Rider Ignores the Stop Sign, Lives to Regret This Bitterly
11 Aug 2014, 14:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Stop signs are usually put in place for an extremely good reason, and I guess you’ll all agree that making it home without being crashed into is such a reason. Problem is that some motorists o...
Reckless High-Speed Overtaking Doesn't End Well
10 Aug 2014, 08:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Riding a motorcycle is definitely not the safest thing one can do, since there’s virtually no barrier between the rider and the multiple obstacles which may cross his or her road, even on a ca...
Watch and Learn: Yellow Lines Don't Forgive BMW S1000RR
30 Jul 2014, 14:40 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If anything, there’s one thing all riders can be 100% sure: the yellow lines seldom forgive anyone. This is the lesson a BMW S1000RR rider learned the hard way, during an outing on a twisty ro...
Overloading an ATV for Uphill Rides Is a Very Dumb Idea
22 Jul 2014, 14:31 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Weight limits when riding an ATV have a very solid reason for being there: safety. However, every now and then, some fellows will decide they’re way smarter than the guys who have actually bui...
Farewell Polaris RZR, Lucky Riders Barely Avoid Being Drowned
21 Jul 2014, 15:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A fun way to spend a weekend or even more, off-roading does come with a lot of dangers. Even though some of those who venture off the beaten track think that their skills are more than enough to tac...
Unbelievable Scooter Rider with a Death Wish?
10 Jul 2014, 13:50 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I have to be honest, such footage as the video after the jump really freaks me out. I’ve seen my fair share of accidents, flips, spills, high- and low-speed wipeouts, had riding brethren invol...
Massive Harley-Davidson Touring and CVO Touring Recall for Serious Front Brake Issues
10 Jul 2014, 12:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / According to New York Times, ABC News and more media, Harley-Davidson will soon make an official recall targeting certain model year 2014 motorcycles for a very serious front brake issue. No recall ...
2014 BMW R1200GS Cast Wheels Can't Really Take Potholes
7 Jul 2014, 15:25 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This piece may bring in some hatemail, but the things I plan to write about are real and I was present as the story unfolded. Last weekend I was taking part in a motorcycle rally close to the Danube...
Bike Crashes in Fireworks on Russian Highway
29 Jun 2014, 09:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Another Watch and Learn video, another bad day for a rider and another lesson which might spare you the trouble of a wrecked bike and injuries. The story appears to happen on a Russian highway, in t...
Watch and Learn: Riding Formation Failure Causes Multiple Crash
25 Jun 2014, 15:12 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Maintainig a minimal level of road discipline when riding in a larger group is one of the best ways to avoid getting in trouble, even in the absence of other clumsy, unaware, distracted or plain stu...
Tying a Kid to the Motorbike Is the Ultimate Fail
6 Jun 2014, 10:56 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The police arrested a man in New York on Sunday after finding him riding a motorcycle with the 5-year-old son of his girlfriend in the back of the seat. Officer Ryan Braswell observed that the kid a...
High-Speed Lane Splitting Can Split Your Head
15 May 2014, 12:39 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Lane splitting is good. And bad. It all depends on how it’s done, pretty much like a lot of other things in life, more or less related to traffic and motoring. Unfortunately, some guys seem...
Watch and Learn: Mindless Rider Slaloms and Crashes Really Bad
8 May 2014, 15:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / “Slaloming” in and out of traffic is a dangerous thing, and this seem to be true for both cars and bikes, and even for scooters. Not acting like a mad man, waving in and out lanes and ig...
How to Avoid Dying Like an Idiot
7 May 2014, 15:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Dying while riding a motorcycle has pretty high odds, whether we like it or not. I don’t want this so sound alarming in a way, but the odds of putting a sudden, definitive end to the ride whil...
Almost Fatal Mistake During Fast Bike Ride
30 Apr 2014, 13:05 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Fast highway hauls have their undeniable appeal, but with speed come a lot of risks, too. Even more, due to the long distances a motorcycle travels in a matter of seconds or even fractions of a seco...
Why Tailgating Is Bad for Your Health
15 Apr 2014, 13:20 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Riding with some buddies is of course, one of the very good ways to enjoy both the pleasure of riding a motorcycle and hanging out with friends at the same time. It also brings tighter bonds in a gr...
Clumsy Rider and His Passenger Almost Squashed by Truck
8 Apr 2014, 13:33 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / They say that the rider of a motorcycle bears the whole responsibility for the safety of his or her passenger, and common sense tells us this is true. While passengers may have zero riding experienc...
Nothing Beats Morons Crashing Scooters
7 Apr 2014, 12:35 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Some things will never change, and people with zero motorcycle training, wearing no protection will always find it suitable to try and ride a scooter or small motorcycle, especially when encouraged ...
Life Is Tough, Especially When You’re Stupid
1 Mar 2014, 10:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It’s really sad to see that some riders believe that the streets are actually a safe place. Any seasoned motorcyclist can vouch they are not, and are, at best, less safe than people believe th...
One Painfully Stupid Snowmobile Accident
28 Feb 2014, 10:56 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Just when I thought that mindless fellows like the ones in yesterday’s The World Is Not Enough were rather hard to come by, here’s another proof that in some cases, not even the surface ...