When is the right time… how do you know when you’re ready? You’ve got yourself a road bike and you’re learning to ride. Let’s assume that you are car licensed and are aware of the road rules. You have had some riding lessons, with an accredited instructor. You’re wearing the correct protective gear and you’ve been having extra …
Moto Women Tips
Tips, skills and techniques shared, for the woman moto ♥ …enjoyed by clicking on the photos or the text below. When is it time to leave the car park? If you’re not confident in the car park, you will be worse out on the streets… if your technique is deficient somewhere, this makes for a dangerous …
The beats go on
The Beats go on… We wear helmets, gloves, boots, Kevlar, goggles, leather, armour, goggles, but hey… what about our ears? How do you go about protecting them? At high speeds, the ambient wind noise-level reaches over 100dB. It can sound high-pitched, be annoying, distracting and over time… damaging. Do you use protective earplugs, noise-cancelling plugs or add to the noise …
How to Crash
How to Crash… safely Ok, so no one really wants to crash, right, but as there’s no guarantee that we won’t… guessing the next best thing is to be aware of the main mistakes we can make as motorcyclists, that increase the chances to crash and if we’re going down, know what to do… to hopefully lessen the pain. Let’s …
Fifty Dollar Head
Fifty-dollar Head… Fifty-dollar Helmet… A guide to buying a motorcycle helmet, Safety and performance of a helmet is foremost. Helmet law, riders should look for a label saying the helmet is compliant with either AS 1698:1988 or AS/NZS 1698:2006 Australian/New Zealand Safety Standards or NZS 5430 and UNECE 22.05 the European equivalent, which is allowed in Australia. It is also legal …
