Tank Bib Motorcycle Fuel Tank Protector
One of the goals of webBikeWorld is to provide information about unique and hard-to-find motorcycle products and accessories. The Tank Bib certainly fits into the “unique” category, and its always fun to find interesting products of this type. The Tank Bib solves an age-old motorcycling conundrum: I’m sure you’ve noticed that no matter how long you …
Riding a Motorcycle in Great Britain
The Official DSA Theory Test for Motorcyclists ISBN-13: 978 011 552750 8 Published by the Driving Standards Agency, Sixth Edition, 2006 Cost: £11.99 The Official DSA Guide to Learning to Ride ISBN-13: 978 011 552645 5 Published by the Driving Standards Agency, Fifth Edition, Second Impression, 2006 Cost: £7.99 Know Your Traffic Signs ISBN: 0 11 551612 …
Fulmer AFS7 Helmet Review
Fulmer’s High-End Helmet The Fulmer AFS7 is relatively quiet, which is a surprise. It’s also pretty comfortable with a “Neutral” internal shape that tends towards “Round”. It has a removable liner and a quick release face shield. The graphics are interesting and nicely done, especially considering price. The AFS7 also meets DOT and Snell standards. …
REV’IT! Infinity One-Piece Suit
REV’IT! Infinity One-Piece Suit REV’IT! Infinity Suit Announced for U.S. Market The folks at REV’IT! are always hard at work, updating and releasing new products about as fast as anyone in the industry. They usually have some interesting new motorcycle clothing announcements at the Indy show and this year was no exception. You really need …
Dainese Infinity Bluetooth Motorcycle Helmet
From Dainese Press Release. Edited by webBikeWorld.com May 14th, 2007 – Five European nations are to be involved in a beta test of the innovative Infinity helmet by Dainese. In the wake of the great success achieved by Beta testing with the Neck GoreTex jacket, Dainese has decided to get its customers involved again in …
Speed Cleaner Motorcycle Windshield Cleaner and Polish
Speed Cleaner Motorcycle Windshield Cleaner and Polish Manufacturer’s Information Category: Motorcycle windshield and plastic cleaner Type: Spray bottle, 12 oz. (355ml) Manufacturer: Kleenmaster Products Made In: U.S.A Retail Price: $10.95 Claims – Abrasive free, non-glare, non-static, will not scratch, cleans and polishes. For Use On – Motorcycle windscreens, windshields, helmets, visors, plastics. Claimed Features – Cleans and polishes. Meets U.S.A. Military Requirements …
That Bug Stuff
That Bug Stuff Manufacturer’s Information Category: Motorcycle cleaner Type: Spray Bottle, 32 oz. (946ml) Manufacturer: Eagle Lake Solutions Made In: U.S.A Retail Price: $12.95 Claims – “Spray on and wipe bugs away.” For Use On – Motorcycle windscreens, windshields, paint. Claimed Features – Bug remover. Will not remove wax. Drip resistant. Non-abrasive. Application – Spray on, let stand for several seconds, wipe off. …
BMW 450 Sports Enduro
BMW Tests New Enduro Concept in Competition April 20, 2007 – BMW’s new 450cc Sports Enduro motorcycle enters World Enduro Championship. The involvement of BMW Motorrad in off-road sport has a long and successful tradition. BMW not only wants to perpetuate this success story with high-capacity machines such as the HP2 Enduro (wBW report) but also extend …
Moto Guzzi Bellagio
April 14, 2007 – Moto Guzzi has announced the addition of the new Bellagio cruiser to its motorcycle lineup for 2007. Moto Guzzi, in this translated press release, says that the new Bellagio symbolizes the “depth of the relationship between Moto Guzzi and its surrounding territory”. This relationship is so strong that the immense beauty …
Mr. Moto Quick Polish
Manufacturer’s Information Category : Quick wax, cleaner, polish Manufacturer : Mr. Moto Products Type : Aerosol Can, 6 oz. (178 ml) Retail Price : $8.56 Made In : U.S.A. Claims – “One step detailer. Quickly cleans and waxes.” For Use On – Glass, painted surfaces, chrome, aluminum, plastic and other surfaces. Claimed Features – One step detailer. Anti-static. Quickly cleans and waxes. Anti-fog …
Spiffy Spokes
Spiffy Spokes Keep Your Wheels Clean Very cool accessory sure to be a hit with Superbike owners. Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. has provided webBikeWorld with an exclusive look at its latest motorcycle accessory. It will be unveiled at U.S. Ducati motorcycle dealers starting today. “Spiffy Spokes are all the rage in Europe” said Festo “Primo” …
Ducati 1098
The Ducati 1098 Superbike! More: Graves Motorsports 1098 Exhaust | Ducati announces the 1098-based Desmosedici RR MotoGP replica! | March 15, 2007 – Ducati 1098 Voted Best Design of 2006 by the Motorcycle Design Association Ducati’s 916 was a tough act to follow. The 999 bravely broke away from being just a facelift, although while a better …
