Editor’s Note: Roundabouts elicit all kinds of opinions, and the comments from our recent Newsletter #585 was no exception. Last week, we presented the first set of comments. Part two also runs the gamut of those for and against signaling in a roundabout. I ran the first batch in the Bikernet Weekly News last Thursday.–Bandit
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by Pradeep Shah from https://www.financialexpress.com/ The Benda Asura 400 comes with a single-sided swingarm, which is quite rare to see on a 400cc motorcycle. In the last few years, a lot of Chinese manufacturers have ventured into the motorcycling space. We have been bringing you a lot of stories on Chinese copy bikes that are
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from https://www.ksro.com BMW(NEW YORK) — Trudy Hardy is no stranger to motorcycles. Hardy, a licensed street rider for 20 years and former executive at British carmaker MINI, now sells the “2-wheeled side of life” as vice president of Motorrad of the Americas, BMW’s motorcycle division. Her position puts her in charge of motorcycle operations in
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by Jesse Inman, www.Ozarksfirst.com SPRINGFIELD — One of seven bikers given a citation for violating Springfield’s “Stay at Home” order speaks out, and police comment on the incident. Dusty Sneed was one of those bikers given citations. He says Wednesday night, April 7, started with his group of motorcyclists riding through the city. It ended
Compared to later Hondas, the Dream 4E was a rudimentary design. Some would say it borrowed some of its engineering and design from German makes, especially NSU. Soichiro Honda’s first motorcycles came to market in 1947, almost immediately after World War II. They were essentially bicycles with small clip-on engines. His mission was to put
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For your information, and you that don’t know it yet? ABATE of Illinois has Cancelled two more events! Sunday May 3, 2020 The Annual Freedom Rally CANCELLED “ROBBED BY THE RONA” Tuesday May 12, 2020 (“Second time”) Legislative Day CANCELLED “ROBBED BY THE RONA” Pass the word, Stay Safe, and Healthy !! — Ride
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by Margaret Naczek from https://www.bizjournals.com Amid the instability of the COVID-19 pandemic, Harley-Davidson Inc.’s acting president and CEO Jochen Zeitz reflected back on the advancements made in the More Roads to Harley-Davidson strategy in 2019. 2020 already was a pivotal year in the company’s strategic plan to grow more riders and expand dealership reach, but
Good Monday to all! Well, that last email created quite a frenzy with several inquiries. Many of the pieces will be going to new homes, but there are still some left. If you need information, please email me. Thanks, Greg ————————————————————————————- We hope this finds you well in these uncertain times. David hasn’t slowed down
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Investment Strategies and News from Around the World Hey, Life is nuts and then you die. I find it crazy how some folks want to turn a recommendation into a law. They seem to want control. They want to find reasons for control, or maybe they want others to handle the issue for them. I
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by Express Drives Desk from https://www.financialexpress.com/ In the best interest of their employees and customers, KTM AG will withdraw from global trade shows for the rest of the year, including INTERMOT in Cologne, Germany and the EICMA exhibition in Milan, Italy. KTM AG have announced that the company will not participate in the motorcycle shows
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by Abhinand Venugopal from https://www.rushlane.com Aprilia’s new Terra 250 adventure motorcycle is powered by the same power plant in CFMoto’s 250NK Italian two-wheeler brand, Aprilia is apparently working on a new adventure (or dual-sport) motorcycle in the 250cc category, for the Chinese market. It was recently spied at Zongshen Aprilia’s manufacturing facility in a market-ready
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Hey, Life is nuts and then you die. I find it crazy how some folks want to turn a recommendation into a law. They seem to want control. They want to find reasons for control, or maybe they want others to handle the issue for them. I wonder if a University ever took on the
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by KC Downey from https://www.wmur.com/ Organizers to decide by end of April LACONIA, N.H. — Organizers of Laconia Motorcycle Week will decide by the end of this month whether to reschedule this year’s event because of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. They are discussing a move of the event’s start from the weekend of June
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by Satya Singh from https://www.rushlane.com/ A bike that appears to utilize advanced alien engineering, Vyrus Alyen easily qualifies as a formidable competitor to the likes of batpod Vyrus is an Italy based innovation workshop that has been producing absolute masterpieces for more than thirty years. The workshop’s latest creation Alyen is a seamless blend of
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by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com For a while now, a Swedish electric motorcycle manufacturer by the name of Cake has been moving to position itself as a noteworthy adversary in this expanding segment. Its moves have been rather shy so far, but as of this summer the company is going head on into the segment
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by Bill Roberson from https://www.forbes.com It’s raining and I’m sheltering in place with my family, which sadly means no motorcycle riding as spring weather imminently arrives in the Northwest. Thankfully, Kawasaki just broke the boredom by holding a model reveal online, as is the sudden new norm, and the new bike is the 2020 Ninja
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By NIKKI WENTLING from https://www.stripes.com WASHINGTON – A motorcycle rally in the nation’s capital, designed to replace the popular Rolling Thunder event, won’t happen on Memorial Day weekend because of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers announced Tuesday night. AMVETS took over plans for a motorcycle ride through Washington after Rolling Thunder organizers announced that 2019 would
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from https://motorcycles.einnews.com/ Experts Offer Training for Aspiring ATV and Motorcycle Competitors at Snowshoe Mountain Resort /EIN News/ — MARIETTA, Ga., April 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Yamaha Motor Corp., USA’s, annual Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) University is scheduled to return to Snowshoe Mountain Resort in West Virginia this June 24 to 26 during the
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Wednesday, April 8, 2020) – Hollywood icon Dennis Quaid can now add interview talk show host to his long list of accolades. Defining the modern day renaissance man, the actor, producer, director, singer and songwriter has partnered with Audio Up founder/CEO Jared Gutstadt to release his first podcast interview series appropriately titled,
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Check the new All Kids Bike Ambassador Page and if you know someone who needs to be an Ambassador let us know Changing the world for the better doesn’t happen in a day. It takes time, passion, and resources. These influential people support the All Kids Bike movement. —www.allkidsbike.org
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FEMA demands inclusion of motorcycles in vehicle data protection guidelines that the European Data Protection Board has published in February 2020. FEMA General Secretary Dolf Willigers: “The protection of our privacy and the ownership of our own data is an important issue for us. We must be able to decide what happens with our
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What do the new testing standards for protective motorcycle clothing mean for our comfort and protection? And how were these standards developed? FEMA’s Dolf Willigers explains. In 2016 the European Union adopted a new regulation regarding personal protection equipment (Regulation (EU) 2016/425). It was implemented on 21 April 2018, although EC type-examination certificates and approval
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by Dries Van der Walt from https://www.wheels24.co.za As promised during the local launch of the new Triumph Rocket 3, Triumph South Africa allowed me to ride the beast on Wednesday, March 25, beating the national coronavirus lockdown by just two days. It was a bitter-sweet experience because while riding the open (and already noticeably quieter)
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