More Dainese D-Ai Street Motorcycle Airbag Tests
4 Aug 2013, 09:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Dainese surfaces new footage from the extensive series of tests for their D-Air Street rider airbag, and this time it's about the "non-interference" factor. The most important thin...
A Little Bit of Speed and a Car Door
3 Aug 2013, 07:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Riding fast in the first lane passing parked cars is definitely not the safest thing to to, regardless of the country. Judging by the swear words in Russian, you've probably guessed the par...
Lane Changing, the Russian Way
3 Aug 2013, 07:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Discussions about lane splitting have been around for quite a long time, and in some states and countries, this maneuver became legal, provided the riders comply with several safety-focused regulati...
Why Better Wait a Bit after Green Light in Russia
1 Aug 2013, 16:12 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Red light, green light, right of way and everything else you like, they seem to be of a rather lesser importance for some Russian motorists. This video shows exactly how wise it is to wait some m...
Moto Guzzi Canadian Recall for Stelvio, Griso and Norge
1 Aug 2013, 16:01 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A recall for (so far) 107 Moto Guzzi bikes has been issued in Canada. The recall campaign has number 2013256 and it focuses on a problem which may occur in the rear suspension assembly. Namely,...
Ducati Streetfighter versus Dog
1 Aug 2013, 13:05 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / There are rather few encounters between motorcycles and various animals which end good for the bikes and bikers. Whether we're talking about dogs, sheep or birds, it's an almost sure recip...
Continental Readies Cheap Single-Channel ABS for Small Bikes
31 Jul 2013, 15:09 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Good news for all those riding small-displacement bikes, those who plan to buy one, and all the customers in the emerging markets: Continental, the German tire and automotive parts manufacturer anno...
More Scooter Craziness
31 Jul 2013, 14:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yes, your eyes are just fine, and the guy you saw in the thumbnail of this piece is indeed carrying a ladder on his scooter. After seeing this, any sort of talks on scooter and road safety simply se...
Radar Detectors May Become Illegal in Spain
31 Jul 2013, 10:25 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like things have finally reached an end as far as radar detectors are concerned in Spain. A new law modification project was recently submitted, deeming the use of radar detectors illegal i...
Honda CBR1000 Can't Steer by Itself
30 Jul 2013, 12:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's another hard crash happening just as incredibly silly as this one involving a Hayabusa. Uploaded by the same youtuber, both videos show the extreme lack of skill when it comes to turning...
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...
Golden Gate Bridge Electronic Toll System Fails on Bikes
26 Jul 2013, 09:11 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Are you riding a motorcycle in the San Francisco area? Good for you, as bikes are surely fun, and for now, there's no toll for crossing the Golden Gate Bridge: the electronic tolling looks like...
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 ...