Too sexy for his ride
Posted by Ben Baker on Dec 4th 2016
Bikes certainly can be sexy. Anyone familiar with EasyRider Magazine is very familiar with seeing sexy ladies and equally sexy motorcycles.
But one man in California says his ride was more than he could handle. Henry Wolf, a resident of Sausalito, sued BMW North America and saddle maker Corbin-Pacific Inc.
His lawsuit claimed he suffered from a severe case of priapism,
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Stepping up awareness
Posted by Ben Baker on Nov 30th 2016
Campbell County, VA, is a dangerous place if you ride a motorcycle. According to the Virginia Department of Transportation, 130 wrecks have happened in the County since 2006.
13 riders died.
Not much news there. Dying to Ride crunched some numbers. In the US, the rate is 72.34 wrecks per 100,000 motorcycles. The cage wreck rate is 13.10 per 100,000.
But
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Moto3 Motorcycle Grand Prix Has a New World Champion
Posted by Ben Baker on Nov 12th 2016
The Moto3 motorcycle grand prix has a new world champion and he’s the first from Great Britain to hold the title since 1977.
Danny Kent, 21, from Wiltshire, England, took the title with 260 points. Kent officially rode a Honda, but the bikes for the Moto3 are specially built for the races and are not street legal. Kent’s ride was a one-lunger 250cc four-stroke.
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Right to Repair
Posted by Ben Baker on Nov 9th 2016
Ask the average rider if he has the right to tinker with his ride, work on it and repair it. He’ll say yes.
As long as he’s referring to mechanical stuff, that’s correct. But on new motorcycles, tractors, cars and trucks, he did not have the right to repair computers and the software in those systems.
Did not. Now, the Library of C
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