People would have you believe unfaired bikes without clip-ons have a cruising speed limit of 80mph. Not so. It just takes a bit more than sitting there like a pudding. Try reaching down and holding the top of the fork leg with your left hand. You only need a hand on the throttle to maintain the cruise and make gentle ...
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- 22 July 2010
The longest anyone has stayed awake is 264 hours (11 days) achieved by Randy Gardner in 1965. But mental functions begin to deteriorate long before the body physically shuts down. The greatest risk to the motorcyclist is that fatigue and sleep deprivation can induce ‘microsleep’, where the rider experiences brief episodes of overwhelming sleep, and loss of mental and physical ...
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- 04 December 2009
Cold is the enemy of bike control – causing limbs to stiffen and concentration to recede. In order to have a safe ride through snow (or any really cold conditions) you must be warm. Luckily many places of work are rich in insulating materials you can co-opt if you need to improvise. BubblewrapUparalleled warmth-to-weight ratio. Wrap twice around your torso ...
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- 20 November 2009
UK stunt rider Marc 'Sparky' Chennell is planning to attempt a World Record for motorcycle drifting later this year, so it’s time to start swotting up on this must-have skill. It could be the new knee-down (like you needed anything else to worry about). Like car drifting but infinitely harder, motorcycle drifting involves the you achieving the mythical ‘getting the ...
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- 02 September 2009
