Florin Tibu
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Personal motto:
If you don't ride in the rain, you don't ride
Florin will race you up the hill on a motorbike and at the top, no matter if it's you or him who got there first, he'll meet you with a smile.
He just likes the road and enjoys the ride. It's all about the road and ride; and another nice story to tell when you get back home in one piece.
Just Tell Spectators that Crossing the Track During the Race Can Get Them Killed
3 Jun 2016, 16:33 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We've seen mindless spectators pretty in pretty much any motorsport, in motorcycle racing, in rally championships, and we've even seen the Pikes Peak. Every now and then, a reckless idiot thinks that the best thing he or she can do is ...
Olympus Tough TG-Tracker Is a Pocket-Sized 4K Action Camera Loaded with Features
3 Jun 2016, 15:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Olympus introduces the Tough TG-Tracker, the most advanced adventure/action camera, a gadget that's literally stuffed with so much cool technology that it sounds almost unbelievable. The main thing that makes the Olympus Tough TG-Tracker st...
Driver Who Ran Over a Bike May Face Attempted Murder Charges
3 Jun 2016, 14:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It was only two days ago when we showed you an utterly disturbing piece of footage recorded in Florida, showing a driver that deliberately steers into a motorcyclist and then runs over his bike, with the rider and his passenger inches away from bei...
Rider Survives Eight Days Trapped under His Crashed Bike
3 Jun 2016, 11:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Even though we live in a postmodern era, fantastic stories are not a thing of the past, and here's the latest mind-blowing one, arriving from Georgia, in the United States. 63-year-old motorcyclist Roland Howard Goff was riding his 2003 Hon...
Vinales Dominates FP1 at Barcelona, Smashes Circuit Record
3 Jun 2016, 11:11 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The action got underway at Barcelona, with the first Free Practice of the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya ending with Maverick Vinales' Suzuki in the leading position. The young Spaniard not only lapped around the Montmelo track faster ...
Piaggio Wi-bike Looks as Sharp as It Gets and We Love It
3 Jun 2016, 09:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Enter the Wi-bike, Piaggio's latest addition to the pedelec range, an electrically-assisted bicycle that comes loaded with top technologies to make riding fun and rewarding. The Piaggio Wi-bike comes in two major flavors, Comfort and Active...
KTM Heads into Moto GP with both Tech 3 Riders, Smith, and Espargaro
2 Jun 2016, 20:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / What was only a feeble rumor a week ago or so, but now it's a reality: Pol, the younger of the Espargaro brothers confirmed that he will join his current teammate at Tech 3, Bradley Smith, at KTM at the end of the 2016 championship. After B...
A Software Error Caused the Failure of Valentino Rossi's Bike at Mugello
2 Jun 2016, 15:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamaha and Valentino Rossi fans were utterly disappointed two weeks ago when they saw the motorcycle of the world's most popular rider go up in smoke, forcing him to abandon the race. Iwata's engineers found the culprit, and thankfully, i...
Yamaha Teases New SxS, Possibly a Pad Shift YXZ1000R
2 Jun 2016, 15:08 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamaha prepares another cool side-by-side they plan to unveil on the eighth of June, this year, their latest teaser tells us. While the house of Iwata is dead-silent as to how the new machine will be, we found certain hints in the video below that ...
HRC Renews Contract with Marc Marquez through 2018
2 Jun 2016, 14:34 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Two-time MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez and Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) reached an agreement and will continue their partnership for two more seasons, 2017 and 2018, an official press release informs us. With Marquez signed, the Honda fac...
Scorpion Shows EXO-AT950 Modular Adventure Helmet under $300
2 Jun 2016, 13:11 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Scorpion introduces the EXO-AT950, their latest adventure helmet, and we must admit that it looks truly interesting. Far from being a spectacular, top-shelf unit, the Scorpion EXO-AT950 caught our attention with its great all-rounder potential. Oka...
Yamaha YZR-M1 MotoGP Simulator Is the Ultimate Racing Toy
2 Jun 2016, 12:35 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / One of the perks of being one of the top MotoGP riders in the world is that you get to play with all sorts of toys that are cool beyond comparison. In case you don't take our words for granted, hit the play button on the video after the jump a...
Pol Espargaro No Longer with Monster Yamaha Tech 3 after 2016
2 Jun 2016, 10:56 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's the end of the road for Pol Espargaro and Yamaha's satellite team, Monster Tech 3. Iwata announced officially minutes earlier that the collaboration with the Spaniard will come to an end after the last race in the current championshi...
Kawasaki W800 Bids Farewell, Sacked by the Euro 4 Emission Standards
2 Jun 2016, 09:00 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / In case you liked the Kawasaki W800 and planned to get one soon, you'd better hurry, as the model will be sacked. Kawasaki announces that 2017 will be the final model year for the W800, which will fall short of the Euro 4 emission standards. ...
Honda Is Struggling with the Spec ECU Software
1 Jun 2016, 23:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa spoke about the hard time he is currently having in getting the 2016 motorcycle work for him as he'd like. It looks like Honda is nowhere near getting the best out of the spec software that became compulsory fro...
Got the Nerve to Race on Top of This Building?
1 Jun 2016, 19:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's more than often when we hear that some things were better back in the day, with men being more manly, and other stuff you most likely heard so many times. While such facts were arguably better then, here's one thing that will leave y...
Jaw-Dropping Florida Road Rage Incident Miraculously Leaves Nobody Dead
1 Jun 2016, 15:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Right before we start passing judgement on this, we should definitely say that the circumstances that led to this dubious incident are unknown, and we should proceed with caution, so to speak. Even with so many pieces of the puzzle missing, we c...
Harley-Davidson Rumored to Bring Back the Sport Glide
1 Jun 2016, 14:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We might be in for the return of a Harley-Davidson model that was ditched more than 20 years ago, the FXRT Sport Glide. Apparently, the name of this bike was spotted in both U.S. and European trademark application papers, so we're most likely ...
The John McGuinness Collection on Display at the Isle of Man
1 Jun 2016, 13:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The Nobles Park in the Isle of Man is the host of a much-anticipated exhibition comprising no less than 12 motorbikes grouped in the John McGuinness Collection. This spectacular display of two-wheelers is even more thrilling, as eight of them have ...
Ducati Scrambler Shocking Is a Pink Bike That Ladies Might Just Love to Ride
1 Jun 2016, 11:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We know that "ladies love pink" sound slike a cliche, but looking at Ducati's latest special edition machine, we dare say that riding ladies will like it. Borgo Panigale baptized this bike the Scrambler Shocking and yes, it looks str...