WRN is resurrecting some motorcycle video test rides. Heres one we did on the 2008 V Star 1300, which is a step up in power over the 1100. The 1300 features an all new engine and styling call it the next generation V Star. The motorcycle is extremely smooth and predictable, and considering it weighs about 625 pounds, it moves along like its a much lighter machine.
MOTORCYCLE REVIEW: Video Test Ride: V Star 1300
The love of motorcycling can come on at any age through the encouragement of a friend or even through a change in life that says its time to try something new. These readers took to riding at different phases of their lives, but with similar intensity.
READERS RIDES: Love of Motorcycling Sets in at Any Age
David Uhl is releasing a commemorative Daytona Bike Week piece for 2008. The piece named “Babe” is the fourth in his Daytona series. The limited edition, hand-signed canvas prints are available for purchase through the end of the rally, March 9, 2008.
David Uhl Daytona 2008 Release
The famed “round the world” 1981 R80 G/S ridden to the ends of the earth by Dr. Gregory Frazier is on permanent display at BOBs BMW Motorcycle Museum in Jessup, Maryland. Featured in numerous motorcycle magazines and travel books along with stories of Dr. Fraziers adventures around the globe, the scared and road worn R80 G/S is resting in the museum next to a pristine, straight-from-the-crate R80 G/S in a “before and after” setting.
Around-The-World Bike On Display
Last year I dedicated a column to my relationships with the best friends with whom I have been fortunate enough to share the best years of my life. I was on the plane en route to Katmandu to attempt to climb Mount Everest and was feeling particularly grateful for the people who have been with me through thick and thin and the challenges that life inevitably presents us with.
Backroads With Betsy: Backroads With Best Friends
Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. is launching the “My Ninja 250R Story” video contest. KMC is looking for stories about how the Ninja 250 / EX250 impacted the rider’s life, what the bike means or meant to them, or simply how it’s a fun little bike to get from point A-to-B.
Ninja 250R Video Tribute Contest
Since I started Women Riders Now two years ago Ive been on a treadmill and the treadmills been running between fifth and sixth speed. For those who regularly use a treadmill you know thats between a jog and a run. Fellow entrepreneurs can relate, Im sure. Running your own business is fulfilling, fantastic, and fanatical. You work more than you play, fortunately motorcycling is a “fun” business so it easily merges with the “play” part of life.
This 2008 Powersports Dealer Expo in Indianapolis was larger than life, bursting at the seams of the downtown convention center. Much to our excitement, this years Expo catered to female riders more than ever before, giving women the power of choice, self-expression, independence, and protection. We spoke with a few well-known brands to get the inside scoop on what theyre doing for todays women on two wheels.
Hot New Gear: Bringing Power to Women Riders
Last year’s introduction of Female Ride Day in Canada was such a success that this year it has gone international. Female Ride Day is a synchronized day, worldwide, where women motorcycle riders demonstrate their enjoyment of motorcycle riding.
May 2nd Will Be Female Ride Day
Triumph is paying tribute to Steve McQueen with the re-creation of a T-shirt he wore during his racing days on a Triumph motorcycle.
Triumph Re-Creates Steve McQueen T-Shirt