April 12, 2010
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MSF gets serious about motorcycle safety
Sketch: Jonathan SmithThe Motorcycle Safety Foundation is announcing a comprehensively revised training program and a new study into the causations of motorcycle accidents that promises to deliver hard facts rather than after-the-incident conjecture. Finally. For too long the US has existed in the dark ages of rider training, with very little in the way of effectual training available this side o...
12 April 2010
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Motorcycles with ABS 37% safer
Photo: Don MorleyAccording to a study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, motorcycles equipped with ABS are 37 percent less likely to be involved in a fatal crash than those without. A second study from the Highway Loss Data Institute, indicates ABS reduces insurance damage claims by 22 percent and injury claims by 30 percent. Those are some huge numbers and, potential legisla...
12 April 2010
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Honda to sell electric scooters this year
According to a report in Japanese newspaper Nikkei, Why the Honda EV-Cub and not a generic scooter with a couple of batteries thrown under the seat? For one, the price. ¥500,000 is nearly equivalent to a new VTR250, meaning that any product with 50cc equivalent performance will need to be a premium luxury good and not just basic transportation. For another, th...
12 April 2010
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Death Spray Custom bites London
Photos: Neil BridgeDeath Spray Custom, creator of our dazzle camo helmets, is holding an art show in London through the end of April. On display are examples of DSC's custom bike paint jobs, headlined by "Bite," this 1026cc SBK-spec Ducati, and original motorcycle culture-inspired artwork as well as things like bicycles, helmets and anything else that could take a lick of paint. Bite was inspired ...
12 April 2010