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This story was not written by me, the source is unknown. I just feel it’s important to spread it over the net as a tribute to a hero.
The Mont Blanc tunnel ( http://www.atmb.net/atmb_hp.php?lang=en ) runs for 7-1/4 miles under the highest mountains in Europe, passing under the Alps to connect France and Italy’s highway systems. Opened in 1965, it currently handles about 1.7 million vehicles a year, including cars, trucks, and motorcycles. On an average day it sees 4,778 vehicles, including... Read Full Story
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When it comes to Adventure Touring jackets there are plenty of choices on the market. You can spend anywhere from $200 to $1500, and there are numerous options with just about every material, style and color imaginable. However if you happen to be a lady, you are often stuck with low quality, bulky and unattractive offerings. How many technical adventure jackets are available for lovely females? Null. At least this was the case until REV’IT! VENTURA was announced in late 2010. Read Full Story
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So while Sideout was looking for ugly and boring but functional V Strom, I was occupied with the idea that I need new bike. It has been almost a tradition for be to update my stable once a year, and my last bike purchase was done approximately 12 months ago. Combine it with the fact that my wife got nice Tiffany ring for our wedding and I settled for $40 special, I knew I was able to to get something special.
Last week Sideout sent me an e-mail: check out this dealer, he is selling out all... Read Full Story
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It has been precisely 4 weeks since I had purchased the Wee . This would be my first in the series of review-like posts on various things my Wee has or does not have to offer. This particular post would be about the dreaded wind buffeting. Read Full Story
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To wee or not to wee , that was the question. And here is the answer. For the last few weeks I have been semi-frantically looking for a good deal on a used Wee-Strom. I have found a couple of really good offers neither of which was within a 600 mile radius from my house. I was totally open to a fly and ride option, i.e. fly into a city, pick up a new bike from its owner and ride it back home. Motodisiac has done it a few times.
While I was looking for a good deal I kept reading various... Read Full Story
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Despite my enormous interest in all military and history related I am not going to discuss the actual battle known as the bloodiest in the history of the US per Wikipedia. Nor will I reflect on the whole Ardennes offensive alltogether.
Instead I will bring up a somewhat mundane subject - my health. I have been an athlete pretty much all my life. Going from one sport to the next I ended up falling in love with beach volleyball. Hence the nickname ( Sideout ). Lately however I have been... Read Full Story
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As you all know California happens to be the place where lane splitting, I mean lane sharing is legal. While the jury is still out on whether it is more dangerous to split lanes than not the reality is that most of us California riders are taking advantage of this daily.
Motorcycle riding is inherently dangerous. However lane splitting presents a brand new set of dangers. There is a really good discussion thread on advrider about lane splitting . It is very detail oriented and provides... Read Full Story
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As my previous post suggests I am strongly considering buying a used 650cc V-Strom. Probably I will never do really tough off-road excursions. But it is always nice to know what your noble steed is capable of. Today I found this video on youtube that provides proof that a V-Strom could easily go amphibious. A quality definitely worthy of being called an adventure motorcycle, don’t you think?
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Yes my first off-roading experience was not pleasant. My second time was last October when we took a trip to Baja California . Our attempt to conquer the road from San Felipe to Gonzaga Bay failed largely due to my nagging and my fear of dropping my bike. I was riding the KTM SuperMoto which is clearly not an adventure motorcycle. I was afraid to damage it. Besides it was only my second time doing an off-road excursion. Well, among other things the road was tough. Anyway my third time came... Read Full Story
