How do we learn to ride?
Posted by Ben Baker on Aug 2nd 2017
Want to blow a mathematician's mind? Ask him how a human learns to balance on two wheels or even one wheel.If you are going to ride a motorcycle (excluding trikes from this discussion) you've got to learn how to balance on two wheels. Nearly all of us learned on a bicycle and moved up as we got older.Someone is going to point to the new BMW self balancing ride. Great, as long as the bike is charge
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Are bikers a dying breed?
Posted by Ben Baker on Jul 24th 2017
According to some of the major financial experts, the motorcycle industry is in trouble. Yawn. Been there, done that, came back from the brink and got in the saddle again. The latest salvo of the death of the biker industry tries to track sales. Bloomberg's graphic shows bike sales were cut by nearly 1/3 between 2008-09. To refresh your memory, that's when the Great Recession body slammed the Unit
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How Far Does The Motorcycle Funerals Go?
Posted by Mike Werner on Jul 17th 2017
We’ve seen many companies over the last decade or so offer burial services to motorcycle riders that include a last ride in a motorcycle hearse. They take a motorcycle, and either place the coffin on a sidecar or drag a hearse behind it (like in the old Wild West days, a horse pulling a hearse). Now, one biker is going to go a step further. An 89-year-old Pennsylvania biker names Arthur Werne
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Florida Is The Place To Avoid When Riding A Motorcycle
Posted by Mike Werner on Jul 9th 2017
According to the AAA and to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in terms of numbers, Florida is the place NOT to ride a motorcycle. That is because it’s where you’ll find the most motorcycle related deaths; more than any other state. Their numbers don’t even look at population ratios, it’s pure THE biggest numbers. In 2015, 606 bikers died, 30% more than in 2014. Bikes represent on
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