Weblog for the Casual Motorcyclist
30
Jun
Effective later this week, if you live in the great state of Florida and plan on picking up a motorcycle drivers license to go with your brandy new 2008 Hayabusa, you’ll have another hoop to jump through.
Under current law, only riders age 21 or younger were required to participate in the Florida Rider Training Program. [...]
30
Jun
Loud pipes annoy townies apparently. The city of Myrtle Beach, SC is now making a point of trying to eliminate the two rallies that happen within city limits each May. City sources say that hundreds of thousands of bikers descend down like locusts and, “They bring three weeks of noise, congestion, reckless driving, crime, nudity, [...]
30
Jun
Word an ‘issue’ surrounding the BMW high-tech electronic key verification system has been percolating on the intranets of for nearly as long as the system has been out. It ‘issue’ seems to strike randomly and without warning, strand the unsuspecting Beemer aficionado at the local Starbucks or on the road to Pruedoh Bay. Nothing, it [...]
30
Jun
Hallelujah! If you’re a motorsport enthusiast in America, all you’ve been fed to date is a big ‘ol Nascar sunday with perhaps Inianapolis 500 cherry on top. That, later this year, is going to come to a screetching hault. The broadcast rights holder for MotoGP, Dorna Sports, announced today that yes indeed, MotoGP is coming [...]
30
Jun
When you’re talking about the pinnacle of motorcycle racing, you’re talking about MotoGP. Every bike competing in the series is a custom built jobby that you can’t purchase off of ant showroom floor. The league has roots thatspan back to 1949, and in this season it’s divided into three different classes:
MotoGP - Up to 800cc
GP [...]
29
Jun
Someone once said that everyone has to start somewhere, and I guess this is where I start.
My name is Robert Werksman, and I’ve been riding motorcycles since I was in my teens. When I was in college, I took a job to help me pay my way through school. That job was in the local BMW motorcycle shop - Heritage BMW. I worked there were approximately 4 years, doing basically anything they need to me to do. I ran the website, I sold motorcycles, I was a parts person, and I was even a repairman when needed. That job, to date, quite possibly is the best experience of my life and at very minimum, it introduced me to the wonderful world of motorcycling.