Archive for April, 2008

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 […]

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Hypermotard Hysteria

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

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 […]

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Girls and Motorcycles

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

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 […]

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Tata Group Wants a Stake in MV Agusta

Monday, April 28th, 2008

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 […]

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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 […]

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Know Your Speed Limit

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

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 […]

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Welcome to the Club!

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

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 […]

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Gear Review - Arai Quantum 2 Voltage Red

Monday, April 21st, 2008

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 […]

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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 […]

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Bitter Thursday Morning Rant

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

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 […]

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