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Dunlop Surfaces Sportmax Q3, the New High-Performance Sport Tire
Dunlop Surfaces Sportmax Q3, the New High-Performance Sport Tire

23 May 2013, 11:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If you liked the way your old Sportmax Q2 tires performed on both track and street, then prepare for the next best thing, as Dunlop announces the release of the all new Q3. The Sportmax Q3 brings...

 
Airoh Aviator Helmets Available in the US via Leo Vince
Airoh Aviator Helmets Available in the US via Leo Vince

23 May 2013, 09:30 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Great news form Airoh and Leo Vince: the latter becomes the official importer for the nifty helmets manufactured by the former, and the first lid to be delivered is the Aviator. With DOT certific...

 
Triumph Recalls Daytona 675 and Speed Triple
Triumph Recalls Daytona 675 and Speed Triple

22 May 2013, 14:51 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / No less than 3 successive recalls came from Triumph, and three models are affected, nothing extremely risky, but no minor things, either. Some 61 2012 Daytona 675 and 675R may have a throttle cab...

 
Watch and Learn: Mindless Rider Crashes at 100 MPH
Watch and Learn: Mindless Rider Crashes at 100 MPH

22 May 2013, 12:22 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Hi there, here's another painful Watch and Learn episode, with a rider mindlessly doing more than 100 mph, actually close to 109 mph (175 km/h) in what seems to be wet weather and who eventuall...

 
Chinese Monks on a Kawasaki Ninja
Chinese Monks on a Kawasaki Ninja

22 May 2013, 11:12 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Now this is one really weird sight: two Chinese monks with no helmets riding a Kawasaki Ninja 300, reportedly in the province of Guangdong. Skipping the awkwardness of such a combination and the ...

 
Motorcycle Lawyer Russ Brown Into The Sturgis Hall Of Fame
Motorcycle Lawyer Russ Brown Into The Sturgis Hall Of Fame

21 May 2013, 15:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Each annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis is a great occasion for few select members of the biking community to be introduced into the Hall of Fame. One of the individuals who made it into this presti...

 
Jay Leno's Awesome Educative Video On Helmets
Jay Leno's Awesome Educative Video On Helmets

21 May 2013, 11:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Regardless of the mindless riders who keep on blabbering against motorcycle helmets, here's a truly informative discussion between notorious bike enthusiast, rider and collector Jay Leno and Br...

 
Speeding Biker Crashes Hard into Car Turning Left
Speeding Biker Crashes Hard into Car Turning Left

20 May 2013, 15:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This is a complete no-no, a bike crash which looks almost like the rider actually hunted down the car. First of all, it's obvious that he's speeding: we all do so in the city from time to ...

 
40 Years without Saarinen and Pasolini
40 Years without Saarinen and Pasolini

20 May 2013, 14:59 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's been exactly 40 years ago at Monza in Italy when we lost two great motorcycle racers: Finnish Jarno Saarinen and Renzo Pasolini, both killed in a massive crash in the turn after the pit st...

 
New Colors for the Bell Pit Boss Helmet
New Colors for the Bell Pit Boss Helmet

19 May 2013, 11:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Bell just knew riders will love the Pit Boss lid, because of its value-packed construction, light weight and cool looks... so it was only natural that the Flames Matter Titanium and Fames Pink made ...

 
VoloLights, the Safer Braking Light
VoloLights, the Safer Braking Light

17 May 2013, 11:26 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We're happy to let you know about VoloLights, a truly great and innovative gadget meant to reduce the number of rear-end collisions between cars and bikes. One of the factors which often cau...

 
Vega Updates the Altura Helmets
Vega Updates the Altura Helmets

16 May 2013, 15:09 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With cafe-racers becoming increasingly popular around the globe and the retro looks being quite favored by riders, here's a nice new helmet from Vega: the Altura Old Skool. The Altura full-f...

 
Cut All the Lanes, Crash All the Bikes
Cut All the Lanes, Crash All the Bikes

16 May 2013, 11:40 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Sorry to say this, but any rider with a decent amount of experience on the road should, or at least could foresee the way the stupid driver would cut through all the lanes. We know it's real...

 
EVS CTR Cooling Vest, Dress Up to Cool Down
EVS CTR Cooling Vest, Dress Up to Cool Down

16 May 2013, 10:40 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Oh glorious technology, how cool are you! And we do say proper cool, after we saw the CTR Cooling Vest from EVS. With CTR standing for "Core Temperature Regulator" things seem so much c...

 
Funny and Stupid Scooter Crash
Funny and Stupid Scooter Crash

15 May 2013, 15:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We know it's not nice to laugh at people crashing, but on some occasions we just can't hold it in. And by all means, watching this short video provided us with just the right occasion for ...

 
Knox Track Vest Enhances Upper Body Protection
Knox Track Vest Enhances Upper Body Protection

15 May 2013, 14:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / British motorcycle armor manufacturer Knox surfaces a new product, the Track Vest. You're looking at an upgraded version of their acclaimed Aegis back protector, not combined with a vest-type g...

 
Triumph Tiger Explorer Recalled
Triumph Tiger Explorer Recalled

15 May 2013, 09:42 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Triumph Motorcycles issued a recall for two of their adventure bikes, the 2012-2013 Tiger Explorer and Tiger Explorer XC. Certain bikes have received a wrong certification label, with incorrect G...

 
Limited Edition Ruby Ill Studio Helmets
Limited Edition Ruby Ill Studio Helmets

14 May 2013, 15:20 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Les Ateliers Ruby has gotten us used to their periodical limited edition helmets and now its time for three new lids to be revamped by one of the major names in design: Paris-based Ill Studio, well...

 
Dangerous Scooter Riding Ends with a Nasty Crash
Dangerous Scooter Riding Ends with a Nasty Crash

12 May 2013, 17:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / While some guys who ride scooters are quite reasonable and understand that they are a part of the traffic, therefore acting sensibly, we get too see a lot of crazy riders who seem not to give a flyi...

 
Make-Up Artist Shows What No-Gear-Scars Are Like
Make-Up Artist Shows What No-Gear-Scars Are Like

10 May 2013, 09:56 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's "Crashed", a very nifty PSA from the Colorado DoT. Even though some viewers may find this video a bit too graphic, they must know all the scarring and blood are the result of m...