New York City rounding up illegal bikes and crushing them
Posted by Ben Baker on Apr 6th 2016
Riding dirt bikes, ATVs and some two-wheelers in the City of New York is illegal. The city is stepping up enforcement efforts by taking illegal rides and crushing them.
We have significant resources out looking to get these characters, these knuckleheads if you will," said NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton. "We intend to take all of these things [bikes] and just crush them."
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How To Ride Safely In That Pesky Rain
Posted by Mike Werner on Apr 1st 2016
Riding a motorcycle in rain brings a lot more issues, including a lot more dangers, to the joy of riding. In fact, not many bikers out there like riding in the rain. Your helmet’s visor gets rain on it, requiring you to wipe it away, your visor mists up and you stand the chance of aquaplaning when hitting the brakes too hard.
We’ll not deal with the brakes in this article, b
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New windshield checks email, calls and texts
Posted by Ben Baker on Mar 28th 2016
Electronics giant Samsung is not usually a company associated with motorcycles. That is changing A prototype “Smart Windshield” that displays email, calls and text messages was recently produced by Samsung with Italian advertising agency Leo Burnett, enduro rider and driver Edo Mossie and Italian rap performer Cane Secco.
Calling it a windshield display is a bit of misnomer.
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For The Record Books
Posted by Ben Baker on Mar 8th 2016
A wonder down under
The Thunder 400 drag race in Australia is a series of races Down Under that takes place on three different tracks. It is an International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) sanctioned series.
As drag series go, it generally offers all the lights, sounds and excitement fans expect. In late February, it offered something completely different, a push race
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