Ex TT racer Guy Martin recently set an incredible speed record on the heavily improved Suzuki Hayabusa at a Straightliners event in Elvington runway, UK. The Brit set a speed of 436 kmph ! Anyone who has the courage (or insanity…) to ride a motorcycle that reaches one-third of the speed of sound deserves our […]
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Review: Trip Recording and Sharing Apps
We all love a good ride and we all like sharing the details of our rides. We share planned routes on group rides, we share our location in case of an emergency and we show off our rides on social media. Sometimes we simply record a route for our own purpose – for example to […]
Ride Your Motorcycle To Work Week – October 7th-11th
The annual Ride Your Motorcycle To Work Week is coming up! It’s the 3rd year this great initiative is running and this year it will take place between 7th and 11th of October. But with so many of us already riding to work every day and every week, why is it so important that we […]
Ultra Fast Charging: Fast Approaching?
100km of range in 7 minutes of charging In my previous post “Electric Motorcycles Are The Future, But Are We There Yet?” I raised the issues of battery capacity and charging times being two major reasons for the low uptake of electric motorcycles. This week the leading Israeli motorcycle magazine Fullgaz reports that the State […]
Electric Motorcycles Are The Future. But Are We There Yet?
There is little doubt the future of motorcycles, like cars, will see a shift from fuel to electricity. Announcements of new models of electric motorcycles are made on a regular basis. All the manufacturers are on it. However, progress is slow and adaptation is low. Cleaner, More Efficient and Better Performers In many respects it […]
Look Out For Motorcycles
Photo: Yuval Avrahami Look out for motorcycles. They are on the road with you. Next to you, in front of you, behind you and on the road you are turning into. We, the riders, want to get to our destination safely. Just like you do. We are someone’s partner, husband or wife. We are brothers, […]
The 7th Annual Onesie Ride for The Starlight Children’s Foundation
One of the less known facts about the motorbike riding community is the phenomenal number of charity rides it organises. Practically every weekend there’s charity rides somewhere in Australia. Riders get together and raise funds for good causes. From cancer research to mental health support, assisting the homeless, supporting families of fallen riders, memorial rides, […]
The UK Government To Consider A Ban On Hands-Free Devices
Photo: Shanie Avrahami The Commons Transport Select Committee have recommended to the British Government a complete ban on hands-free devices for all drivers. A public consultation on the proposal should be published by the end of 2019. According to Motorcycle News the recommendation came after research showed that using a hands-free device while driving is […]
ATGATT: All The Gear All The Time
“…to be ATGATT, or not to be ATGATT, that is the question…” ATGATT, All The Gear All The Time, the issue every motorcycle rider has had on their mind at some point in their riding career. The issue that has destroyed friendships, broken families and split riding groups. Some random bloke at a pub even […]
Noise Cameras Are Being Trialled In Europe
Photo: morebikes.co.uk Two months ago the UK Department of Transport announced they will start a crackdown on loud vehicles which break noise limit regulations. They will be targeting these vehicles by trialling new noise detecting cameras, a pilot which will last 7 months. While the Brits are planning, the French have already started trialling. The […]
Virtual Mirrors: are they a danger for Motorcyclists?
Photos: Ronen Topelberg Being a technical person I always get excited about new technology, gadgets and inventions. So it was hard for me to write this piece, a post about new exciting technology that is potentially dangerous to motorcyclists… The new Virtual Side Mirrors Advances in technology have done wonderful things for the motor vehicle […]
New Mobile Phone Detecting Cameras: Revenue, Privacy and Safety
A legislation passed in NSW will allow police to use high resolution cameras to detect drivers using their mobile phones while driving. Will this increase safety or increase revenue? Is privacy an issue with this new technology? New Camera Technology A June 2018 NSW legislation enables the use of camera technology to detect mobile phone […]
New Road Rules: Is Enough Done About Safety?
Penalties are needed but what about Road Safety? New road rules and higher penalties are going to be introduced by most states in Australia this year. Naturally we support any measure that will increase road safety. But are these new rules going to increase safety, or are they just to increase revenue? The Good, the […]
The Dangers of Tunnel Vision
Motorcycles and the Dangers of Tunnel Vision The human eye is an amazing organ! and together with another amazing organ – the brain, it provides us with our vision. (and could we ride our bikes without our vision?…) Just like any other organ in our body the eye can also suffer from imperfections, diseases and […]
Lane Filtering – the Safe(ty) Side
Lane filtering… lane splitting… lane sharing… different people call it a different name. It is the act of riding a motorcycle in a slow speed between two rows of slow moving or stationary vehicles heading in the same direction. All of us riders have done it, all of us drivers have seen riders doing it. […]
Training: Advanced II – Road Circuit
Advanced Motorcycling Course at HART, ST Ives, NSW Two weeks ago I took The Advanced I course – Handling Dynamics, at Honda HART in St Ives. Two weeks passed and it was time for Advanced II, which focuses on road circuit skills. The course runs on HART’s private road circuit in St Ives, surrounded by […]
Review: MZS Shorty Clutch & Brake Levers
As I did not like the look of the stock clutch and brake levers of my MT-03 I decided to get shorty levers. I read some reviews and decided to order the MZS Shorty Levers from an eBay seller in the US. The price appeared reasonable (and more expensive than the cheap cheap Chinese models […]
Training: Advanced I – Handling Dynamics
Advanced Motorcycling course at HART, St Ives, NSW Today I took the Advanced I course at HART in St Ives. It was pouring rain in the last few days, including this morning. So riding to the course in the rain I had doubts if we will be able to get the bikes to the level […]
Yamaha MT-03
After not riding for 28 years I wanted a bike that would ease me back onto 2 wheels. So I consulted an expert: my brother Aviad, a motorbike journalist / trainer / racer / all-round-specialist… Aviad has been living motorcycles for 25 years. He also understands me like a brother (funny that…). So he was […]