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Riding your Motorcycle in Cold Weather Guide
If you live in a cold(er) and wish to keep riding all year long (outside of iced roads!) there are a few simple things you can do to prepare your bike for the seasons’ change...
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Winter Motorcycle Storage Guide Inside or Out
Many of us live in a climate where we must, regrettably, put our motorcycle into storage for the winter. Storage defined as both inside or outside in a protected garage, heated or not. It generally means thou...
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Harley - Davidson Iron 883 Solo Sportster Good Beginnings
Two years ago the motorcycle market along with the economy took a dive for the worse, and thank goodness we’re moving out of it. During this economical hit rider budgets were tightened or disappeared co...
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BMW Motorrad Concept e Design for a BMW Electro-Scooter
Individual mobility is increasingly defined in terms of sustainability. The BMW Group has taken on the challenges of a rapidly changing world and is now developing serial production solutions to meet the mobi...
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Motorcycle Group Riding - A Social Skill
Riding with a group of friends or for within an organized group ride is fun but it requires the full attention of all riders. When it is done correctly, riding in a group is actually a safe way to ride beca...
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Motorcycle Touring Luggage - Carry on Room Only
It’s time to hit the road for your motorcycle vacation or perhaps a night away with a friend. Packing on a motorcycle has always been a challenge due to the obvious lack of stowage availability and th...
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Harley-Davidson CVO Streetglide 2011 Review: Rock to the Touring Roll
There’s no looking away when in the presence of Harley-Davidson’s 2011 CVO Streetglide- it makes a stunning first impression that explodes with premium quality! It’s become the best-sellin...
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Ghostlids Safety Campaign Frightening Good Sense into Riders
“Ghostlids” Safety campaign launched in Maidstone, Kent UK is a campaign created by Britain’s Kent County Council/Highway services. The campaign is a terrifically smart way to get the poin...
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Motoress Reminder of Motorcyclist Smarts You Need to Enjoy Long Life of Riding Fun!
As we begin our motorcycle season, we want to bring up a few stats that may hopefully affect your riding choices and integrity this year, if you haven’t already taken these...
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What you Need to Understand about ABS -Anti Lock Braking Systems
As safety becomes increasingly more important, even for motorcycles, more and more models are equipped with the Antilock Braking System (ABS). In addition to ABS, attention is being placed on Combined Brake S...
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Reduce Weight with Michelin's Power Pure Motorcycle Tyre
New to the market, Michelin’s Power Pure tyres for sportbikes will save you over 0.90 kg (2 lbs) thanks to their Light Tire Technology (LTT) and a second-generation Michelin 2CT compound! That’s...
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Pack Leader BMW S1000RR Road Review
The BMW S1000RR’s excellence has been present on our streets and tracks for a full riding season and let’s face it, it’s been the bike every sport rider's been ...
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Checking Your Motorcycle Tyres and Pressure
Your motorcycle tyres provide your much needed road grip – their tasks are extremely important to your road safety and riding pleasure. So keeping your tyres properly inflated will prevent premature t...
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Motorcycle Times Gone By: Meet Aermacchi - Italian Winged Motorcycle
AERONAUTICA MACCHI was founded in 1913 as "Societa Anonima Nieuport-Macchi" for the manufacture of seaplanes, later on changing their name into Aermacchi. During the WWI the company grew but continu...
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Five Tools That Will Save You Money
Every motorcycle "tool kit to success" should be equipped with good quality tool basics. We’ve highlighted those in our earlier article Motorcycle Tool Box Basics Part I: Just Starting Out. Ho...
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Review: Kawasaki Ninja 400R Mid Size No Means Middle of the Road Performance!
One size just doesn’t fit all when it comes to choosing a motorcycle. The more options the greater the chance of the fit. There’s been a narrowing of engine sizes over the past decade as manufac...
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Motorcycle Damper For Peace of Mind
Shimmy, speed wobble, tank-slapper or head-shake, all names used to describe the characteristic of front end instability on a motorcycle or even a bicycle. Many riders never get ...
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BMW F800ST Long Distance Love Affair
When you’ve got to go the distance on your touring motorcycle holiday, having the right motorcycle is certainly the factor to enjoying the best results. The past two summers I’ve put the B...
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Motorcycle Tool Box Basics Part I: Just Starting Out
You’ve already noticed that motorcycles, unlike automobiles, need owner effort to keep them running smoothly and safely. Simple adjustments such as your chain, tyre pressure and additionally, horn opera...
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Yamaha FZ 8 DAYS A WEEK - New 2011 Models Could be Your All Rounder!
“You can’t be all things to all people” my father often said, yet that’s exactly what many seek from the motorcycle we choose. Sporty performance, comfort for highway speeds or long di...
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Motorcycle Adaptive Headlamps Bring Cornering Safety
Often when touring we’re travelling at night time and often on twisting roads. Well, BMW’s new K1600GT has enhanced cornering safety with an adaptive headlight system which points the bikes head l...
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BMW Motorcycle Motorrad Sport Helmet Integrated Bluetooth
BMW Motorrad has expanded the application spectrum of its Bluetooth communication system and now offers it with its BMW Motorrad Sport helmet. The Sport helmet is already designed for immediate integrat...
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AIRHAWK Motorcycle Cushions Your Gluteus to the Maximus
If you’re one for long rides but your motorcycle seat doesn’t satisfy your comfort demands, preventing you from going the distance-you’ll find the AIRHAWK motorcycle seat cushions the perfec...
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Cleaning and Lubricating Your Motorcycle Drive Chain
Cleaning and lubricating your drive chain will extend the working life of your motorcycle drive chain and sprockets. A dirty chain and sprockets will reduce the ability of your engine to efficiently transfer ...
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BMW Telelever Front Fork System Gives Performance Leverage
If you're not that familiar with BMW motorcycles then it's likely, unless you're a mechanic and motorcycle design/science enthusiast, you’re not aware of BMW’s telelever system. Believe me, I info...
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Still Time to catch the Harley-Davidson Night Train: MOTORESS Test Ride Review
Its chrome-defying powder black treated engine is what initially sets the Harley-Davidson FXSTB Night Train apart from all others in the collection. Not new to the Harley-Davidson's product line; it was the...
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MOTORESS Test: KYMCO S 125cc - People Pleaser
Often I'm puzzled at the origins of the KYMCO product names—“Bet & Win”, “Frost”, “Vitality”. Certainly, when looking deeper into the characteristics of the mot...
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MOTORESS TEST-XCITING Discoveries on KYMCOS 500Ri
MOTORESS TEST: XCITING Discoveries on KYMCO’S 500Ri
The era of the scooter and its grown up version the “maxi scooter” is upon us causing us to re-associate the term ...
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XENA XN14 disc lock: big body guard small package
Xena locks and security systems are on our side when it comes to protecting our most valued ride from the perils of motorcycle thieves. I'm impressed by the Xena XN14 "Disc Lo...
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