So Motodisiac and I went down to one of the motorcycle dealers tonight to check out the Hypermotard and the Super Duke. Of course they did not allow any test rides. We are yet to go to another dealership down in Orange County that had offered test rides for the Hypermotards. So this comparison review will be based on only visual impressions from walking around these bikes and sitting on them. Lets start. The only Ducati Hypermotards this dealer had were 1100S which will ring you up to 14,5... Read Full Story

Ducati Hypermotard is no doubt a beautiful piece of Italian motorcycle engineering. First time I saw it was at the Super Moto race Motodisiac and I went to last November. I really liked it back then. The second time was at the Long Beach motorcycle show a couple of months later. Then after reading some stuff online and watching some YouTube videos featuring this bike I started slowly falling in love with it. Hypermotard would be a very fun commuter bike. Obviously not a long distance runner... Read Full Story

Don’t ask me how I found this. This is a pretty interesting picture collection I discovered on Flickr. It is a very creative way of comparing girls with motorcycles, or motorcycles with girls. It is entirely up to you to decide which is primary and which is secondary. Personally it would be a really tough choice as I enjoy both equally. Well, I tend to be attracted to good looking girls a little bit more than to motorcycles. But I am sure there are people out there who beg to differ. I... Read Full Story

The company began as an offshoot of the Agusta aviation company which was formed by Count Giovanni Agusta in 1923. It had its ups and downs but become prominent in the 1990s after being purchased by Cagiva. Nowadays MV Agusta is in a somewhat trouble with its finances. It has not been able to develop new motorcycles over the last few year. Enter Tata Group, a Mumbai based multinational conglomerate. Tata is becoming more and more prominent especially with the recent 2 billion dollar purchase... Read Full Story

you ride a 2007 Ninja 650R in passion red you bought your riding jacket within a week of getting your motorcycle driver license and bought a motorcycle 6 months from then your bike has a weak high pitch stock exhaust note your son has a mohawk on his helmet you wear matte finish helmet despite your more experienced rider friends advice to get a brighter one you call a beautiful bike “smart looking” Ewan McGregor is your mate you know the true meaning of the words cooker, napper and malki... Read Full Story

I have seen this rider before. We usually ride in the morning right around the same time. We get on the freeway at the same entrance and get off around the same area. He rides an old cruiser. We “met” again today’s morning. He got in a car pool lane slightly ahead of me. I did not bother overtaking. It is actually easier to follow someone in a car pool lane than setting a pace. Usually this rider is pretty fast for a cruiser. In my opinion faster than he should be. Today I saw the proof of... Read Full Story

If you remember back in December 2007 there was a post about a couple of my co-workers passing the rider’s course. To refresh your memory there was a a female who’s fiancee is a rider, a data base admin and a project manager. Back then the survey showed that the likelier person to get a bike and start riding was a project manager (PM for future reference, not sure if he’d want his name revealed). PM walked into my office today’s morning telling me he had something to show me. Something gave... Read Full Story

I have been using my Z1R Blade helmet for a half a year now. I felt that the time had come for me to graduate and get a good upscale brand helmet like Arai or Shoei. Not that there was something wrong with the Blade. I will still keep it in case I ride with a passenger. After visiting a couple of motorcycle stores my pick became obvious - Arai Quantum 2 or Vector. Why Arai? Because between Arai and Shoei the first one fits my head better. Also Motodisiac owns Astral-X which is the precursor... Read Full Story

I got an email from my mother the other day. She said that she’d put my name into Google search and the whole bunch of motorcycle links came up. “I did not know you were into motorcycles” - she said. Now my mother does not know a lot of things about me. However she’s generally aware of my hobbies and my lifestyle. And the fact the we live in different countries for the last 9 years does not mean she is completely disconnected from what is going on in my life. I was busted! My mother even... Read Full Story

Beautiful day today. Almost 80F degrees, virtually no wind. Great weather for a quick ride to the office. Right? Technically yes. But the reality is that I have a birthday to go to right after work. Some alcohol might be consumed. Motorcycle and alcohol - bad combination. Driving to the office annoyed the hell out of me. I sort of started forgetting how bad the overall level of drivers really is out here in So Cal. Tentative maneuvers, absolute lack of peripheral vision and perception of... Read Full Story