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The Dangers of Winter Riding

The UK@s largest motorcycle insurance comparison website, www.thebikeinsurer.co.uk has discovered that motorcyclists are recording a 30% increase in @own-fault@ accident claims statistics over the winter period demonstrating that UK roads can be more dangerous throughout the winter.www.thebikeinsurer.co.uk brings you some tips on safer riding and a quick guide to maximising your road experience during the colder months.@ Reading traffic @ Car drivers@ visibility can be restricted by mist...

How to Prepare For Winter Motorcycle Riding

How to Prepare For Winter Motorcycle Riding The popularity of motorcycling has increased significantly over the past few years, with a vast range of machines available to suit all riders. Being the owner of a motorcycle has become a lifestyle choice. Many riders use their bike all year round as their principal means of transport, whilst others simply enjoy motorcycling as a stimulating weekend hobby. Winter Motorcycling Clothing The greatest problem experienced by winter motorcyclists is, r...

Add A 3rd Dimension To Your Biking - Paraglide

What has the feeling of freedom that a motorcycle gives you, together with the excitement of controlled risk, a solo sport that also shares great camaraderie with like minded people and also takes you to many breathtaking parts of the countryside?Add to this a 3rd dimension and you have - Paragliding.@I have taught 100s of people to paraglide for 15 years now; they range from 17 to 82 years of age, from every conceivable background. With only 1 in 100,000 people taking up the sport @ what mak...

Motorcycle Video Camera Filming System

By Neil FJ1200 So we've seen @The Long way round@ and @Long way Down@ and seen the shots of Charley filming Ewan falling off that motorcycle again (sorry Ewan). Well how about doing it yourself ? @ I'm a Motorcycle Instructor in real life and have a 2 camera system set up on my bike for use as a rider training aid, and also to film some of my exploits on m...

Biker Foods

We get a lot of Press Releases here at motorcycle co uk, but this one was more interesting than most....Perfect Menu for British Bikers - Created by DEVITT and TV Chef Steve WalpoleWhen it comes to grub, Britain's bikers may be more closely associated with greasy fry ups, burgers and beer, but now one of the country's upcoming celebrity chefs and a motorcycle insurance broker are teaming up to encourage bikers to get culinary in their choice of food if they want a good day on the road.M...

Frame Sliders - Protect Your Sliding Motorcycle

Frame Slider Design And Installation By Roland Lee Motorvation, www.motovationusa.com Call them crash protectors, crash bobbins, fairing protectors or frame sliders, all these products ultimately seek to do one thing - protect your expensive bodywork or the essential and often expensive structural parts of your motorcycle from damage in the even of a fall or ti...

History of Kawasaki Motorcycles

Kawasaki Motorcycles - Independent in Thoughts and Actions By Daniel Levy The story of Kawasaki Company goes back to 1924, at that time involved in metallurgy and the aircraft industry. In 1949, they decided to enter the motorcycle industry producing engines that could be adapted to motorcycles. FIRST KAWASAKI MOTORCYCLES PRODUCTS ? Motorcycle Engines In the...

History of Suzuki Motorcycles

Suzuki Motorcycles - From Fine Loom Manufacturers to Major Motorcycle Company By Daniel Levy Started in a small warehouse by Michio Suzuki back in 1909, Suzuki aimed at making better looms for the Japanese silk industry. It was only thirty years after its existence that the company started thinking of diversifying into cars, motorcycles and related machinery. In fact, it was only after the collapse of the...

History of Yamaha Motorcycles

Yamaha Motorcycles - Creativity and Spirit of Challenge By Daniel Levy @If you are going to do something, be the best@ Ginichi Kawakami, Yamaha Motor Company First President. Yamaha Motorcycles, under this motto, employing all its creativity, and with a very strong spirit of challenge, became what it is now: one of the biggest players in the worldwide motorcycling scene. But Yamaha's history doe...

Prepping Your Bike for Winter

Winter Season Come: Basic Steps to Winterize Your Bike by: Kay Zetkin We know that motorcycle enthusiasts out there are knowledgeable enough in how to care for their bikes. Having a motorcycle and considering it as a prized possession is indeed tedious work. And here, we would like to share bits of information about several things that you may find really important, especially if you@re a motorcyclist from northern clim...

Laying Up a Motorcycle

Caring For Your motorcycle When It's Being StoredBy Shirley BullingtonAs the weather gets cooler, is your motorcycle ready to be put away for the winter? Or, maybe your have another reason for not riding your bike: travel, business or family commitments. The good news is that this shouldn't take more than a few hours of work to be sure that your motorcycle will remain in tip-top condition in terms of looks, mechanical condition and trouble free riding. First, be sure the fuel system is ...

Motorcycle Loans

Common Mistakes Motorcycle Buyers Make When Looking For a Motorcycle Loan By Jay Fran Motorcycle Financing Guide.com Whether interest rates are high or low or it is the end of a model year with lots of incentives, motorcycle buyers tend to make the same mistakes when shopping for a motorcycle loan. Here are four common mistakes motorcycle buyers make with mot...

Motorcycle Suspension Setup

By Mark J Thompson Motorcycle Suspension Set-up: The basics Whether you are a road rider or a racer correct suspension setup is the key to fast smooth riding and consistent lap times. To get the best out of your bike it needs to be set up for the conditions in which you will be riding. It is considerably easier to set the bike up for the Track as you k...

Registering a Grey or Parallel Import

Guide to Re-Registering an Imported MotorcycleBy Paul Morgan, UK Bikes Ltd1. Verification of the age of the motorcycle is necessaryThis can be done by means of a dating certificate obtainable from :- Roy Bacon Dating Services PO Box3 Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 2AS. This currently costs £15.00If you are a member of a club for the make of bike, they may have their own system.If original documents are available from the country of origin, a dating certificate should not be neces...

Streetbiker Articles

the official publication of the Motorcycle Action Group @ @ @ Triumph Speed Triple@Threes company HOGs in St Tropez@European HOG Rally August - September 2005 . @ Riders Salute Simon@Global motorcycle community gathers Winging It@30 years of Honda's Gold...

The Road Articles

Journal of the@Motorcycle Action Group@@ @ @ The Monster Roland Brown exercises Ducati's Monster 1100S Beyond the desert Destination Mali with GlobeBusters Bulgarian biker bash Nik Macve reports from Veliko Larnovo on how they do rallies down there @ @ @ @@ January - February 2009 ...

Winter Riding

Winter RidingIt goes without saying that winter motorcycle riding presents its fair share of dangers.@ But, with thorough preparation of yourself and your motorbike, there is no reason why you can@t enjoy the motorcycle experience safely all year round.Preparing for winter motorcycle ridingIf your bike doesn@t already have a windscreen, invest in one. Wind chill and rain can be the most punishing when riding in winter, and a windscreen will go some way to reducing fatigue by offering some pro...