX700N Recall Extended to the US
24 Jul 2013, 12:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Just as we knew it would happen, the early ABS related problem detected in the 2014 Honda CTX700T and CTX700N in Canada, have caused the NHTSA to issue the recall campaign number 13V3007000 in the U...
I Drive a Large Truck, Why Give Way?
23 Jul 2013, 16:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Again, sometimes we all have to brake, even if we have the right of way. Sorry for having to say this but there's nothing appealing in being dead and with he right of way. This footage is th...
Kuryakyn Bar Risers for Honda Gold Wing Recalled
23 Jul 2013, 15:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Are you a tall guy who was never happy with the height of the OEM bars on his Honda Gold Wing? Hopefully you're bought and installed some risers, but if you got them from Kuryakyn lately (Part ...
Massive Recall for Yamaha Ray Scooters
22 Jul 2013, 12:47 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A 56,082-strong scooter fleet is to be recalled in India, Autocar announces. India Yamaha Motor has initiated a voluntary recall for their Ray scooters after detecting an issue with the handlebars. ...
Kawasaki Z800 Is Not the Best Beginner Bike
22 Jul 2013, 12:01 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / There are a lot of crashes involving new, inexperienced riders aboard all sorts of motorcycles, and most of them occur because of people failing to properly maneuver the bike. This is one of the rea...
Ducati 848 Hates the Off-Road
21 Jul 2013, 09:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like good, clean asphalt is the only thing we should ever feed to a Ducati 848, as gravel, grass and ditches are definitely not its cup of tea. Or gas, or oil, for what's worth. Thi...