This is my take on motorcycle news that grabbed my attention. There is a whole lot more out there, but this is the news that I want to discuss. Drop me a note if you disagree with my take.
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Up Shift – Royal Enfield’s Tour of the South Pole – A month or so ago I mentioned that Royal Enfield was going to ride to motorcycles to the South Pole. On December 16, 2021, Santhosh Vijay Kumar and Dean Coxson reached the South Pole on board their Royal Enfield Himalayan. It took them 15 days, a bit longer then expected due to a blizzard that forced a detour.
My Take – No world records involved just the bragging rights that the Himalayan motorcycle can take you on any adventure. Congrats to the riders and Royal Enfield! Oh and yes, it is summer at the South Pole, with temps getting to a balmy -22F.
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Hitting Neutral – Motorcycles with Speed Limiters – Are motorcycles to fast? Whether or not you agree some motorcycle manufacturers are going to limit the top speed of their bikes. Those top end motorcycles, or superbikes, are going to be limited to 300KPH or 186MPH.
This is an attempt to appease politicians and safety activists ahead of any legal action taken by those politicians at the behest of the safety activists. So, the next batch of superbikes will be slower than the current models. Not sure that has ever happened before.
My Take – Is 200MPH to fast on a motorcycle, other then on a track? Well yes, of course it is. But, I do not like that we have to be forced to do something in the hopes that the politicians and activists will be appeased because they will NEVER BE APPEASED.
I have said it often in this blog, the end goal of safety activists, like the Vision Zero zealots, is to end motorcycling completely.
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Ride on, Ride Safe
I JUST WANT 2 RIDE!! 