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Simple Tips to Help You Choose a New Bike 1
Let me guess: Lately you've been spending far too much money to fill your car's gas tank. Not to mention that you spend far too much time idling in traffic. Maybe you're thinking that there must be a better way to get around. Something less polluting. Something cheaper. Hey, why not a bike?
Great idea! For about $450, you can snag yourself a reliable vehicle that can take you as far as your legs ...
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Simple Tips to Help You Choose a New Bike 2
Fit the Frame
Most frames--as long as they're appropriately sized for the rider's height--can be made to tit almost anybody's particular body geometry. This is, of course, absolutely specific to each person, so the only way you're going to figure out what's best for you is to sit on a few bikes and see what's comfortable and what needs adjusting (handlebar height, saddle height, etc.). Most bike ...
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German BMW R75 Motorcycle
In 1916, two premier German aircraft companies merged to become Bavarian Motor Works, or BMW. Their logo symbolized a white airplane propeller against a blue sky. But the company would soon be grounded by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. Although deeply committed to aircraft engineering, chief designer Max Friz reluctantly turned to motorcycle production to help cure the company's economic woes. Wit ...
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Motorcycles Brand On The Run
When the producers of "Chopper Challenge" needed a brand to feature in an upcoming episode of the motorcycle-building reality show on CMT, they opted for a different approach from the cable and insurance companies they had already used.
Every week, the 10-episode prime-time series presents a different bike builder constructing a custom motorcycle that incorporates a brand into the vehicle design. ...
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Motorcycle Mission
THE INAUGURAL winner of the Nancy-Bird Walton sponsorship for a female adventurer is a 29-year-old who is setting out on a solo, 70,000 km adventure through 44 countries on a motorbike. Danielle Murdoch, from Burpengary, 30 km north of Brisbane, is riding her Suzuki DR 350 from Brisbane to Egypt, and then around Africa, a journey that she estimates will take two years.
"Being on a bike throws you ...
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Pro Stock Motorcycle
Season outlook: LE Tonglet is the defending champion after stunning the class last year on a nearly 10-year-old Suzuki. The third rookie to win a Full Throttle series championship nearly had to shut down his team because of a lack of sponsorship. But a stirring victory in Clermont, Ind., led to a deal, and he went from seventh to first in the Countdown. Tonglet will be teamed with his brother, GT, ...
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Valet Bike Parking Eases Commute
LONG BEACH -- With the help of bicycle advocates, this city and others are making it easier for people to park their cars and pedal to their destinations by providing valet bike parking.
"The whole idea is just to make an encouraging environment for people to ride their bikes. If they have somewhere safe to park, they'll do so," says Sumire Gant, transportation programs officer for this city near ...
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Enforce Limits on Noise From Motorcycles
At night, in a rural area in Florida, we can hear motorcycles minutes before they pass. The excuse many riders use, that it's for safety, doesn't wash. Otherwise, why would cars have mufflers? The noise enforcement involving motorcycles is a joke, which raises the issue of selective enforcement. I believe that motorcycles, car radios and trucks should be controlled by the user out of respect. Unfo ...
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Motorcycles Riding Clean
AMONG HIS OTHER unusual hobbies (he also builds sculptures featuring fire-spewing robots), 32-year-old Justin Gray makes custom electric motorcycles. To create his latest drag racer, the R144, Gray tore the motor and gasoline systems out of a 1999 Yamaha R1, a bike with a frame large enough to hold the extra parts he needed for the conversion. Since the gas engine had been an important structural ...
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Bikers Floored by NTSB Call for Blanket Helmet Laws
The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday made a new push for mandatory helmet laws for all motorcycle riders in the USA, a move met with derision by many motorcyclists who accuse the board of intruding in state affairs and pushing unnecessary laws.
"This is just another example of the (safety board) pushing their nose into things that belong in state legislatures," says James Reichenba ...
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