Archive for April 2010
Insurance safety group sees ABS as money, life saver
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) based in Arlington, has released findings that indicated anti-lock brakes on motorcycles greatly reduce accidents.
The findings, released at the start of April, indicate that motorcycles with ABS are 37 percent less likely to be in a fatal crash. An affiliated study group, the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) [...]
OLD BLASTARD: Insurance Institute says training doesn’t matter
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the insurance industry-paid research folks who crash cars, says its study of crashes among young riders shows it doesn’t matter if you receive training or not.
OK, I find that hard to believe, but the insurance folks aren’t paying for my research.
copyright 2007 by Shawn McKenzie
According to the study, “the [...]
Honda to go electric?
It’s not much, just a little blurb on Bloomberg.com that comes from Japanese source that has a source in Honda, but it could be that Honda is going to be peddling (as opposed to pedaling) electric motorcycles.
Check it out at http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aTYFkS.j__W0
The report says the cycle will have moped performance. That’s not very exciting.
Still, Honda putting [...]
Blue Ridge Bike festival
[ April 9, 2010 8:30 am to April 11, 2010 5:00 pm. ] Location:
2110 Shenandoah Valley Ave
Roanoke, VA, 24012
Phone:
540-206-2414
Mon – Fri:
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
April 9-11, 2010
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Roanoke-VA/The-Blue-Ridge-Bike-Fest/75798306041
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