Motorcycle Luggage - Buying Guides
Posted by Team Motorcycle on Nov 17th 2016
Traveling on a motorcycle is great fun, but it does have a few inconveniences compared to traveling in a car. By far one of the biggest issues is storage space.
If you are riding your motorcycle for a few hours, or to the local grocery shop, you don't really need to worry. But if you are planning to go on holidays, or long distances, or you ne
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Picking the Right Lid for a Ride
Posted by Ben Baker on Nov 16th 2016
Since 19 states require helmets, 27 have some sort of helmet law and only three leave it up to the rider (Iowa, Illinois and New Hampshire, the “Live Free or Die” state), if you ride you going to need a lid.
Depending on the source, there are up to 9 types of helmets.
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Open Face - 3/4s - Covers the ears, but no chin gu
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The Low-Down on Riding Leathers
Posted by Ben Baker on Nov 10th 2016
Riding and leathers are just meant to be together. But not all leather is created equal. Here is a detailed look at leather.
Leather is measured in ounces. One ounce is 1/64 of an inch. So 7-8 ounce leather means it is 7/64s” to 8/64s” thick.
Leather Types
Leather is treated and cured animal hide. Most riders wear cowhide, but leather is made from many
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Bikes left out of new fed safety plan
Posted by Ben Baker on Nov 7th 2016
Motorcycles are left out of the US Department of Transportation's new Road to Zero safety plan.
The biker community's activists are not happy about this.
"We laud the efforts of these three federal agencies and the National Safety Council to reduce the number of crashes, injuries and fatalities on the nation's roads," s
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