Motorcycle profiling a continuing problem
Posted by Ben Baker on Feb 17th 2017
It's not illegal to ride a motorcycle. However, some of the Thin Blue Line do see a motorcycle as a valid excuse to stop the rider.
This is not every law enforcement officer, but enough of them do it to make this a concern for the motorcycle community.
Idaho is the latest state to see a bill before the legislature to stop motorcycle
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What The Trump Era Could Mean For Us Motorcycle Riders
Posted by Mike Werner on Jan 26th 2017
Whether you are for or against Donald Trump, his recent communications to the public will not leave you indifferent, especially if you ride motorcycles.
Trump is “threating” to impose hefty importation duties on vehicles coming from Europe (and Asia). Although initially meant to curb the imports of cars like BMW, Mercedes, Volvo etc, it would also mean motorcycles. You can’t
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Famous biker wrecks
Posted by Ben Baker on Dec 20th 2016
Crashing sucks. No question, that's an absolute truth. But it does happen. Here's a list of some famous crashes and who was in them and what the aftermath was.
The most famous bike crasher of all time has to be
Evel Knievel. His most famous crash was in 1967 in Las Vegas. He didn't make it across the fountain at Ceasar's Palace and spent a month in a coma with pretty s
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Lane splitting legal in California; a look at safety studies
Posted by Ben Baker on Nov 23rd 2016
Lane splitting is something that comes up before state legislatures regularly.
Wikipedia defines lane splitting as "riding a bicycle or motorcycle between lanes or rows of slow moving or stopped traffic moving in the same direction. It is sometimes called lane sharing, whitelining, filtering, or stripe-riding."
So far lane splitting
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