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New Shark Streetfighter Helmet Looks Great
New Shark Streetfighter Helmet Looks Great

7 Feb 2013, 15:37 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If you thought the Bell Rogue was a bitt to cheesy for you and have eversince been looking for a more tough-looking similar lidl, here's Shark's proposal: the Streetfighter, a helmet not ...

 
Arai Rebel Helmet Promises Zero Lift
Arai Rebel Helmet Promises Zero Lift

7 Feb 2013, 15:17 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Arai introduces the Rebel helmet, claimed to be a lid especially developed for those who ride naked bikes. While the Rebel is very similar to their previous RX-Q model, Arai also add that the revis...

 
Rider Caught Doing 238 km/h Wheelie
Rider Caught Doing 238 km/h Wheelie

7 Feb 2013, 10:56 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Wheelies can get riders a warning or even a ticket by themselves, in case they happen to run into a cop who does not appreciate moto stunts on public roads too much. Doing a wheelie and speeding wil...

 
Would You Trust Your Scooter to a Dog?
Would You Trust Your Scooter to a Dog?

6 Feb 2013, 14:16 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The title question is simply legit if you just take a look at the picture which accompanies this piece. Of course it's happening somewhere in Asia, the place where we see all sorts of weird thi...

 
Good Old TAC Campaign Showing How Easy Is to Cause a Bike to Crash
Good Old TAC Campaign Showing How Easy Is to Cause a Bike to Crash

6 Feb 2013, 12:57 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Australia's Transport Accident Commission (TAC) is most likely one of the best advocates of road safety in the world. Their in-your-face campaigns have always shown the real face of the traffic...

 
Schuberth's A.R.O.S. System Brief Explanation
Schuberth's A.R.O.S. System Brief Explanation

5 Feb 2013, 12:30 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / In case of a motorcycle crash happening, having the helmet flying off the rider's or passenger's head is one of the very, very bad scenarios. Knowing that not all riders pay enough attenti...

 
Countryside Riding Sometimes Involves Deers Crashing Into Bikes
Countryside Riding Sometimes Involves Deers Crashing Into Bikes

5 Feb 2013, 11:50 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Riding on less-trodden roads in the wild is always great, no matter whether one is riding alone or with other fellows. However, wild roads mean wild animals, and we got to see a lot of deer-related ...

 
PIAA 530, the New Line of LED Driving and Fog Lights
PIAA 530, the New Line of LED Driving and Fog Lights

4 Feb 2013, 15:56 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / LEDs have gone quite a long way since they fist made it into the automotive, and then into the motorcycle industry. PIAA is one of the spearheading names in the LED lighting business and they surfac...

 
Rider Unscathed after Jumping over Car's Bonnet
Rider Unscathed after Jumping over Car's Bonnet

4 Feb 2013, 14:34 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / One of the things which make riding on two wheels more dangerous than driving a car is the fact the the rider is exposed, and this is a major downside when colliding with another vehicle. Even more,...

 
Holland Bans Lights on Motorcycle Gear
Holland Bans Lights on Motorcycle Gear

4 Feb 2013, 11:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like France is not the only European country with funny (read silly) laws when it comes to motorcycle riding. Here's one weird legal regulation emerging from the Netherlands, banni...

 
US Army Road Safety Training with BMW Specialists
US Army Road Safety Training with BMW Specialists

31 Jan 2013, 10:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / BMW factory rider Nate Kern is in Fort Bragg, North Carolina and he's giving a seminar about motorcycle riding and road safety to... US Army soldiers. It may seem a bit off the first time when ...

 
Scary but Infinitely Cool Motorcycle Helmet
Scary but Infinitely Cool Motorcycle Helmet

30 Jan 2013, 14:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's just too bad that this awesome motorbike helmet is just photo manipulation, created for Austrian motorcycle and car parts and apparel retailer Forstinger. The Forstinger guys have started ...

 
2013 Shoei GT-Air Helmet Detailed
2013 Shoei GT-Air Helmet Detailed

30 Jan 2013, 10:57 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's some light on the upcoming new lid from Shoei, the GT-Air, a full-face helmet which brings some upgrades to the existing range of products and hoping to set a new standard. One of th...

 
Motorcycle Casualties Down Almost 15% in France
Motorcycle Casualties Down Almost 15% in France

29 Jan 2013, 11:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / So it s possible to reduce the number of deaths on the streets of a country... at least this is the story the figures released by the French Statistics services tell us. And having "motorcycles...

 
Passenger Circle Wheelie Goes Wrong
Passenger Circle Wheelie Goes Wrong

28 Jan 2013, 16:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The most amazing stunts we get to see in shows are the result of long, painstaking hours of dedicated, relentless work. It's hard to tell how many times the stunt riders got injured, and how b...

 
Quad Rider Loses Control and Crashes on Rocky Road
Quad Rider Loses Control and Crashes on Rocky Road

26 Jan 2013, 12:20 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / As fun as riding an ATV fast on rough roads might be, doing so comes with some real dangers. Quads have extremely good suspensions which make them ride smooth over rocky roads and uneven terrain, an...

 
The Drunk Driving Permits of Ireland
The Drunk Driving Permits of Ireland

25 Jan 2013, 16:00 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I clearly never saw this one coming and neither would other guys playing with a full deck. However, it looks like some people are so in love with alcohol that they're willing to risk large-scal...

 
Continental Recalls ContiMotion 180/60R16 Tires
Continental Recalls ContiMotion 180/60R16 Tires

25 Jan 2013, 08:27 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Continental issues a voluntary recall for their ContiMotion sport-touring tires. Around 1700 tires have been sold mostly in the US in 2011 and 2012, with only few units going overseas. The specif...

 
Fly Racing's New Tourist Helmet
Fly Racing's New Tourist Helmet

23 Jan 2013, 15:19 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's a new lid form Fly Racing, called Tourist. Basically we're looking at a classic open-face helmet with an added chin bar. No helmet engineering breakthrough indeed, but a nice helmet...

 
Insane Brazilian Rider Makes It Home in One Piece
Insane Brazilian Rider Makes It Home in One Piece

22 Jan 2013, 16:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Honestly, this is one of the reasons because we riders sometimes get so much hating: riding like the medication prescribed by the mental institution ran out, and the end of the world is about to com...