The Kneeslider

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Speeding tickets and radar

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If some of you ignored the "for race use only" disclaimer, plug in the Nikko derestrictor and intend to get yourself in serious trouble with the law, here's a site you might be interested in, radarbusters. He sells lots of radar detectors and related items but there is a ton of generally useful information such as laws regarding the use of radar detectors in your area, … [Read more...]

China blocking lots of blogs

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We've talked about Chinese motorcycles here and here and cars here and other products, too, on quite a few occasions, seems they want to play in the free world, sell in the free world and get money from the free world but free speech? Oooh, that's too scary! They are blocking blogs, have been for a little while but they seem to be stepping up the pace, now all Typepad blogs … [Read more...]

Electronic Data Recorders, EDR

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Cars have had electronic data recorders for quite a few years now but I'm curious if any motorcycle manufacturers have thought about adding them. Originally installed to help deploy airbags, they have grown in sophistication and amount of data recorded. Although the government does not mandate their use, if installed, they do require EDRs to record quite a bit of information. I … [Read more...]

All chrome Yamaha R1

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There used to be an old saying around cars and motorcycles, "If it don't go, chrome it." I think this R1 may go very well but they decided to chrome it anyway. Everything, including the plastic has been chromed. I've seen Ducati Monsters that had chrome tanks and looked pretty nice and there's a faint memory of a chopper but I don't recall any all chrome sportbikes, of course … [Read more...]

Nikko G-Pack derestrictor

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Mentioned motorcycle top speed last month and ran across this neat little item that plugs right in to your ZX12R or GSX-R1000, or whatever. It's the Nikko G-Pack derestrictor. Manufactured by Nikko Racing, they make certain motorcycle models capable of performing properly, ... you know, living up to expectations. They do just what you think they do, they remove the speed … [Read more...]