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The World Is Not Enough
The World Is Not Enough

27 Feb 2014, 14:45 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Even though I am pretty sure that the first time this title was published it had nothing to do with dumb accidents caused by reckless, ignorant people, it looks like it is one of the things which su...

 
Huge Amount of Fail for Three Bike Riders
Huge Amount of Fail for Three Bike Riders

18 Feb 2014, 15:41 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Riding with more than one passenger on a motorcycle or scooter is a truly common thing in Asian or South American countries, where two-wheelers are used mostly for daily transportation, and not for ...

 
Rider Too Cool To Wear a Helmet Kind of Breaks Face
Rider Too Cool To Wear a Helmet Kind of Breaks Face

11 Feb 2014, 16:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like karma taught Kyle a painful lesson this day. Namely, the fact that wearing a helmet when riding a motorbike is a very good idea, and the people who do so are not just some dull idiots....

 
Costly Mistake for Mindless Rider
Costly Mistake for Mindless Rider

4 Feb 2014, 13:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / "Always expect the unexpected when riding a motorcycle," they say and indeed, pretty much all the seasoned riders would agree on this. However, the rel life out there on the streets is ...

 
Mindless Thai Scooter Hit Hard by Car
Mindless Thai Scooter Hit Hard by Car

28 Jan 2014, 16:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Not checking one's mirror prior to steering off the main road DOES get people killed. This fellow was lucky enough to avoid being killed and literally splattered by the incoming car, but he was...

 
Incredible Brush with Death for Speeding Rider
Incredible Brush with Death for Speeding Rider

28 Jan 2014, 15:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After watching this video, the only thing I said to myself was something like "well, you get to live another day, buddy." Watch it for yourselves and see what comes into mind... Some sa...

 
Rider Dodges 5 Cars in 4 Seconds
Rider Dodges 5 Cars in 4 Seconds

28 Jan 2014, 13:51 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's luck and the absence of panic which saved the rider's hide this day... though I've met more than half a dozen riders who agreed that the fellow drained the very last drop of luck...

 
Amateur Thai Scooter Drag Racer Crashes
Amateur Thai Scooter Drag Racer Crashes

27 Jan 2014, 16:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's ever so good to see young people interested in motorcycle racing and tuning their bikes and scooters to get that extra speed or stability and make the difference between the winner and the...

 
Rider Pays a High Price for Running the Red and Wheeling
Rider Pays a High Price for Running the Red and Wheeling

27 Jan 2014, 13:33 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / In case some one plan to write a handbook on how to be an idiot while riding a motorcycle, this video should definitely be mentioned. As if riding at night was not already providing enough SMIDSY...

 
Safety Fail: 200 km/h Without a Helmet
Safety Fail: 200 km/h Without a Helmet

22 Jan 2014, 16:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If you've ever asked yourself whether riding a motorcycle with no helmet is "cool or fool", here a nice short video to help you decide. A most stupid bravado or simply a very dange...

 
Wheelie Idiot Ignores the Stop Sign
Wheelie Idiot Ignores the Stop Sign

19 Jan 2014, 14:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I must admit I got a bit angry watching this video. It's this kind of nincompoops who keep on giving motorcycling a bad name, with their utter disregard for road laws and even own safety. As...

 
Chinese Rides Scooter Standing Backwards, Talking over Phone
Chinese Rides Scooter Standing Backwards, Talking over Phone

17 Jan 2014, 11:17 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / While this Chinese fellow's stunt riding has a massive dose of "cool", the same goes for the amount of "fool". First of all, we can figure that the guy is going to receiv...

 
BMW Recalls 50,000+ Bikes
BMW Recalls 50,000+ Bikes

9 Jan 2014, 16:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / BMW Motorrad North America issued a voluntary recall for 50,184 motorcycles manufactured between 2005 and 2012. The recall was triggered by discovering that the flanges of the main and auxiliary ...

 
Why Give Way When You Can Cause a Crash
Why Give Way When You Can Cause a Crash

7 Jan 2014, 14:08 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / All people make mistakes, it's true, but some of them look especially clumsy and stupid while at it, and the driver in this video is one of these fellows. As far as I'm concerned, this ...

 
Rider Honks Instead of Braking, Crashes Silly for Nothing
Rider Honks Instead of Braking, Crashes Silly for Nothing

27 Dec 2013, 16:26 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yes, the Clio was definitely at fault in this crash, but the rider has both plenty of time and room to avoid that this accident happened. Sadly, the fellow preferred to honk and run his bike into th...

 
Speeding Scooter Can't Brake in the Rain
Speeding Scooter Can't Brake in the Rain

26 Dec 2013, 11:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / While some might argue that in this crash it was the car which bears the major fault, it will definitely be a fair split between the driver and the rider. And still, with all the rain, I'd stil...

 
Unhelmeted Lolrider Wrecks Both Car and Scooter
Unhelmeted Lolrider Wrecks Both Car and Scooter

15 Dec 2013, 14:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yes, it's scooters crashing once more, and obviously, no helmet or other sort of protective gear is involved. Still, the same question seems to haunt me: if a chap can't ride, and he or...

 
Girl Rides Scooter for the First Time, Crashes without Helmet
Girl Rides Scooter for the First Time, Crashes without Helmet

6 Dec 2013, 13:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It always eludes me what causes some fellows to skip the basic safety precautions when riding a motorcycle or even scooter for the first time. The chances that a complete newbie to riding messes ...

 
One Hard Snowmobile Drag Race Crash
One Hard Snowmobile Drag Race Crash

3 Dec 2013, 13:05 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After watching this video, one thing kept coming back to mind: what kind of ridiculous safety standards allowed riders to enter in the event wearing t-shirts and what appears to be flip-flops or san...

 
Crazy Double Snowmobile Crash for One Very Stupid Rider
Crazy Double Snowmobile Crash for One Very Stupid Rider

20 Nov 2013, 15:54 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / One of the first and smartest things to do when crashing during any type or motorized race is to move away from the track. That is, if you're still able to move around, getting out of the way i...