Motorcycles Articles

Cars and Trucks » Motorcycles | By Robert Hoffman @ Tuesday, 20th April 2010 @ 8:51 PM

With the growing popularity of personal firearms carry among motorcyclists, it's important to find the weapon that best meets our rather specific self defense needs. On occasion, a drunk driver or a car driver experiencing road rage will purposefully ram a motorcycle, which never works out well for the motorcyclist. Use your superior agility and acceleration to evade the car if you can. However, because the driver is attacking the motorcyclist with a deadly weapon (the car), the moto... more...

Cars and Trucks » Motorcycles | By Nick Dinic @ Monday, 19th April 2010 @ 11:44 AM

Just when you thought that you can't be bothered waiting in traffic any longer a girl on a scooter zooms by you. Roasting in your car you start asking yourself a simple question: is it really worth getting a scooter to commute on these sunny days? Well, one thing is for sure - Gold Coast and Brisbane is probably one of the only places in Australia where riding a scooter is very comfortable all year round. Let's look at a few major differences between a scooter and yo... more...

Cars and Trucks » Motorcycles | By Robert Hoffman @ Monday, 19th April 2010 @ 10:00 AM

One of the best ways to expand our sport is to take a friend for a motorcycle ride. Naturally, as riders and enthusiasts, we want our passengers to enjoy their first, and subsequent, rides. To help insure this, ride smoothly, considerately, and safely. If their helmet bumps yours when you accelerate, shift gears, or brake, it is your fault, not theirs. You are not riding smoothly. Motorcycling can seem scary to an inexperienced passenger. They have heard plenty of stories about how danger... more...

Cars and Trucks » Motorcycles | By Chris Harmen @ Sunday, 18th April 2010 @ 11:52 AM

Whether for vacation or as a regular mobility aid, rented Orlando scooters have a lot of advantages. First, renting a scooter allows you to avoid the expense of paying for your own unit outright. In addition, you can often get more of the features you would want on a machine you buy, without having to pay extra for them, or paying only a small fee. Finally, if you are renting because you're in town for vacation, Orlando mobility scooters with custom features can mean the difference between ... more...

Cars and Trucks » Motorcycles | By Alexa Picard @ Thursday, 8th April 2010 @ 10:30 AM

Electric scooters are scooters that do not need fuel or gas to be able to work. This type of scooter is a very good choice to use for children and teens. As this cool scooter is continually increasing in popularity, many and more children want to own one. Today, different models, sizes and features of scooters are sold in the market. Parents and children are now having difficulty when it comes to selection. Do not go further because this article will give you some guidelines in choosing the best... more...

Cars and Trucks » Motorcycles | By Christopher Reinhold @ Thursday, 1st April 2010 @ 12:26 PM

Whilst your Mum may appear to be a calm and caring woman who settled down several years ago to start a family, underneath that pleasant exterior is a woman who is desperate to throw on a suit of leathers, jump on the back of a motorcycle and head out on the open road. Or at least that is what recent research suggests. Most Mums will have had a relatively rebellious or outgoing period in their earlier life and one or two may have even ventured onto the back of a motorcycle occasion... more...

Cars and Trucks » Motorcycles | By Christopher Reinhold @ Thursday, 1st April 2010 @ 12:46 AM

Known as the number one championship in the bike racing world, the Superbike World Championship had its first season in 1988 and has dominated the professional bike racing industry ever since. To an outside spectator of the sport, or someone who is only just beginning to be interested in bike racing, it can be complicated to understand what the difference is between the various racing championships, primarily the Superbike World Championship and the MotoGP, as they both appear to use simi... more...

Cars and Trucks » Motorcycles | By Christopher Reinhold @ Thursday, 1st April 2010 @ 12:15 AM

Traditionally in the British Superbike Championship, there have been no more than five individual teams competing in the event. Usually consisting of Ducati, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha (although Ducati did not enter into the 2009 competition), each of the teams enter a selection of riders to compete on around a dozen circuits from approximately March through to October. Whilst this may be the case historically, things have changed in the 2010 season as three new teams have entere... more...

Cars and Trucks » Motorcycles | By Christopher Reinhold @ Thursday, 1st April 2010 @ 12:15 AM

The British Superbike Championship (known more commonly as British Superbikes and regularly shortened to simply BSB) is one of the most popular motorbike racing events in the world and is the leading event in the United Kingdom. Entering its twenty second year, the BSB has been sponsored by various motorbike insurance companies over the years and operates by providing two separate winners cups, with one going to the riders of the motorbikes and one going to the manufacturers or teams. Th... more...

Cars and Trucks » Motorcycles | By Christopher Reinhold @ Thursday, 1st April 2010 @ 12:13 AM

The 2010 World Superbike Championship started on 28 February with riders and teams heading to the Phillip Island circuit in Australia. With a further 12 races to go, the last being on 3 October in France on the Magny-Cours track, it is expected to be a hard fought battle between both riders and teams. Being sponsored by a bike insurance company (with bike insurance companies sponsoring the event historically), it is financially lucrative for all involved and has become the leading bike r... more...