Interbike - 2008

INDOOR SHOW Pastajet's Interbike 2008 Top 5 Highlights Interbike was a fun experience again, but it was very tiring. Long days followed by long nights writing up ride impressions and daily coverage of the show is exhausting. I rode as many bikes as I could at the Outdoor Demo, but there is only so much time in the day, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 06:54:11

Blog posts (149) | Videos (172)
 

Thoughts on a Scooter-Based Lifestyle

This is a guest post from Stephen Popick, administrator for the Get Rich Slowly discussion forums ... to take a motorcycle safety course, such as the one given by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation ... is no different (in terms of safety) than driving a motorcycle. In my four years operating [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 12:00:42

Ride Together and Vote!

... we present you with a number of transportation options that will improve the environment ... for Americans than going out to vote. So use your car, motorcycle, bike, skateboard, or even (gasp [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 14:30:47

Vargas Shines Bright in Stellar S. F. “L’Elisir d’Amore” - November 9, 2008

Until the late 1960s, San Francisco Opera paid scant attention to Donizetti’s great romantic comic opera, “L’Elisir d’Amore”, having had only three performances of the opera in San Francisco in the first 44 seasons of the company’s history.  (If this seems incredible for an international house led for its first 30 years by an Italian-born [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 21:13:21

Electric bike offers green urban commuting option

The A2B, from Ultra Motor, is an electric bicycle designed for the urban commuter ... a scooter because one of their chief marketing points is that it doesn't require any kind of license or special permit, as does a motorcycle or scooter. And that means that a new buyer could jump [more...]

Date: 2008-08-06 19:53:52

Such Is Life...

I received two comments in my blog from an anonimous who knows my character alot better than myself and has finally got the guts to point my life's faillings and my corrupted and less than amiable nature. Alhamdullilah, I say to this person and may the AlMighty shower all all the blessing upon him or her truthfulness and sicereity [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 09:37:00

Bicycle Maintenance 101: keeping the wheels turning

Most people don't think about maintaining anything ... around here and there I often see a bicyclist on a nearby sidewalk making a roadside repair, usually tire related. Serious cyclists carry spare stuff like tire tubes and basic tools with them [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 03:03:00

ZENN LSV crash results not acceptable to Transport Canada. And a motorcycle is different how?

Click photo to view the ZENN LSV at a larger size in a new windowby Cindy Smith gigababy at gigababy ... on a motorcycle is a helmet and protective leathers.A motorcyclist can die smashing into a concrete wall at 40 km/hr. Chad and I had a discussion about what would happen if Chad were on a motorcycle [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 01:22:00

PowerGenix to Supply NiZn Batteries for E-Bikes for US

PowerGenix, manufacturer of rechargeable nickel-zinc (NiZn) batteries (earlier post) ... product developments including an electric motorcycle that complies with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) standards. The power density and reduced pack weight of the PowerGenix [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 15:39:53

Giant Twist Freedom Electric Hybrid - First Impressions

I visited the Bike Habitat on Saturday to check out a new offering from Giant Bicycles, the Twist Freedom Electric Hybrid. I’ve always been a bit skeptical of power assisted bicycles, since it goes against my ideas ... I noticed was that the Electric Hybrid was one of the heavier bicycles I’ve handled. I’m guessing [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 20:08:36

I like to ride my bicycle, I like to ride my bike...

Matt is obsessed with bikes and bike culture and it has spread, just a little, to the rest of the family ... -wheeler with training wheels attached that he used to pedal on. Now he rides a motorcycle ... /orchard and scones from a local bakery and sporting their new Obama pins. Lucky kids, I didn't [more...]

Date: 2008-11-01 17:26:00

Ride it for fun and fitness

When is the last time you rode a bicycle? Was it back in school or when you borrowed your little neighbour’s bike for a short fun ride? And if you are someone who spends most of the time in front of the computer and dying for some physical activity, cycling could be a fun and easy way out to flatten your tummy and stay fit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 14:17:30

Have Nano, Will Travel

In the future we we’ll all be driving small cars. That’s the hope of Indian automaker Tata’s newest car, The Nano ... there are people who get by on any other means transport. In fact, cruising down any street in India ... streets on a motorcycle. However, if the Nano does sell [more...]

Date: 2008-07-03 16:58:52

Buy Bicycles at Shopwiki

Bicycles nowadays not only used for transportation because bicycling used for sport and recreation ... or motorcycle, and bicycles is the solution.Shopwiki.co.uk also a web that provide many kind ... at your house, there are huge of variations bicycles, choose one that fit with your criteria, and visit [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 04:14:00

Our Libertarian Leanings as Measured in Motorcycle Deaths

Our Libertarian Leanings as Measured in Motorcycle Deaths August 16th, 2008 by JOE WINDISH ... times. Harley-Davidson has cut back production and reduced its workforce. Meanwhile scooters “ ... to thrifty motorcycles and scooters. The photo is of a 410-cubic inch V-twin, 11 foot long, 1,433 pound [more...]

