Riding a motorcycle when the weather is bad, can be risky....

Here's a free Android-based mobile phone app that will tell you if it's a good idea to go and ride your motorcycle.

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If ever I've seen a bunch of squids, this is it....

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A nice, probably not real, BMW motorcycle TV commercial.

It's for the BMW R1150R motorcycle, and it makes well use of a nice piece of Jazz music.

Elegant...

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Another winner by Bell in a mid-range helmet.

France has had several months of increase in road mortality, and the French government held an urgent meeting to address the issue.

Here's what the politicians have decided.

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A new order in the Northern part of India forces petrol pumps not to sell fuel to bikers on motorcycles without helmets.

But petrol stations are ignoring the order, since they loose a lot of revenue.

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This would not have happened if companies operating the motorways/autoroutes in France would place motorcycle-only toll booths next to the normal toll booths.....

At a toll booth in France, a motorcycle pulled in behind a truck, waiting to pay the toll (motorcycles are only allowed to use the manual/truck toll gate). The truck driver reversed his truck in order to take a shorter/faster toll booth, crushing the biker. The biker died.

To make things worse, the truck belonged to the MotoGP Tech3 Team. The driver has been detained for involuntary manslaughter.

It's rare, but it does happen. This is why we need our own toll booths.

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The French MotoGP motorcycle race is on this weekend, and the French Angry Biker Association (FFMC) has put in place several motorcycle rest stops along the way, where you can tank up, get hot/cold drinks, eat, visors cleaned, mechanics, etc.

Here's a list and map of where they are, and when they are open.

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Another funny TV commercial for Kawasaki. Though some of their ads have been banned (they were too funny), this one is quite good.

They don't even show the ZX-12R Ninja motorcycle, and they don't need to....

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A new motorcycle taxi service has started just in time for the famous Cannes Film Festival.

Every year, this film festival sees the very top of the A-list from Hollywood appearing, and going from party to party. To help them cut down in travel time, the new motorcycle taxi company, named ProtectDriver Services, will be riding the stars, starlets, directors and producers, plus any commoner, around on a Victory Vision motorcycle.

A bit unusual, but very fitting in Cannes.

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Usually in countries where a motorcycle cop arrests someone, they call in a car or van to transport the suspect. But apparently not in Tunisia ... they just put him (or her) on the back of their motorcycle. Only salient point is that each motorcycle cop already has someone riding pillion...

How safe is this?

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In Asia (but also other parts of the globe), people uses motorcycle for anything, and that includes transporting stuff.

Here are 50 photos of motorcycles and scooters from Asia transporting everything, and I mean everything. Often loaded to the absolute hilt, you can but admire these people.

Part 1.

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High quality skid plate with photo illustrated installation guide.

Bike Torque TV, the folks I mentioned last week, the new upcoming Top Gear-style motorcycle TV show coming from the UK, sent a teaser about the three presenters.

Looking good; good subjects, high quality filming, good dialogue.

Looking forward to the show..

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This looks like a strange protest... riding your motorcycle around in circles!

Nice photo though.

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High-quality race gloves with some interesting features at a relatively low price.

Dainese is equipping 15 police officers of the Italian police with a new airbag vest, the yet not available D-air Street.

The 15 cops will be using the new protective vests when escorting the famous bicycle race, the Giro.

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Here are some interesting motorcycle related articles that you may have missed on the busy internet of last week.

- Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month (IronWorks)
- Importing Royal Enfield From India (Royal Enfield Motorcycles)
- Two Wheels Through Terror Book Review (On Two Wheels)
- 10 Points to Check Before Buying a Motorcycle (Powersports Warehouses)

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A stolen US motorcycle, worth US$80,000 was recovered in the Philippines....

Wow, that's a long distance for someone to go on a chopper motorcycle.

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India has surpassed China in the number of yearly road deaths; 1.3 MILLION PER YEAR to be exact.

A growing middle class, bad roads, and even worse habits have made it possible for India to overtake China. But China is fighting back.

Motorcycle deaths have the record within the record. 27% of the accidents are motorcycle ones.

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