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Speeding Biker Hits Bear Cub, Crashes Really Bad
Speeding Biker Hits Bear Cub, Crashes Really Bad

26 Aug 2013, 13:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Speeding and distracted driving are the two counts which add to the serious, yet non-life-threatening injuries the rider in the video sustained after hitting a bear cub on the Canadian Highway 7 nea...

 
Standing Rider Stunt Goes Very Wrong
Standing Rider Stunt Goes Very Wrong

22 Aug 2013, 12:45 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Again and again, it's down to the same thing: motorcycle stunts performed without protective gear will all end in a very bad way one day. It looks like for this rider, the day is here, as th...

 
Speeding Bike Spectacularly Rear-Ending Van on Russian Highway
Speeding Bike Spectacularly Rear-Ending Van on Russian Highway

22 Aug 2013, 09:51 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / There are quite a lot of things which can technically go wrong when riding on a crowded highway, from reckless motorists who change lanes without signaling and making the most surprising maneuvers w...

 
Quebec Riders File $100 Million Lawsuit against Insurance Company
Quebec Riders File $100 Million Lawsuit against Insurance Company

19 Aug 2013, 13:57 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Bad day for the Quebec province automotive insurance board SAAQ, as the Motorcyclist Movement of Quebec files a $100 million (€72.5 mil) lawsuit for discriminating practices. Michael Mosca, ...

 
2013 MotoGP: Ben Spies' Curse Strikes Again, New Shoulder Injury
2013 MotoGP: Ben Spies' Curse Strikes Again, New Shoulder Injury

19 Aug 2013, 09:31 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / 2013 is definitely not a good year for Pramac Ducati's Ben Spies, as he's back in the hospital after dislocating his left shoulder during a crash in FP3 at Indianapolis, his first race aft...

 
Classic SMIDSY Motorcycle Accident
Classic SMIDSY Motorcycle Accident

18 Aug 2013, 07:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Drivers claiming they did not see the incoming motorcycle is one of the things riders around the world are fed up with. While in some particular cases, this claim has a dash o truth, due to poor...

 
Innocent Rider Injured in Crazy Accident
Innocent Rider Injured in Crazy Accident

15 Aug 2013, 12:39 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It may look like a cut from Final Destination, you pick which of them, but this is happening in the real life. The cause of this freaky crash is once more, a dash of speed and an idiot van driver. ...

 
Brutal Encounter Between Taxi and Bike
Brutal Encounter Between Taxi and Bike

14 Aug 2013, 14:41 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This is probably one of the most common accidents involving a motorcycle and a car: the driver steers to the left, barring the rider's way and a crash of variable severity resulting from this. ...

 
Using the LOL Brakes and Crashing
Using the LOL Brakes and Crashing

14 Aug 2013, 12:31 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Balance and braking, these two are probably the most important things to be exercised by riders, lest they end up crashing in the most stupid ways, much to the laughter of those who see them. Sor...

 
Motorcycle Death Rate in the Dominican Republic the World's Second Highest
Motorcycle Death Rate in the Dominican Republic the World's Second Highest

13 Aug 2013, 15:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If some of you want to experience true chaos first-hand, then it's off to the Dominican Republic, aboard a motorcycle. According to the World Health Organization and Dominican sources, the numb...

 
Scooter Risky Overtaking Ends Bad
Scooter Risky Overtaking Ends Bad

12 Aug 2013, 12:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Assuming everybody sees us when riding a bike in traffic is one of the worst ideas which can come into mind. In fact, any rider in his or her right mind would do exactly the opposite, acting as if t...

 
Stupid and Brutal Motorcycle Crash
Stupid and Brutal Motorcycle Crash

10 Aug 2013, 10:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's a textbook crash involving a motorcycle and an incoming car, unfortunately among the most common types of accidents, often resulting in very serious rider injury and even death. It�...

 
Watch and Learn: Rider Lets Bike Go to Save His Own Life
Watch and Learn: Rider Lets Bike Go to Save His Own Life

9 Aug 2013, 09:45 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Very important lesson learned by a Russian motorcyclist in a spring day: when the roads are dirty and wet, speeding is the shortest way to wreck a bike, become severely injured or even get killed. ...

 
Hard Wobbling and Funny Crash for Scooter Rider
Hard Wobbling and Funny Crash for Scooter Rider

8 Aug 2013, 12:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / One of the most common rider errors when strolling around on two wheels is losing focus on the road conditions. This triggers a more relaxed stance and also slows down the instinctual response and i...

 
Lucky Rider Unscathed after Crashing into the Tunnel Wall
Lucky Rider Unscathed after Crashing into the Tunnel Wall

7 Aug 2013, 15:08 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The fact that scooter riders speed like madmen on the streets of Eastern Asia is slowly becoming a common thing, but speeding beyond the rider's driving capabilities is definitely not a healthy...

 
Some Drivers Are Simply Too Stupid to Understand Traffic
Some Drivers Are Simply Too Stupid to Understand Traffic

6 Aug 2013, 14:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Sorry to say it guys, but this is the only decent conclusion we could come to after watching this video. Honestly, we believe even a child would have done better than this old man in the video, p...

 
Early Dainese D-Air Street Test
Early Dainese D-Air Street Test

5 Aug 2013, 12:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Remember when we used to report on the imminence of a wide spreading of motorcycle-specific airbag systems from motorcycle gear manufacturers such as Dainese? Well, things are going the right way, e...

 
A Little Bit of Speed and a Car Door
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
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...

 
Running While Crossing the Street Is Bad for Everyone
Running While Crossing the Street Is Bad for Everyone

1 Aug 2013, 15:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Due to the poor quality of the recording it's really hard to figure out whether the traffic lights were green for the child or for the bike, but judging on the incoming cars and the speed of t...