Ducati GT 1000 and SportClassic Fuel Line Problem
Ducati GT 1000 and SportClassic Fuel Line Problem On certain motorcycles, the fasteners from the fuel line to the fuel filler were not tightened properly. The fuel pump hose inside the fuel tank may separate from the fuel filter. This condition will stop the engine from running. UPDATE: March 7, 2007 – Ducati Sport Classic …
Motorcycle Helmet Sizes – Motorcycle Helmet Safety
Choosing Motorcycle Helmets: Link to an older Motorcycle Consumer News article comparing helmets, some of which are older models | See the wBW Safety Page for a lot more info on helmet and motorcycle safety | Motorcycle News article comparing flip-up helmets | Choosing a Motorcycle Helmet by Saferoads.com in Alberta, Canada | What You Should Know About Motorcycle Helmets – reprint of old Motorcyclist Magazine …
Bridgestone Announces Three New Motorcycle Tires
Bridgestone Announces Three New Motorcycle Tires February 17, 2007 (Indianapolis, Indiana) – Bridgestone introduced three new motorcycle tires today at the 2007 Powersports Dealer Expo. The Bridgestone Battlax BT-021 Sport-Touring Radial, the Bridgestone Battlax BT-002 RS Supersport Radial and the BattleWing BW-501 (Front) and BW-502 (Rear) Adventure Sport tires. (Photos by webBikeWorld.com; Text courtesy Bridgestone) …
Joe Rocket RKT 101 Helmet Review
Joe Rocket RKT 101 The Joe Rocket RKT 101 helmet has excellent quality helmet with solid features and attention to detail is surprisingly quiet in most situations. Slightly heavy and visor clarity issues don’t detract from our overall impression of this new helmet from Joe Rocket. Joe Rocket recently introduced a new line of motorcycle …
Best Motorcycle Products of 2006
Best Motorcycle Products of 2006 December 31, 2006 – Is it 2007 already? Wow! It’s become a webBikeWorld tradition — if you can call two years a tradition — to offer our humble awards to what we consider to be the best motorcycle clothing, helmets, products, accessories and gizmos of the year. And what, you might …
Motorcycle Bluetooth Intercoms
The wBW Motorcycle Bluetooth Intercom Page When webBikeWorld was first started in 2000, motorcycle intercom systems were clumsy wired beasts. Bluetooth intercom systems started to appear a few years later and the first systems were complicated to use and had very poor sound quality and range. But the industry has rapidly evolved and now there are many …
KTM 990 Super Duke
KTM 990 Super Duke R and 690 Supermoto November 15, 2006 – KTM has announced that the 2007 Super Duke R and 690 Supermoto will be released at the EICMA Trade Fair in Milan. KTM stated that the bikes are the “spearhead of sporty street fighters”, with improvements to the Super Duke 990 for 2007 …
Griot’s Garage Tire Pressure Gauge Review
Griot’s Garage Compact Tire Pressure Gauge After reading a review of a tire pressure gauge on webBikeWorld, it got me thinking about the gauge I owned and used. It was just a dial type gauge with a reset button on it and a short stem. Nice enough gauge, but not easily used on a motorcycle …
Ducati Sport Classics
Ducati Sport Classics For Sale! UPDATE: October 10, 2006 – Ducati releases two new Sportclassics, including the Sport S and the Sport 1000 Biposto with higher handlebars. More information as it becomes available! If ever there was a motorcycle manufacturer capable of turning dreams into reality, it’s Ducati At the end of 2003, Ducati previewed …
BMW K75S Windscreen Adjustment
BMW K75 Windscreen Fix I was very taken with the webBikeWorld article on adjusting the K75 windscreen. I also read the subsequent contributions regarding how to move the windshield on the BMW K75 model to improve its notorious wind-buffeting propensities. This inspired me to invent an equivalent system for my comparatively rare example of BMW’s sporting …
Ducati Multistrada 1100
September 12, 2006 – Ducati announced today the Multistrada 1100 and Multistrada 1100S motorcycles. The bikes feature a new 1078 cc engine, an increase from the 992 cc of the previous version. The new engine has 95 HP (claimed) at 7,750 RPM and 76 ft. lbs. of torque at 4,750 RPM. Both Multistradas also feature a …
Duke Wicking Shirt
Dri-Duke Moisture Transport Wicking Shirt Review Works under leathers or textile to wick away moisture. You’re looking at what must be the best kept secret in sports clothing. This shirt keeps the wearer cool with “moisture transport” technology. But try to find one! [UPDATE: See below for more information on availability.] We ordered this shirt …
BMW R1200R
BMW Announces the R 1200 R BMW Press Released Edited by webBikeWorld.com July 2006 – BMW has released information and technical specifications on the new R 1200 R, which continues a long tradition of the BMW motorcycle line. BMW claims that the R1200R is the first motorcycle in the world with “Automatic Stability Control“, or …
