Agent3012

Okay, I have a weird question to ask here: Anyone know of a motorcycle shop in northeast Ohio that handles tire mounting that would be able to mount the tires on hubs for a 1929 Fore Model A?

The regular car shops don't want anything to do with the old car, so since the tall, thin tires with an innertube are closer to a motorcycle anyway, I figured I'd check on this side of the service fence.


 

Isn't the accident at 0:20 from video of an OR rider?

The helmet hardware is running Android-based software, because as long as you're not using any of the Google services (Google Play Store, Google Maps, etc), you're free to do whatever you want with the OS. It's more a financial decision than anything to do with software platform religious wars.

Skully will be releasing an open SDK to programmers to design apps to work with the helmet, and there's no reason those have to be limited to Android devices. You'll likely see an app to do something or other with your iPhone shortly after release.

Provided, that is, that you have the $1,399 to afford the helmet.

While driving the brain relies on shortcuts that it has learned: brake lights for example. It takes too long for the brain to judge closing distance and speed, so we have brake lights to instantly alert the brain that it must slow down or move around the car in front of them.

I do think many drivers and riders aren't aware just how dependent they have become on brake lights to warn them that a vehicle ahead of them is slowing or stopped. Our eyes rely heavily on the looming effect of objects changing size to determine speed of an object that is heading towards or away from us.

The problem is that the change in size becomes very small as distance increases, which means that it's hard for a driver to determine the speed of a car just a few hundred feet away. It's only when the car is much closer that our eyes can accurately judge speed based on the looming effect.

To see this in action, start at 2:15 in this video.

The cutest little hooligan bike.

Just to compound the weirdness ...

 

Apparently, a hundred or so members of a local "Freedom Of Road Riders" group parked their motorcycles outside the Missouri state legislature to support legislation repealing the sales ban. Charles Jaco, from KTVI Fox 2 in Saint Louis, saw the bikes and posted a joke on his Twitter feed:
 

 

Charles Jaco (@charlesjacofox2) tweeted at 12:07pm - 18 Feb 14:
 

Lots of bikers on Harleys at State Capitol today. Assume #MOLeg finally getting around to legalizing meth?

 

Queue a month of motorcyclists calling, sending in letters and posting angry complaints on the channel's Facebook page. Two weeks later, he left the channel "to go write a book".

 

To provide some contrast, here's a bike chase that doesn't quite get very far before the engine stalls out, and some very bemused looking cops make the pinch.

(note: no math needed while watching this video)

I have to admit, beyond salt and sand, my biggest fear around taking advantage of these brief warm days in the middle of Winter are all the potholes you discover.

It is interesting to see the growing interest in smaller engines lately, how long until we see a "Super Ninéré" adventure version.

This might as well be about Cleveland weather forecasts:

C'mon Spring ... Let the good time roll!

 

That collection even has

from the 1979 movie that only people like me remember.

Nice! Those 70s enduro bikes seem like tanks. High-pitched, fast-moving tanks.

I'm becoming dangerously tempted to enter this on my scoot to see if I can make it back in one piece (probably) and in one day (not so much).

I kind of wish I had a Grom for this. Or a Ural w/sidecar. Both seem oddly appropriate.

I almost always hit up Eddie's Grill when I head out to GotL, so I will park along the side street there during the week (plenty of room just for motorcycles) or in their lot across the street during the weekend. There's a charge, but your ticket is good for the cost of parking against your food at Eddie's. It's overpriced food, not great, but it's too nostalgic for me to pass up most times.

When heading out to Geneva-on-the-Lake, I like to take Route 84 versus 20 or 90. It's not all that less straight, and there are some 35 mph zones, but it feels more like an enjoyable country highway ride to me than either of the regular roads there.

I'm curious what routes are taken by bikes and scoots that can't go onto the highway.

Occasionally, I'll get the masochistic idea of taking this on with my little Vino scooter, but I never really get the nerve up to make that 625 mile mad rush at 40 mph and a refuel every 80 miles.

Ohio needs a Grom racing league. 

Or maybe the local Shriners should invest in them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z137oQVUkec

 

The NUVIZ Ride:HUD may have more potential, in that it's designed to work with any full-face or modular helmets.
 

To be fair, one of the lessons you could take away from these videos is "Don't ride in Russia."  Unfortunately, not even

.

It really is a shame, because I do believe we have a need for an organization to pressure lawmakers on concerns like E15 gas, access to public land for offroaders, etc.

If you need motivation to get some rider training in once the snow clears, there's nothing like the "No Prisoners" series on YouTube. The series compiles hours of motorcycle crash videos from YouTube together. Most crashes of the expected "riding beyond their skill level", "target fixation in a curve" and "left turn" accidents.

A new hour-long batch just got uploaded for the latter half of 2013 (obligatory warning - graphic crashes - real people getting hurt):

Some will watch because it's "crash porn", but I do think there's a real worth in seeing a full hour of crashes in a row, because it stops being sensational and starts becoming a learning tool as you find yourself noticing the patterns, calling out the mistakes to yourself, and etching better riding strategies into your head for the next time you get a chance to ride.

 

If you missed the previous video, it's available 

.  The series name comes from the "the sun does not have no prisoners" from  .

 

As always, ride prepared, ride save, but still ride.

i'm trying to find out if i can take the arc up here.  i would actually love to teach it, but i dont think anyone will respect me on the grom or zuma.

 

An advanced riding course for scooter riders would be hilarious fun. I'd totally show up on my Vino 125. But I'd also be secretly wishing I had your Grom.

The playlist has crashes with every type of bike from 

 to  . There are also   and  .

 

So many of those videos show guys doing just fine, but gun it on the way out before they've straightened up (probably to show off), and spin the rear tire. Poor bikes.

 

I've heard many different theories, it's likely that with all the different types of crashes there's no single culprit other than people riding above their skill levels in a popular corner for photographers. That said, there does appear to be a camber change on the road as it levels out just at the end of the turn where many start their late acceleration.