Having your 1st road trip on a motorcycle is not only about commuting but it is about enjoying the ride, the road and the thrill it gives you the closer you reach your destination. As we want you to enjoy it as much as we do, these 7 tips will come in handy while you are getting ready for your 1st ever road trip on a motorcycle! 1) The road takes more time than you think 2) The weather can suddenly change 3) Windshields are very practical 4) Keep your position right...
Gasoline, Explained!
Date :May 09, 2015
Gasoline is not a pure substance, made up of identical molecules. It’s a mixture of some 270 different hydrocarbon structures (molecules made up of carbon and hydrogen atoms), chemically bonded together. It is a mixture because what we call “gasoline” is simply that fraction of petroleum that falls between two specified boiling points, chosen to assure that the resulting product is volatile enough for use in spark-ignition engines. Gasoline can also be regarded as those hydrocarbon...
Paradox Force!
Date :April 28, 2015
Fancy yourself a proper motorbike rider? Good on ya, mate. That’s why your trackday screamer has electronic suspension dialed in by Flamenco B. Crouch. Carbon bodywork. A quickshifter. Traction control, wheelie control, and 10 power modes. Tire warmers. And datalogging that streams to Facebook via smartphone from Brass Balls Raceway. Well, this New Zealand-built 1962 Norton Manx replica can’t boast any of that. It has one archaic air-cooled cylinder. Granddad’s drum brakes instead of...
Ten Things I Wish The Motorcycle Manufacturers Would Do
Date :March 23, 2015
1. Put angled valve stems on wheels, especially fronts fitted with two big brake rotors. Unless you’re a left-handed spider monkey, reaching straight stems with most conventional tire gauges is a bitch. 2. Design seats that better fit the shapes of human butts. There is no excuse for a seat that makes your rear end ache in an hour or less. 3. Make all controls and contact points at least slightly adjustable. Car companies acknowledged the wide range of human sizes almost a hundred...
Do they Fly? We Review The Bridgestone Battle Wing Tire
Date :January 10, 2015
Tires are the only things that keep our two-wheeled world from becoming a sliding mangled mass of guard rail debris and ruin. Most stock tires that come on a motorcycle are, like everything else on a motorcycle, a major compromise in design. I have been riding a Yamaha Tenere with Bridgestone Battle Wing tires - pleasantly they work exceptionally well in all conditions. Wet Weather Dry weather handling is always important, but tires really need to perform when the weather turns...
How to Handle a Motorcycling Crisis
Date :November 24, 2014
It was the late 1970s and Graham Hilder was riding home from late duty as a technician at the airport in Wellington, New Zealand's capital city. At one intersection a car did something silly and Graham made an angry gesture at the driver. It wasn't a wise idea. As Graham rode away from the intersection the car, full of irate gang members, came after him. Graham was riding an older bike and he knew that, while he might be able to outrun the car, he risked crashing and being attacked. So he...
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