Ducati Limited Edition Paul Smart Print
July 12, 2006 – Ducati has announced the availability of a limited edition, fine art print of Paul Smart on a Ducati at Imola in 1972. Why Imola in 1972? This setting and date are engraved Ducati’s racing heritage. When Paul Smart and Bruno Spaggiari came first and second in the inaugural 200-mile race, the …
Autocom Active-PLUS Motorcycle Intercom Helmet Installation
Installing the Autocom Active-PLUS Background I got back from my trip to California not long ago and deployed the children to the neighbor’s house the following morning to collect our mail. As hoped, they came back bearing the New for 2006 Autocom “Active-PLUS” motorcycle intercom I had been waiting for. I dealt directly with …
Schott Leather Jacket Review
Schott Horsehide Café Racer Jacket Model 6141H Schott has a place in motorcycle heritage. It has been built upon years of greatly respected American-made products, the most storied of all being the Perfecto jacket. There have been many styles of Perfectos over the years, but one of the most popular jackets in their current line …
Autocom Active-PLUS Motorcycle Intercom – Motorcycle Installation
The Autocom Active-PLUS Editor’s Note: This is a two-part article on installing an Autocom Active-PLUS motorcycle intercom system. Part I: Motorcycle Helmet Installation Part II: Installing the Autocom Active-PLUS on a 2006 Yamaha Road Star Silverado (This page) After a few days of scooting around fine-tuning the headsets it was time to hook the unit to bike power. …
Garmin C330 GPS Review
Garmin i3 Speaker Hack The Garmin i3 is nearly identical to the Garmin i5 we reviewed not too long ago. The i3 uses the ingenious (and tiny) TransFlash memory card for map storage, rather than the i5’s 20MB internal hard disk. The i5 is not currently available in the UK. The i3 comes with a 256mb TransFlash …
AFX FX-11 Helmet Review
AFX FX-11 “Lightforce” Helmet The AFX FX-11 has two very unique features: a built-in, battery powered ventilating fan system and an LED light. The LED light is similar to the one included on the Shoei Syncrotec Police Motor Officer motorcycle helmet we reviewed recently. The fan and the light are powered by the same Switchblade power system …
2006 Motorcycle Accessories
Internet Exclusive: webBikeWorld Reporting Live From the 2006 Powersports Dealer Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana – February 18-20, 2006. Home | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | 2005 Dealer Expo For the third consecutive year, webBikeWorld is reporting live from the 2006 Powersports Dealer Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana. You’ll be the very first to see exclusive reports …
Triumph Motorcycles: From Speed Twin to Bonneville – wBW Book Review
Triumph Motorcycles: From Speed Twin to Bonneville by: Tim Remus Hardcover: 144 pages Dimensions (in inches): 10.1 x 10.3 x 0.7 Publisher: Wolfgang Publications, 2005 ISBN: 1929133219 Remus as the author of the excellent “Triumph Twins and Triples“. But as it turns out, Remus is also responsible for many different books on motorcycles, motorcycle history, …
TPro Forcefield vs. Bohn Monza Back Protectors
TPro Forcefield vs. Bohn Back Protectors The TPro Forcefield is the most comfortable and least obtrusive back protector we’ve tried so far. We’re still in shock, but for some reason the reviews of the Knox Ricochet and Knox Stowaway back protectors we posted recently are among the most popular articles on webBikeWorld, generating lots of …
BMW K 1200 S World Land Speed Record
BMW K1200S Sets New World Land Speed Record at Bonneville November 8, 2005) – A 2006 production model BMW K1200S has set a world land speed record. The record is in the 1000-1350cc stock, partially streamlined, naturally aspirated motorcycle class. This was attained at Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats. The motorcycle, piloted by 56-year-old Andy …
Radiantz Billet Turn Signals
Big Radiantz “Dogeye” LED Turn Signals The word “billet” has been used quite liberally in the world of motorcycling, mostly due to the rise in popularity of custom bikes and their builders. The word has several meanings in English, which probably has added to the confusion. For example, one definition for billet is the place …
Diesel Motorcycles
Hayes Diversified Technologies is the designer and manufacturer of the Kawasaki KLR650-based M1030M1 JP8/Diesel Military Motorcycle. Hayes has now announced that due to overwhelming response, they will produce a limited run of diesel motorcycles for sale. Founded 1961 by Marvin Hayes Sr., Hayes has been providing diesel motorcycles and gas-fueled motorcycles and ATV’s to the …
