Canada Testing Insurance Rates Based on Bike Speed Telemetry
13 Jun 2013, 15:25 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This news is a bit controversial and it might spring up some pretty rough discussions: Canadian province Saskatchewan Government Insurance is testing a new way to calibrate insurance rates for motor...
EatSleepRide App Now Has Crash Detection
13 Jun 2013, 13:47 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Motorcycle safety apps are becoming more and more common and sophisticated, and this is really good, especially as the number of vehicles on the roads is in constant growth. Here's one more pie...
High-Speed Honda Fireblade Police Pursuit Ends with Guns Drawn
13 Jun 2013, 12:40 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A high-speed police chase could have ended way worse for a Honda Fireblade rider who did not stop as the officers asked him to and kept on riding on a highway punching mirrors. There is no tellin...
Motovan Corporation Recalls 5-Y.O. Zox Old School Half Helmets
12 Jun 2013, 14:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Motovan Corporation and the NHTSA announce the recall of (so far) 198 Zox Old School XL helmets. The affected braincaps have failed to conform to the impact attenuation and penetration requireme...
Reckless Scooter Rider Involved in Nasty Crash
12 Jun 2013, 14:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This nasty scooter crash is a bit bizarre, give the sudden drift of the two-wheeled machine to the left. There were no slower cars in front of the scooter to make us believe the rider wanted to over...
Stupid Motorcyclist Crashes on the Highway
12 Jun 2013, 12:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Sometimes it looks like some guys are really asking for it, at least this is the conclusion after watching this video. Sorry to say it, buy this guy is an idiot. Not for speeding, because many of...
Honda and BMW Bikes Involved in Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Testing
11 Jun 2013, 14:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The US Safety Pilot Model Deployment is a research program for traffic safety, and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) is a part of this endeavor. However, two major...
Helmetless Scooter Rider Miraculously Alive after Crashing into a Truck
11 Jun 2013, 13:50 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / One could think that a rider with no helmet would be a tad more careful when it comes to his own health and well-being in traffic, and would observe the other vehicles quite attentively, trying to s...
Lucky Rider Remains Upright after Clashing with Car
11 Jun 2013, 11:20 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's an interesting mixture of both good and bad luck for a rider in Fort Myers, Florida. We daresay he was speeding, is the bike is coming up quite fast form behind the camera car, so mayne ...
Fuel Tank Problems Also Detected in Triumph Trophy Bikes, Recall Issued
10 Jun 2013, 15:25 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Whet we first though it was only an issue on a small number of Triumph Trophy SE machines has proved to be a more extensive matter, as the NHTSA has issues a new recall for 513 bikes. The new rec...
Sync Wheelie Turns to Sync Crashing
10 Jun 2013, 14:27 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / You all know the drill: wheelies in traffic are wrong and extremely dangerous, and many of them sometimes result in horrible injuries and even loss of human lives. Despite this, a lot of riders arou...
Mindless Speeding Rider Slams into a SUV
8 Jun 2013, 08:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Sad to see that some riders are so mindless to believe the city roads belong to them. And even sadder to see how they fail to slow down when luck runs out. Crashing in such predicaments are only nat...
Driver Doesn't Look Out for Rider, Head-On Crash Follows
7 Jun 2013, 13:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We're ready to place high wagers that this driver's excuse was either SMIDSY (sorry mate, I didn't see you), or something related to the cosmic speed of the rider. While the second...
No More Tank Slappers with the Electronic Steering Damper?
7 Jun 2013, 11:41 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's one nifty prototype which aims to rid the motorcyclists of the very dangerous tank slappers, or wobbling, if you wish. The present steering dampers have a passive principle: hydraulic...
Honda CBR600RR Won't Let Rider Drag Elbows
7 Jun 2013, 08:42 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / "Can't really blame the guy for trying", this is one our friends said as we showed him this video. Now, he might be just right and actually we were not at all in a bashing mood, but t...
Incredibly Stupid Rider in Close Call at 160 MPH
6 Jun 2013, 14:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / 1 or 2 inches, that's what kept these two riders alive that day, and yes, the guy riding the green Kawa is an idiot. Luckily for him he's an idiot in one piece, and with no collateral vict...
Jeremy Irons Takes BMW Motorrad Rider Training Course
6 Jun 2013, 13:40 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / You know Jeremy Irons as an award-winning first-class actor, but we bet few of you knew he is also an avid motorcyclist. During his stay in Hungary's capital Budapest to shoot The Borgias, BMW ...
Shameful Kawasaki Crash
6 Jun 2013, 13:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's really too bad we're not allowed to fill such pieces of new with various caption of the almighty Grumpy cat. We'we seen so many silly and shameful crashes on the Mulholland "...
More Triumph Bikes Recalled on Similar Issue
5 Jun 2013, 14:22 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like somebody screwed up really bad in the Triumph manufacturing plant last year, as the problems related to the throttle cable guide and gearbox detent spring have been identified in a lar...
Reevu RV FSX1, the Rear-View Flip-Up Helmet
4 Jun 2013, 11:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Remember the Reevu MSX-1 full-face rear-view helmet? Good, because it's got a sister, in the shape of the Reevu RV FSX1, touted the world's first modular helmet with an integrated rear-vie...