Category: Moto

Cheap Protection: Is A $36 Motorcycle Helmet Worth It?

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Stumbled upon Wish, an online retailer that ships products directly from China to your doorstep. The product selection is mind numbing and the prices are amazingly low (even after paying freight). There are motorcycle jerseys for $14. Anti-theft brake locks for $16. A motorcycle headlight for $41. You can even open your own tattoo business for $34 with the tattoo starter kit. A $36 open-face helmet? I had to try one. What did I have to lose? Well, in this case, $36. The helmet is described as (take a deep…

South Dakota Get V.I.P. Motocross Treatment From A Few Legends

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South Dakota’s Sturgis MX got three motocross legends to help design a new track. Jeff Ward, Micky Dymond and Doug Henry (three talented and super-cool motocross champions) put their helmets together to develop a type of track that all us Southern Cal riders dream about. They are having their first ride weekend on May 4th and 5th. Sure looks cool. Click here for more info.

Arizona Route 66 Tiddler Tour Kickstarts Small Motorcycles And Fun Times

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The 5th Annual Arizona Route 66 Tiddler Tour took place Saturday April 13th with over 30 riders cruising about 120 miles on a stretch of Arizona’s Route 66 that is ideal for tiddlers. Why is this road ideal? You have to understand what a tiddler is. Tiddlers are motorcycles that are over 30 years old and under 30 horsepower. The problem event organizer Harry Klemm sees with many tiddler events is that they take place on routes with 55-mile-per-hour speed limits. Some even take riders on freeways. Freeway speeds are…

Another “Rare” Fire Destroys All MotoE Series Race Bikes

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The UK’s Independent is reporting that all the bikes and equipment for MotoGP’s electric support series, MotoE, were destroyed in a paddock building fire at the Jerez circuit in southern Spain. This comes just a few weeks before the start of the 2019 series. All the bikes in the spec-class are provided by Italy’s Energica. It is difficult to imagine a scenario where 18 bikes could be safely made race-ready in time for the series’ beginning. It is also unimaginable that MotoE series management would allow this equipment to be…

Electrolux Honda Cafe Bike Could Be Yours

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It was at the 2018 Hanford Vintage Motorcycle Rally that I first saw Christoph Lusse’s custom Electrolux Honda cafe motorcycle. His creation easily earned the prestigious “Most-Creative-Construction Trophy” from Jimmy Mac On Two Wheels. Christoph Lusse fabricated this awesome little Honda using an Electrolux vacuum for many of the components. It would have been right at home at The One Moto Show. Christoph contacted us to get the word out that he has donated his awesome cafe creation to the Reedley Rotary so they can auction it off at the…

Jumping Into The Evel Knievel Museum

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It’s too bad that Evel Knievel, who was 69 when he died from diabetes and lung disease in 2007, never got the chance to visit the museum dedicated to his life and memory. He would have been as overwhelmed and impressed as any visitor by the sprawling, artifact-packed Official Evel Knievel Museum. Mike Patterson, who owns Historic Harley-Davidson of Topeka, Kansas, and a number of partners came up with the idea for the museum. You can read a detailed account of the venture by clicking here. While Topeka is a…

How A Sleepy Iowa Farm Town Became Every British Motorcycle Fan’s Nirvana

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Pulling into Marne, Iowa, in search of the legendary Baxter Cycle, we, my wife Gail and I, figured there had been a screw up. Maybe there was another Marne in Iowa? This town, surrounded by seemingly endless acres of corn fields, was nothing more than single-family homes, a Mason’s Lodge and a Methodist church. No grocery store. No Subway sandwich shop. No Home Depot or Target store. The town is so tiny that city officials offer free lots if you promise to build a house on it. Sitting smack dab…