Out for a ride this weekend just passed. Was a bit of an adventure as my bike decided to have an electrical charging issue.. Some jumper leads, a bit of ripping out fuses and unplugging headlights to make the juice in the battery last. But a good, if not sweaty, ride. Summer’s here!
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Tags: Australia, Blue mountains, motorbike, ride, Summer, touring
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Shinya Kimura from Chabott engineering talks about making custom bikes, riding bikes. “I use my own hands and break my back making the bikes”.
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Tags: Chabott engineering, custom, design, engineering, interesting, motorbike, Shinya Kimura, video, vimeo
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What do motorcycle parts get up to when the humans are gone?
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Tags: interesting, motorbike, video
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Yes, sure it was illegal parking. Of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” variety (or should that be “don’t block the path too much and we won’t fine you”). I didn’t park there, but it was good use of a rather useless patch of concrete under an overpass. As of this week it is fenced off: [...]
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Tags: motorbike, parking, stupidity, Sydney, transport
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A motorcycle accident was captured on video. My analysis of what the rider did wrong and how he could have avoided it.
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Tags: crash, motorbike, safety, video
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Electric motorcycles just got damned sexy! The MotoCzysz E1pc is drool worthy indeed.
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Tags: Environment, green, MotoCzysz E1pc, motorbike, technology, transport
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Motorcycles and snow don’t really mix. But some people refuse to accept this and have come up with some interesting physics loopholes to make it possible.
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Tags: crazy, ice, motorbike, snow, touring, tyres
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