Poll results: When do you wear your helmet?

I’ve basically nothing left to say on this subject. I am hoping against hope that the 4 per cent who don’t use their helmet when touring basically never go touring and that the 35 per cent who prefer not to ride with a helmet in town essentially use public transport or their cages. As for [...]

Learning to Ride

“How many days will it take me to learn how to ride a motorcycle?”
Wow, there’s a question that stumped me. I didn’t know the answer, honest. I told the young man that if he meant only the operation of the controls – clutch, brake, throttle – that would take 20 minutes. But learning to ride [...]

Not again!

I received this anonymous comment yesteday
i have read the exact same review somewhere else.. either you copied from them or they copied from you… and i doubt you.. you could have at least noted that it was taken off from an another site.. its really pathetic
For this post.
I found that the whole first ride was [...]

Healthier Motorcyclists!

JC sent me this link today. I read it and liked what I read. So I thought I’d post a link here. Here’s a quick excerpt.
“The group that rode motorbikes posted higher marks in cognitive function tests,” Kawashima said.

Pass or fail 2

Remember this post?
Well, I got a letter from the chaps who created it – pasted below – and they’ve pointed me to another little video. And once more, while it was intended for cyclists, I think it does apply to us as well. Watch it, and leave a comment about whether you passed or failed. [...]

Hitler motorcycle spoofs on YouTube

Hey, I found both of these spoofs quite hilarious, so I thought I’d post a link here.

Neat Discovery Channel style video

Yamaha FZ16: First Ride

So you want to know how the FZ16 is , is it?StylingAs you can see for yourself, the styling of the FZ16 was central to the project. At least that is the official line. They first created the look and the ‘fitted’ the engineering into the design. No, really. That is why the FZ16 runs [...]

Yamaha R15: 17 bhp’s too little, surely

So, it would appear that most of you were expecting the R15 to make in excess of 20 bhp. 54 per cent, to be precise. Hmm…
I did some checking, and here’s what I found.
Fact 1: It’s not impossibleYes, a 150cc engine can easily make as much as 24 bhp. But there are specific conditions under [...]

Buy the best, pay more…

Here’s this awesome quote on the Arai website. Neatly says everything I try to explain when someone asks me why my helmet costs nearly Rs 20,000
What to pay?“It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money…that is all. When [...]