Proposed Route: Terre Haute

My motorcycle riding buds and I are planning another day trip.

Proposed route from Monrovia to Terre Haute


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Indiana Motorcycle Roads

For those planning on attending Indianapolis MotoGP, I just found this site which had some interesting day trips and stuff out of Indianapolis.

http://www.liveindiana.net/motorcycle/

VTEC Everywhere? What?

Reading the Honda.com promotional information about the VTEC engine, I spotted a blatant factual error.

You'd think Honda would get the facts right in their own propaganda.

"Indeed, VTEC today serves as the foundation of every Honda 4-cylinder engine in the world. "

I can think of lots of four-cylinder Honda engines on the production line today, in the dealers showroom today, that do not have VTEC.

Motorcycle Safety Tip: Remember to duck!

I suppose we could call this a motorcycle safety video. Remember to duck!



I'm a little leery of these videos ... it's so easy to make things appear in a video that never happened in real life. This one seems legit.

Race To The Clouds

Fellow Sabmaggot Pete posted some pics of his recent trip in Colorado high country. Beautiful stuff ... almost enough to make me want to buy a dual-sport or adventure bike.

HJC Breath Box Review

The ATGATT Rat: HJC Breath Box Review:

I was pretty excited when riding buddy and former coworker dlunt stumbled across my blog by accident and posted a comment.

He posted this photo and his own helpful suggestions. He solved the sunglasses issue by buying an amber colored visor.

See The Motorcycle?

A picture is worth a thousand words.

The Honda rider was traveling at such a 'very high speed', his reaction time was not sufficient enough to avoid this accident. Swedish Police estimate a speed of ~250 KM/h (155 mph) before the bike hit the slow moving car side-on at an intersection. At that speed, they predicted that the rider's reaction time (once the vehicle came into view) wasn't sufficient enough for him to even apply the brakes The car had two passengers and the bike rider was found INSIDE the car with them. The Volkswagen actually flipped over from the force of impact and landed 10 feet from where the collision took place.

All three involved (two in car and rider) were killed instantly. This graphic demonstration was placed at the Stockholm Motorcycle Fair by the Swedish Police and Road Safety Department. The sign above the display also noted that the rider had only recently obtained his license.

At 250 KM (155 mph) the operator is traveling at 227 feet per second. With normal reaction time to SEE-DECIDE-REACT of 1.6 seconds the above operator would have traveled over 363 feet while making a decision on what actions to take. In this incident the Swedish police indicate that no actions were taken.

SLOW DOWN AND LIVE.

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Bikes And Floyd

I like motorcycles, and I like Pink Floyd, but I have to say that this video, like this song, goes absolutely nowhere.

This video is cool in that the videographer admits to his own shortcomings. The video opens with the rider catching up to his buddies, who've pulled over to wait for him to catch up.

He says, "I can't keep up with you guys."

They take off again, and over the course of the remainder of the video, the rider gets left behind. By the end of the video, he is again alone. Everyone else has left him behind.

I find this endearing, I suppose, because I identify with it. Most everyone else I ride with has been riding longer, and takes more risks than I do. So, I frequently get left behind, or at least feel hard-pressed just to keep up.