Personal Location beacon saves Motocrossers life
If you often ride alone a Personal Locator Beacon, Spot Tracker Inreach or other device should really be an essential item. Just last week a motocrosser on his own in...
Tag: Riding Safety and Techniques
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Can I light a fire? – Summer camping and camp...
It’s summer bike camping season and as part of that many of us like to light a camp fire to cook over and/or enjoy a few end of day beers...
NZ councils say NZ to become more of an adventure...
We all know road quality in NZ has gone downhill in the last 10 years, increased traffic, funding shortfalls, and heavier than average rain events have taken their toll. Now...
HJC C70 Helmet Visor Base Plate
While at the 2024 BMW GS Rally my helmet fell of my bike seat and landed open visor first on the ground, which resulted in the visor base plate mechanism...
Loop Earplugs
Has anyone ever used anything like these? I have seen some advertised that claim they block up to 27decibels which seems pretty good, though I guess it depends on what...
Setting of Speed Limits 2024 consultation
Today, 11th July, is the last day the draft Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits Rule 2024 is open for consultation. So if you want to have your say,...
Stock crossing crash risked biker’s life
From FarmersWeekly.co.nz Take care out there folks, some people will try to kill you with incompetence. A motorcyclist is lucky to be alive after getting caught in a bungy rope...
Body armour isn’t all its
ForNine suggesting garment manufactures could be doing a lot better for the safety of their customers but don’t. Transfer of 50J hit on a pad: CE1 18kN CE2 9kN Femur...
The internet thinks you’re on the wrong adventure bike…
Llewellyn Sullivan-Pavey founded Brake Magazine, has finished a Dakar rally, and teaches off road skills in the UK, so is better qualified than most to discuss the finer points of...
Motorcycle deaths up 50% so far in 2024
Take care out there folks, in separate incidents 2 motorcyclists died on New Zealand roads on Sunday of this last weekend. According to Ministry of Transport data, 18 motorcyclists have...
