Bike scenes are all about the show so, in them, the machines we most love on earth are shown defying the laws of physics with great ease.
We’ve all seen the Terminator and its motorcycle scenes, as well as Lethal Weapon and it is nice to go back from time to time and see where we were in order to know where we’re heading. But what we haven’t seen and still don’t are the stuntman filling in for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mel Gibson. They’re real heroes too, you know?
Here’s a great thing to do when going out riding in Maggie Valley, NC, but not before reading this guy’s riding experience:
"WOW! I had just tuned my old BMW (1995 R100RT) and decided to take a ride to enjoy my handiwork....and ended up about 40 miles away in Maggie Valley, NC. I told Donna I was going for a short ride to see how the bike ran and figured I really should turn around and then I passed the "Wheels Through Time Museum" which I had been planning on visiting, so I stopped....
The museum is a big building with a gravel lot and very modest signage. It was right at closing time but I parked and took off my helmet and walked up the incline towards the entrance. A friendly guy in an oil stained tshirt (just like mine!) welcomed me and asked if that was my airhead BMW and then asked if I would like to ride a vintage Harley that was idling next to him. Thats how I met the owner and creator of the museum, Dale Walksler, and yes, I did take the old Harley for brief ride, it was fun.
Dale and I hit it off immediately and had about an hour chat after he escorted me into the museum and then left me to my own devices. We have lots in common and I guess we are both now considered "old timers" in the world of motorcycles but he has done so much more in that world than I ever dreamed of doing. I owned a racing shop and did a small amount of racing and lots of motorcycle touring (still do).
I shot a little video and some pics while I wandered the museum and I have to tell you that Dale has put together a completely unique collection of running motorcycles and some cars and an airplane to boot.
If you get within 300 miles you need to visit. BTW, Dale is relocating the museum to Prescott, Arizona within the next year or so, check the current location before you plan your visit.
This is a "hands on" museum for motorcycle enthusiasts and it is not to be missed. I compare it to the "Silver Hill Air & Space Museum" outside of D.C. in feel.
Dale has over 250 unique motorcycles and they are not roped off, you can walk right up and caress them. He has a huge Harley collection but has many other makes too."
Most of us have seen or heard about outrageous motorcycles that are built to stand out from the crowd or measure as much as the entire crowd put together, but we’ve never wondered if they can actually be ridden on legal roads at least with the minimum safety precautions.
It seems that somebody has not only considered this aspect, but also came with a solution to it. By its name, the Gunbus motorcycle is the latest creation of Mr. Clemens F. Leonhardt. Also, this is the first world’s biggest motorcycle expected to go into production so imagine how would be to ride one of these things.
Quite a bang, I’m telling you! With a 410-cubic-inch, air-cooled, pushrod V-Twin the Gunbus stays true to its name: shoots like a gun, drives like a bus.
What we’re still waiting to see is the sidecar which is being designed for it, but we’re sure it is going to be another world braking record. Hey, at least you can take the kids with you and know that they’re safer that on a regular bike with sidecar.
But until, the sidecar arrives (or the kids) check out this blonde girl!
Typing a message while riding your motorcycle in rush hour is simply unbelievable risky and I don’t believe any of you out there ever tried this. I base on the fact that you’re actually wearing gloves, but what this guy does is simply unbelievable. It lay back on its bike, controlling the machine with its feet and types a message…probably to its boss announcing it will be late for work again. At least it helped him end up on Youtube if not to keep its job.
Last Sunday a new motorcycle world record took place and it didn’t even require the record holder to sit on the bike, not at all riding it. Angelo de Monaco is passionate about motorcycles and he wanted establish a new world record involving these machines. So he had 138 bikes pass over him, beating the previous 136 motorcycles world record. It took him 7 – or better said the bikers – 7 minutes so the laceration is what he had to beat, not a number. Why would anyone do that? You tell me!
Unless you’ve been living in a cave, and even if you’re not into bicycles, almost anyone has heard of the “Tour de France”. The Tour as it’s known, is the Paris-Dakar of bicycles races, a grueling three week race through France on a bicycle. With immense high Alps and Pyrenees mountains, it’s not an easy race for the cyclists.
But the Tour also has it’s fair share of motorcycles. Motorcycles are used a lot, since they are the only ones that can move along the cyclists without running into (...) >> read
Are all of you HOGS prepared for the Tucker County incursion this weekend? You’d better be as Harley Davidson motorcycle enthusiasts from across the United States plan to get together at Canaan Valley Resort for the 2008 West Virginia State Harley Owners Group Rally.
Attracted by two previous experiences from the Davis resort, riders will surely be there in the greatest number. As Troy Cardwell - Canaan Valley general manager- says, riders enjoy the scenery and the country roads.
Group members will start arriving on Wednesday. They’ll partake in a 300-mile round trip “Raw Hide” ride on Thursday and another, shorter, ride on Friday that will be followed by a dinner hosted by the Tucker County Convention & Visitors Bureau and Tucker County Rotary. Field events and a bike show are planned for Saturday.
One of the greatest motorcycle events of the summer, the Harley Owners Group Rally is a must for everybody who wants to stay true to its statute of member.
Planned to take place on the 16th of July, 2008 Ride to Work Day will be backed by celebrities such as Paddy McGuiness, TV presenter Dominic Littlewood together with DJ and record producer Carl Cox.
The idea is as simple as it can get: on July 16 you worm up your bike’s engine, get your riding gear on and get to your place of work. Why? This way, car drivers who also go to work will notice the freer intersections, how fast you got at work and even start thinking on how you’ve also consumed less gas in your way there. Isn’t that great? In a perfect world we’d all be riding motorcycle.
Not all companies like their employees to ride motorcycles to work, and that goes doubly so for car manufacturers who do not make motorcycles (I guess if you work for BMW cars it’s okay to arrive on a BMW motorcycle, ditto for Suzuki and Honda). Several companies have even been forbidding their employees from riding a motorcycle for business reasons (Johnson Controls UK springs to mind, but the list is growing).
French car manufacturer, Renault/Nissan, are not one of them. 8% of their ( >> read
Being exposed at a local movie theater in Bethesda, MD, the Bat Pod didn’t escape the camera even if it was on a cell phone. Check out the nicely done montage of the Bat Pod being loaded into the Dark Night Trailer while waiting for the real thing on July 18.
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