Date: 2008-08-16 17:46:46

Trek introduces chainless bicycles

Pedalers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains. Published November 19, 2008 by Associated Press RICHMOND, Va ... this holiday season that are chainless, instead using technology most often found in things like motorcycles [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 20:01:00

AirAsia X to Hangzhou - Journey of Self-Discovery

Taking a flight "home" is always full of anxieties. By home I mean my homeland where my ancestors originated- China. ... and brother visiting the beautiful Li Jiang (Li River) from Guilin to Yang Shuo. But you know how tour trips [more...]

Date: 2008-07-05 13:57:44

the race that might have been

Sterling sounded like a great time. At least from a few reports that I read about ... . And another note - Il Bruce would "like" the fact that Hunter doesn't call em "Bikers" they are called "cyclists" in the book. Yeah. So stuff that aversion to "bikers" in ya old corn cob pipe and smoke [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 16:50:00

Two-Wheeled Goodness

For the past month, the City conducted an online poll, ... up with additional services and facilities for this mode of transport. The benefits are immediate: scooters ... . As a result of public input, the city unveiled its first dedicated, public scooter and motorcycle parking [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 23:27:57

Electric Bicycle Boom

Ever wonder what makes a good mode of transportation nowadays now that the prices of gasoline and other crudes has gone up to the ridiculously ... like a real electric scooter be not a motorcycle? Why is it not just called a scooter or a moped [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 23:47:00

STR Rewind - Post Rapture Planning

STR Rewind - Post Rapture Planning November 06th, 2008 | Category: Rapture 2008!, Truth Since, according to Revelations, the Rapture should be starting shortly, it’s best that concerned Christians everywhere begin their post-Rapture planning for those who erroneously decided to turn from God [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 16:05:53

Travelling Italy by bicycle: bike sharing in Milan

Bike sharing Milan Bike sharing programs in Europe are taking off, and Milan’s bike sharing is set to start at the end of November. After a visit from Silvio Berlusconi to Milan’s Eicma motorcycle and bicycle show, Milan’s mayor ... . The first half an hour of hire is free, after which the tariff is 50 cents every half an hour [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 11:07:01

Trek introduces chainless bicycles for the urban cyclist

By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM AP Business Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Pedalers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains ... in things like motorcycles and snowmobiles. While some smaller custom bike makers have used them [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 20:48:45

A Mild Celebration Philly Style

One of the more enjoyable parts of my morning was heading over to Philly.com and checking in on the drunken schenanigans of an awful fanbase ... to hold them off. The police were also guarding the Robinson Luggage outlet that had been looted [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 14:30:01

PALIN AND OBAMA ON BIKES

p.j. sent me two images that she received in an email forwarded to her. The subject line of the email was “Harley…Any questions?” and the text said, Food for thought.  I’m telling you folks, this should be all you need to know to make the right choice [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 19:31:14

Why I'm glad my mother does not read my blog

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 Since it is breast cancer month, I was 'feeling my boobies' once and noticed a discolouration on my right breast ... to do the unthinkable. Ride OUTSIDE the gate!!Everyone knew we were explicitly forbidden to ride our bicycles [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 10:30:00

The Road To Gabon

I stayed an extra day in Brazzaville, partially out of laziness, and partially out of fear of the road ahead - I had one easy day on the only tar road in the country (which goes about 400k north from Brazzaville to the president’s hometown of Oyo - total coincidence, of course) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 22:11:31

Enertia Electric Motorbike - urban commuter bike for the green scene

Enertia Electric Motorbike - urban commuter bike for the green scene posted by Nigel in gadgets...!, cool tech ... and inherent safety not found in other Lithium-Ion batteries. These six individual modules are in constant ... +bike, ecological, electric+motorcycle [more...]

Date: 2008-05-31 07:33:56

Electric motorcycle will get you there to build another one

electricbikediy.jpg Here's yet another cool electric motorcycle mod ... components of the original bike were the tires, frame, and suspension. The bike was retrofitted with a 72 ... for all the details on this impressive build. Electric Motorcycle Conversion via InHabitat Read [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 12:05:48

Like Not Riding a Bike

By Ruel S. De Vera, Associate Editor Sunday Inquirer Magazine IT’S an expression that I could never really identify with ... is that I love cars and can appreciate a muscular motorcycle. Even stranger, I love watching [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 02:50:15

Motorcycles And The Culture They Inspire 1868-2017

Motorcycles And The Culture They Inspire 1868-2017 by LJ James Many of the “facts” in this story are based on Legend and Myth as much of the history ... s there were Motorcycle shops and Dealers all over the World. For awhile, Motorcycle were simply ... of the Motorcycle and it’s Culture was lost in the great rebellion of 2057. Taken from a history [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 15:19:24

Trek belt drive bicycle on CNN

Trek's belt drive bikes that were unveiled last August at Trek World are getting quite a bit of press this week in an AP story ... technology most often found in things like motorcycles and snowmobiles. While some smaller custom bike [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 20:56:07

