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Great interview with 15 year old Jayson Uribe an American racing professionally in Europe.
Discussion of latest SOA episode “Faith and Despondency “
Review of On Any Sunday, The Next Chapter
Discussion of Royal Enfields, Lighting Motorcycle, The Polaris Slingshot in Texas and Alpinestars Airbag Jacket.
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Lane-splitting: perhaps not as dangerous as we first thought?
Mercedes Benz (Daimler) pulls the trigger on MV Agusta.
Stolen 1954 Harley Hydra-Glide Returned After 42 years
He and Dong buy bodies!
Interview with Chris Ulrich.
World Superbike Championship decided in Qatar.
MotoGP & Moto2 picks for Valencia.
A lot has occurred on the subject of lane splitting (or filtering depending on where you are) this year to include the following:
> A complaint from one person forced the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to remove lane splitting guidelines from their website.
> In Australia, New South Wales is now allowing lane splitting and Queensland is will be legal in 2015.
> Change.org has a petition to make lane splitting legal in the state of Virginia.
> UC Berkeley issued a study, commissioned by the CHP, finds the practice does not increase safety risks.
The most important item of the year on this subject is the UC Berkleley/CHP study. The study shows that lane splitting is, mostly, as safe as riding in a standard lane. I can see this report supporting the movement to allow lane splitting in other states in the very near future. The report, titled “Safety implications of lane-splitting among California motorcyclists involved in collisions” studied the “prevalence of lane-splitting among approximately 8,000 motorcyclists who were involved traffic collisions in June 2012 through August 2013”. Some of the highlights of the UC/CHP study: (LSM=Lane Splitting Motorcyclist)
> The practice of riding in between marked lanes to filter through slow-moving or stopped traffic, is just as safe for riders as traveling in normal lanes
> Riders who split lanes are less prone to getting rear-ended; however, the likelihood of a rider rear-ending a car is greater.
> Danger level does increase for riders who are splitting at speeds of 10mph or faster than the surrounding traffic.
> They found that lane splitters were splitting at lower speeds and in slower moving traffic than they had been previously.
> Time of day also varied greatly by lane-splitting status 59.5% of LSM were involved in collisions between 6-9 am or 3-4pm, compared with 37.3% of motorcyclists who were not lane-splitting.
> Patterns of injury were significantly different comparing LSM and other motorcyclists. LSM were notably less likely to suffer head injury (9.1% vs 16.5%), torso injury (18.6% vs 27.3%), or fatal injury (1.4% vs 3.1%) than other motorcyclists. The occurrence of neck injury and arm/leg injury did not differ meaningfully by lane-splitting status.
The authors of the report have promised further analysis on the data they collected. They plan to look at things such as age, gender, rider characteristics, and roadway conditions to further dig into what exactly is and isn’t dangerous on the roads.
You can read the summary of the UC Berkeley/CHP study yourself at this link.
3-Time MotoGP 500cc World Champion and the man who will be spearheading MotoAmerica, Wayne Rainey will be joining the Pack on The Dawghouse, Tuesday night Oct 28th.
Wayne Rainey will forever be remembered as a man who dominated MotoGP in a time when the field was loaded with legends. Now he will also be remembered as a key part in the group that will be revitalizing American road racing.
The Pack is extremely anxious to ask Wayne about the new series, and his dreams and desires for it, plus throw in some old school racing talk. The show runs live on NTNRadio.com from 6-8 pm eastern with a live interactive chatroom on the website for listeners to chime in with their questions and comments. NTNRadio.com is also on the TuneIn app, Shoutcast app and Xiia app for our mobile friends. A podcast of the show will be available within a few hours of the end of the show.
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This is a repost from BigScotty.com…..
The Florida State Fair motto is “Discover the Fun.”
Well it appears that the motto only applies some of the time.
In 2010 a group of motorcyclists, including two from the Spirit Riders Motorcycle Ministry and one with the US Military Vest MC were turned away from the Florida State Fair due to a “no colors” policy that was initiated in an effort to discourage gang activity.
The fair’s employees turning away the motorcycle riders was caught on tape and the three filed suit in Federal Court.
Last month, the trio were awarded $72,500 in a settlement.
The Fair Authority and its insurance company decided to settle the lawsuit, but they still believe the no-club-colors policy was constitutional.
Most people with the IQ equal to their shoe size know that if you pay that kind of money, you don’t think you will win.
The Florida State Fair policy has since been changed to: “the fair may turn away or eject people who are disruptive or who display behavior associated with “criminal gang membership.” Yeah because we all know those Christian bikers are such a law-breaking bunch!
This should be a lesson to anyone who would stop the free speech rights of bikers to wear colors. While it’s reasonable to assume that you don’t want the Hells Angels and Mongrels facing off in a public place, there are other ways of dealing with the problem, and punishing everyone for the acts of a view is about as unAmerican as it gets.
