The French government are looking at removing the last freedom motorcycle have in France; lane-splitting (filtering). Many years it was tolerated, now they want to make it illegal.

The French Angry Biker Association (FFMC) is planning a protest day on March the 13th. They will be asking all bikers to stay in the lane during rush hour, adding 100,000's of vehicles to the traffic jams.

That should show the authorities why it's a stupid idea...

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Excellent quality and features for an entry-level helmet.

South Africa are using motorcycles (but obviously not exclusively) to promote tourism to their country.

Their tourist information website even has a page dedicated to motorcycle adventurers. How cool is that for a country?

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As with previous motorcycle manufacturers, here's what we've found for Honda. Here are 29 Honda motorcycle advertisements from around the globe.

My favorite one is shown here...

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After an upset for the winner, due to a too loud motorcycle, Mickael Pichon won the 2010 Le Touquet Enduropale beach motorcycle race.

1050 motorcycles started, and there were several leaders in the 3 hour race. But to loose on a too loud exhaust must be a first...

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BMW final report on worldwide sales for 2009, including the surprisingly strong sales for Husqvarna.

Two weeks worth of interesting motorcycle stories found on the world wide web..... enjoy.

- The 10 greatest scams, cheats and hoaxes in motorcycling - part 1
- Rules For Talking To Woman Bikers
- 2009 BMW K 1200 LT: Aging Gracefully
- The Mods Vs The Hells Angels
- The Single Best Motorcycle Performance Upgrade Is You

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Variation on a theme for Fiat Yamaha in 2010 with some live blogger reports on the first test of the season at Sepang.

If you can't make it to France to see this weekend's crazy Le Touquet Enduropale, and don't live in France so you can see one of the 2 TV channels transmitting the race live, then there's still hope....

France 3, one of the main TV channels here, are transmitting 5 feeds from the race on the web. You can see the race as it happens. That's 3 hours of fun....

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Two mountain bikers swapped their pedals for a motorcycle, and raced in the Baja 1000 desert race.

Their attempt was very well filmed and is available, for free, on-line. Very well done documentary. Have a look.

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Talk about a sacred cow, or is it a cash cow????

A Cow version of the BMW K1200LT motorcycle..

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Small, easy to use, good quality video and expensive.

A review of the motorcycle documentary Two Wheel Terrors 2, a DVD full of choppers and cafe racers fooling around.

WARNING. Motorcycles were hurt during the filming of this documentary!

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Since cages have got them, why not put a TV on your motorcycle?

At least we get more organ donors that way....

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The Royal Enfield Classic 500 is selling so well, that there's no a backlog.

You're going to have to wait for 6 months before you can see yours if you order one now.

You see, it's not all bad news... things are pretty good in India...

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Cat fight, cat fight! Bajaj's advertisement for their DTS-i motorcycle involves two girls slugging it out who gets to ride the new motorcycle.

Filmed a la "The Matrix" style...... Cat fight, cat fight!

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Cardo Systems have upped the ante even further with their latest Bluetooth motorcycle communication device, the G4.

The G4 allows you to connect with 3 other Scala Rider devices, but now with a range of up to 1 mile. You've got full stereo and an onboard RDS FM Radio.

10 hours talk time, while listening to your iPod, FM radio, mobile phone AND GPS navigation instructions. What more do you want?

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Honda has managed to weather the financial storm thanks to its healthy motorcycle division.

They have just announced amazing high profits for their last quarter.

Motorcycles to the rescue...

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If you're planning to attend world's craziest, and biggest, beach motorcycle race, the Le Touquet Enduropale, on the weekend of 6/7th of Feb, and you're going on a motorcycle, here are the special rest places for bikers.

There are 3 of them, places motorcycle riders can go to, to get their bike checked out, drink hot drinks, and mingle with other bikers.

Also, several motorways are free for motorcycles going to the race.

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Ducati are organizing a photo competition based on their new Multistrada 1200 motorcycle.

Take 4 photos of the new motorcycle in its 4 environments, and win one of the many prizes. Obviously, it starts in March, since the bike is not yet available.

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