And speaking of 7

Loyal readers may recall that in early October, I got pulled over for speeding — on my daughter’s tiny motorcycle, of all things — just after crossing the bridge into North Albany. Like many past [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 07:55:04

TVS Motor sales up 19 percent in September

Two-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Co has posted a 19 percent growth, registering sales of 137,246 units in September, as against 115, ... motorcycle sales posted 32 percent growth recording 71,278 units, in comparison to 53,991 units recorded ... the corresponding period the previous year. Taking a cue from the kids bicycles that have two [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 08:11:10

Different Types Of Motorcycles For Diverse Needs

Different Types Of Motorcycles For Diverse Needs For motorcycling enthusiasts, ... purpose of a motorcycle is to act as a means of quick travel, it is also used by the army and law ... with comfort and bring to mind the American bikes of the 1930s that were a rage till the 1960s. Harley [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 12:34:31

First Full Day in Beijing, China

First Full Day in Beijing, China Beijing bicycles. J. and I arrived safely in Beijing yesterday on Sunday afternoon. The airport was massive. Our plane taxied for many minutes, past the new city-sized terminals and to a smaller grey monster on the edge [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 01:34:42

Protect Your Personal Property By Using Peterson Insurance Services

Peterson Insurance Services, Inc. in Havertown, PA ...   We Are Above All In Service Financial Services Motorcycle Insurance Senior Long Term Care ... Insurance Call For FREE Quote Life Insurance Propery & Liability Insurance, Commercial Umbrella [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 20:45:34

Winter Checklist - 99 Ways to Get Ready For Winter

Get Ready for Winter with Homemaker Barbi’s Winter Checklist Are you ready for winter?  As the winter season slowly approaches for you (or quickly for those of you in colder climates), it brings on a whole other host of duties delegated to the household manager (usually Mom or Dad) [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 17:41:15

PULAU KETAM EXCURSION - PART 1

Two Sundays ago, Hubby and I got together with my Makan Gang (Eating Gang) for a day trip to Pulau Ketam (Crab Island) ... , I couldn't see any Immigration or Custom checkpoint at the jetty! From a reliable source [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 12:13:00

Electric and hybrid motorcycles and scooters available now and soon

Vectrix electric scooter.The Vectrix electric scooter is available now and has a maximum speed of 62.5 mph and has a range of 35-55 miles ... -emission, battery-powered, plug-in electric motorcycle with a base pricetag of $11,995 (Q3 2008 ... motorcycle running on electricity. CNN had a survey of electric motorcyclesZero motorscycles [more...]

Date: 2008-04-22 22:03:03

Through Ian's Lens: Beyond Olympic China

In June, my wife and I spent 10 days in China visiting my sister-in-law, who was studying there ... the juxtaposition of the number of cars to the number of bicycles, mopeds and scooters. Chinese [more...]

Date: 2008-08-14 17:20:34

A Chopper Is A Motorcycle But Not The Traditional Type

A chopper is a motorcycle but not the traditional type ... . Choppers are motorcycles that have a few less features than a regular motorcycle. The chopper came ... modifying their motorcycles. The soldiers removed any part of their motorcycle that was unnecessary, too [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 10:21:03

Malegaon Blast Case - ATS Credibility not Hindutva on Trial

4th update - There are now 4 contradictory versions on the origin of this transcript ... after the incident. A simple google search reveals that the last time the motorcycle was referenced [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 12:28:46

Roscoes Roots, First Scoop from Trail Rider

Roscoe was born a few years ago, he is older now and wiser some would say ... motorcycle parts I can use for the conversion? by roscoe on Apr 17, 2001 - 04:48 PM You don’t really want [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 04:59:13

Motorcycle Travel News for Sat. Oct 11, 2008 - 5:49:55am

motorcycle travel - Google News New DVD Video Follows 8000 Mile Motorcycle Travel Adventure ... - PR.com (press release) New DVD Video Follows 8000 Mile Motorcycle Travel Adventure ... PR.com (press release), NY ... motorcycle travel adventure to Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, ... All About the Ride [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 09:49:55

Motorcycles And The Culture They Inspire 1868-2017

Motorcycles And The Culture They Inspire 1868-2017 By LJ James | November 23, ... in the 1900’s there were Motorcycle shops and Dealers all over the World. For awhile, Motorcycle were ... of the history of the Motorcycle and it’s Culture was lost in the great rebellion of 2057. Taken [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 13:22:53

__gurlzgroup__ India's 40 Richest__

India's 40 Richest               Rank Name Net Worth ($Million) ... rates. Privately held companies are valued by comparing them to similar publicly traded companies [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 10:52:00

Positivity: CHP officer home after 6 months of recovery

From Camarillo, California (story podcast is at link) ... for the first time since the crash, dozens of his fellow motorcycle officers rode slowly in front [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 09:57:59

The Motorcycle Diaries (Part 3 the end)

Carried on from The Motorcycle Diaries (Part 2)       Pokhra to Lumbini   The road out of Pokhra has to be one of the great motorbike roads of all time. Quiet, with stunning mountain views, lots [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 14:25:43

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