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Ken’s News:
Zero announces 2015 lineup.
Mike Tyson is a rider’s best friend?
Warren’s News:
Ferrari Motorcycle???
Get ready for $1000 dollar increase to the price of all motorcycles.
Racing News:
A very wet World Superbike at Magny-Cours tightens up championship.
Silly season in full swing early this year.
Picks for Japan Grand Prix Motegi.
News from Moto America
Racing News:
Flattrack from Callastoga.
MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 results from Aragon.
Picks for World Superbike Magny-Cours.
Warren’s News:
Another Top 10 Roads…North America
HD is recalling 2014 Street and Touring bikes
Want to see a hoverbike get off the ground?
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Biker gang wars …in Canada???
Ducati goes off-road?
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BUT, Phil forgot to turn on the recording so the first 15 minutes are lost for the ages, bad Phil.
And you know that it was the best 15 minutes of motorcycle radio the world has ever missed, so send hate main to Phil@ntnradio.com!
Ken’s News:
Terry Hershner makes history as winning the Vetter Fuel Economy Challenge.
Mercedes to make move to counter Audi’s purchase of Ducati.
The cops in India want your motorcycle.
Warren’s News:
Honda gets it ‘Wings clipped
40th Anniversary of the Honda Gold Wing
Is the future of motorcycling getting dimmer?
Racing News:
Special Guest AMA Daytona Sportbike Champion Jake Gagne calls in, and the rumormill starts.
MotoGP/Moto2 Misano results.
Final AMA Pro Road Racing event from New Jersey Motorsports Park.
DawgHouse MotoGP – World Superbike pool standings.
No bikes in this future?
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, part of the Department of Transportation, recently issued an “advanced notice of proposed rulemaking” on “vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications.” Which means they are considering requiring a transponder be added to transmit your vehicles data. In this age of American bureaucracy that means it is all but a done deal.
This document initiates rulemaking that would propose to create a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, No. 150, to require V2V communications for light vehicles. In this effort light vehicles are cars and small trucks (pickups).
V2V communications would contain the “relevant elements and describe them accurately (e.g., vehicle speed; GPS position; vehicle heading”.
These future rules would create a uniform V2V system built into all vehicles that will give automobile manufacturers the opportunity to equip their products with standard warning systems that alert drivers to potential accidents — such as one that might be caused by cross traffic at a blind intersection or a light changing color.
Now that all sounds good but tie that with the following….
The agency has published a “Preliminary Statement of Policy Concerning Automated Vehicles.” This statement describes V2V as part of a “continuum” leading to fully automated vehicles. “Accordingly, three distinct but related streams of technological change and development are occurring simultaneously:
(1) in-vehicle crash avoidance systems that provide warnings and/or limited automated control of safety functions
Let go of the bars and take a nap!
(2) V2V communications that support various crash avoidance applications
(3) self-driving vehicles,” NHTSA finds that it is helpful to think of these emerging technologies as part of a continuum of vehicle control automation”.
Soooo how does this make the future of motorcycling dim? I am not sure where bikes fit in this brave new, safer, reduce health care cost, world.
Suppose that separate lanes may be established early in this effort to allow these V2V vehicles to operate. If you don’t have a transponder then you are not allowed on these roads.
Then as the technology matures it may be required to merge onto major highways to “ensure your safety”. If your bike does not have the tech to merge you into the traffic you are not allowed on the road.
After a little more time all interstates and major urban areas would be “wired” to supported automated vehicles, no transponder no access.
I maybe a cynic but I can see a future where bikes would not be allowed on major interstates because they cannot be made part of the herd. That “for the safety of everyone” only smart vehicles will be allowed on major roads and in cities.
Would you want to ride a robo-bike when you could stretch out and nap in a robo-car?
….. and why would anyone want/desire to ride a motorcycle that would be limited to riding with the herd anyway.
As a lot of Goldwing owners have known of the problem with the rear breaks sticking, dragging, overheating and some even catching fire! Honda has initiated a recall on the bikes to fix the issue. The bikes that are affected are GL1800 Models from 2001- 2010, 2012, and GL1800A models from 2001-05.
“The recall notification letter Honda sent to the NHTSA states a “preliminary letter” will be sent to owners with instructions on how to conduct pre-ride and post-ride inspections so they can identify the condition. If the condition exists the bike should be taken to the dealer to be inspected, at no cost to the owner. A second letter will be sent to owners to let them know a repair exists or that replacement parts are available.”
So this is NOT a do not ride recall!
This will be a good chance for Gold Wing owner to try out the new government Safercar.gov website. This is the website where you can enter your VIN number and find out if you are affected. I wrote about it in an earlier post.
I JUST WANT 2 RIDE!! 