Tag: Motorcycle
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Counting The Days: Summer Plans, Air Hawks and Highland Rides
Image via Wikipedia While spring is planning on being fashionably late I am already focusing on the summer riding season and have got the foundations of some trips in the works. Currently there are two definites and one ‘probably’. The first definite is an overnight to the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare. I have not been to…
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The Dream Is Over – Motus Unveiling Bikes In Daytona
If you are going to the 70th Annual Daytona Bike Week then on March 10th at 2pm make sure you are at the Progressive International Motorcycle Show in the Ocean Center, Daytona Beach. Why? Because Motus will be giving spectators a chance to look at their prototype MST and premium MST-R motorcycles. I have been…
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Pick The Motorcycle That Fits You
Below are some clips from a fantastic website, cycle-ergo.com, that lets you set you height, inseam length and even ‘preferred arm straightness’. After that you just choose your preferred make and model of motorcycle which then overlays a model of you on the chosen motorcycle. I am loving this, all those motorcycles you have wondered…
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EU Blues as Motorcyclists Face Mandatory ABS and No More Mods
You have got to hand it to those boys and gals in the European Commission just take every chance they get to show how disconnected they are from us little people. Motorcycles are due to be hit with the most restrictive regulations in the world. While the rest of the planet debate about wearing helmets…
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Motorcycle GPS Cases: Givi versus Arkon
Image by Victor9098 via FlickrI planned to do some touring around Ireland this summer and managed to squeeze in 3 weeks of travels over May/June this year. You can check out photos of those trips on my Flikr page in the Ireland Stream (Ladies View onwards). Any other time planning such a journey would usually…
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Irish Motorcycle Road Racing Exhibition (Oct 23/24)
Image by Aled Beswick via Flickr Over the weekend of October 23rd/24th there will be an exhibition in Kells, County Meath, showcasing all aspects of road racing here in Ireland. So if you enjoy watching the thrill of the racing this will be an unique opportunity to get to see everything else that is going…
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Brammo Empulse: 100miles@100mph on Electric Motorcycle
Brammo has been impressing with their electric motorcycle range and since they first released the Enertia and then decided to ride two of these electric motorcycles along the route of the automotive CEOs who went to Washington DC asking for government loans. Now they have raised the bar for all the other electric motorcycle manufactures,…
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Motorcycle Industry Letter to the Commission
Image via Wikipedia With all the talk of late of new EU regulations concerning the future of motorcycles in Europe, such as restrictions of 100bhp, I have been surprised the motorcycle industry has remained so quiet, now we have what seems to be the first major response from the ACEM (the Motorcycle Industry in Europe).…
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Fancy a Ride this Sunday? AAI Info/Reg Ride-Out
With the Irish Motorcycle Show only taking place every two years now the organisers of the Annual Across Ireland have taken to organising information/registration ride out when they can not have a stall at the Motorcycle Show. This years event will be held on Sunday 28th March with everyone meeting between 10am – 12pm at…
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Hark the Engines Roar: World Superbikes 2010
Image via Wikipedia In the distance I can hear the engines revving, then before my eyes like a mirage the silhouettes of grid girls start emerge, and then on the air my nostrils detect the the sweet mixture of fuel, sweat and leather… it can only mean one thing! The reason why millions of us…
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