There’s no shortage of adventuresome motorcyclists, but just how far each is willing to go varies widely. Motorcycle-Usa rounded up three of the more free-spirited street bikes and took them on a three-day tour that covered hundreds of paved miles, and an almost equal amount of dirt. Three riders carried everything we needed in the saddlebags and switched between bikes as we tracked fuel economy, performance, comfort and character along the way. Full writeup and test here.
More from the new Triumph Tiger leaking campaign shows the accessories you can get with your Tiger 800 model. The more off-road oriented Tiger 800 XC model will be slightly different with a longer mudguard and possibly different tires. Both models will get different accessories, although they can all be fitted to the two depending on how adventurous you want to be with the Tiger.
Triumph is offering an Arrow titanium silencer as part of its official options, which also include various luggage kits, crash protection and comfort upgrades. You can check out some of the standard details in these pics, but the official unveiling of the Triumph Tiger will take place on October 5th at the Intermot show in Cologne..
Source: MCN
A press release 10/21/10 is stating that the Pope just received a gift of two Ducati Multistrada motorcycles. Nobody knew ol’ Bendict XVI could ride! Can you picture the Pope ripping off a wicked wheelie across the courtyard of Vatican City? Now that’d be cool. Full Story here.
The annual RTW Day moves to the ‘third Monday in June.’ The next Ride to Work Day is MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2009. It is the 18th annual Ride to Work Day. Reasons for an earlier annual Ride to Work Day include:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_wmsaXJKp0
Well, I ride to work mostly every day year round anyway, but hats off to them.
Two months and counting. The road planning part of the trip is complete. Going Hwy 220 up through NC into Roanoke, VA. Then I81 up through VA, PA, I84 through NY, I95 through MA, RI, Hwy 1 through MA and New Brunsvick into Nova Scotia. About 1500 miles one way.
It will take about 3 1/2 days or so to get up there.
We think we’ve got everything we need for the trip. 99% of the time you take more with you than you need, so no worries.
The bikes are as ready as they can be. What do you expect? They are both Honda bikes. Top reliability all around.
Hopefully the weather will hold up for the entire trip, but knowing how itcan change very quickly close to the atlantic, specially fog, I suspect we will have some rain / fog, at least on the eastern coast of Nova Scotia.