Helping Stranded Bikers Is Always A Good Move, But This One Tops All…
Posted by Mike Werner on Nov 20th 2016
As a group, we motorcycle riders need to stick together. We are “fragile”, often misunderstood and we strap on a machine between our legs that can catapult us at great speeds while sitting on its gas tank with little protection. And these machines breakdown from time to time.
So normally, when you see a biker who has broken down alongside the road, stop and see if you can he
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In The « Great Idea, But Impossible To Implement » Department
Posted by Mike Werner on Nov 15th 2016
The idea is great; fantastic really. Imagine a small free device that can be used by anyone using the road; cars, trucks, buses, bicycles and most important, motorcycles. The device that will warn you when a fragile user (in other words, a motorcyclist) is close to you!
The device is in fact your smartphone (iPhone or Android), and the free app i
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Top Motorcycle Books
Posted by Ben Baker on Nov 11th 2016
Winter is coming and that's not just a line from Game of Thrones. Some of us are lucky to live in places where we can ride year round, others, not so much.
When the winter doldrums hit, pull out a book. Here's a list of some of the best bike books out there. They can be purchased at bookstores and online retail outlets.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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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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