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I'm all for motorcycle safety,but I find headlight modulators distracting During lunch today, I was headed back to school from the local Taco Bell with a small plastic bag full of delicious mock-Mexican cuisine. As I was approaching my turn, there was a motorcycle going the opposite direction and I could tell from the reaction from the cage...

It has started. The U.S. Transportation Secretary, Mary Peters, wants to pull funding from rider training and awareness and put it toward mandatory helmet laws. In the articles the AMA rep mentions the effects on training already in place and that the programs are underfunded now. http://www.amadirectlink.com/news/2008/fedfunding. asp Motorcyclist has a similar article. http://...

It's trickling, slowly, into Florida and presume we are not unique. Just starting to see what appears to be just a piece of copier paper/homemade signs pasted on the pump: MAY CONTAIN UP TO 10% ETHANOL. Figured it was coming, sooner or later. I'm presuming that the newer model bikes with knock sensors, etc. etc. no biggie, and especially Adventure type bikes, hell, seeing some of the 3rd ...

After having perused this forum for quite some time, I'm ASTOUNDED at the number of folks reported killed by accidents. I've been a member of several other forums for a few years and we haven't any of the fatalities reported that seem to be the norm here. However, none of the other forums I frequent have nearly the membership numbers as seen here. So, may I please state: No matter your ...

Today i was getting off my KLR at the on base convinience store, as i swung my right leg over the bike to the left side, a idiot in a small sedan came whiping into the parkinglot into the spot next to me, anyway his right mirror wacked my foot as my foot/leg was still swinging to the ground. the impact swung my whole body around (thank god my combat boots have almost no tread left on them and my...

The check clearing is not good enough unfortunately. Best bet is to look at the check carefully. Usually on the back is text detailing what security features are incorporated in the check. Read that, then make sure all the security features listed are there in the check. The casual jackass can make a pretty good looking check on a color printer but when you start getting into the ...

This originally appeared at www.midliferider.com Ted Bishop wrote one of my new favorite books, a wonderful contemplation on riding and more called Riding with Rilke (I reviewed it here ). He and I started up a fun correspondence and I persuaded him to opine on some of my own musings about the metaphysics of riding. In the end, it's more me than him musing, but you might find ...

Wheelies with two on board - can they be done?

The NHTSA stats were discussed in a highly summarized manner here recently. Here are some more detailed numbers from the National Safety Council ("Injury Facts," 2008 Ed.). These numbers show trends in the ten-year period from 1996 to 2006, the last year for which data is available. During those ten years, fatalities among riders and passengers increased 123%; non-fatality injuries ...

You Might Never Ride Again: Not The Words I Wanted to Hear This essay originally appeared at midliferider.com . If you're young, flexible, and indestructible, it's probably not your read. If you're middle aged and wondering why your body no longer works like it did when you were 20, read on . . . “You might never be able to ride your ...