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Motorcycle Quick Links

By Paul Crowe

Here are a few quick links from around the motorcycling world:

According to ZDNet, Legislators over in the UK are trying to come up with a law that will install GPS speed governors in motorcycles. The GPS knows what road you’re on and what the speed limit is so the motorcycle is prevented from going any faster with some sort of electronics to keep you from exceeding the posted limit. You would think they would have better things to do but if some busybody first attacks the smaller group of motorcyclists and is successful, cars will surely follow. It was another government in Europe, Germany if I remember correctly, where a legislator took issue with motorcycle top speeds eventually leading to the speed limiting agreements among manufacturers. I hope this new effort is quickly defeated but you never know. If anyone in the UK has more details about this effort, let us know. Link

In another GPS related story, police in Daytona are equipping a number of high end “bait bikes” with GPS trackers in an effort to cut down on the number of thefts that occur during Bike Week. A number of organized theft rings target expensive custom bikes during the activities and part them out. The police can track the bikes in real time which may lead them to the ringleaders. Link

Ewan McGregor, the actor who gained a bit of fame in the motorcycling world for his film The Long Way Round, broke his right leg in a motorcycle accident. I hope he mends quickly because he’s planning a trip this summer from the village of John O’Groats, Scotland to Cape Town, South Africa as a follow-up to the movie. Link

Posted on March 9, 2007 Filed Under: Motorcycle Shows, Motorcycle Technology


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Comments

  1. RobC says

    March 10, 2007 at 3:41 pm

    Enjoy biking freedom while it lasts, if it was up to some politicians we would not go outside our houses for fear of us “injuring” ourselves!
    Saw a TV interview with Ewan when he was here in South Africa a while back and he mentioned his trip, hope he mends quick.
    PS Paul, sorry for my MotoGP blooper, I thought you guys could see it live like us. You have full permission to flog and keelhaul me!

  2. kneeslider says

    March 10, 2007 at 4:18 pm

    Flog OR keelhaul, … never both.

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