Call it the anti biker babe / tool girl calendar. Its a calendar featuring female mechanics of all kind in their element doing what they do best, building and fixing motors. Photographer and mechanic Sarah Lyon came up with the idea two years ago to tour the country and photograph female mechanics. The idea was so successful, Sarah is now on her third wall calendar.
Gift Idea: Female Mechanics Calendar
The importance of checking tire pressure on a motorcycle can never be reiterated enough. Heres a new product that makes that easy, literally automating the chore. Doran Manufacturing is introducing a tire pressure monitoring system for motorcycles.
Automatic Tire Pressure Checker
This is one of those products where you say “why didnt I think of that?” Well, Chris Robson and his team at the Robson Company solved a problem when one of their women rider staffers was having trouble reaching her motorcycles turn signal buttons. Her hands are too small to reach the turn signal on her Harley-Davidson without having to move her hand off the throttle or clutch which is not a good thing when youre riding. So the Thumbnail Extension was born.
PRODUCT REVIEW: Thumbnail Extension for Small Hands
If you ride a Harley-Davidson touring or Softail model that has a front brake pedal with a rubber pad, you may have experienced your foot slipping on the rubber when the rubber gets wet, muddy or greasy, or when it wears over time. Well, the folks at The Robson Company, have come up with another great idea to solve the problem of your foot slipping off the brake pedal.
We can finally keep up with the cops! Not with speed, but with safety and visibility. Motolight has been providing auxiliary riding lights to law enforcement agencies for years and has been expanding its line of halogen riding lights to adapt to almost any make and model.
Riding Lights As Bright as What Police Have
Finally, a camera mount that not only looks like it belongs on your bike, but offers the flexibility to capture just about any angle.
Catch Photos and Video On the Fly
Weve pulled together a couple items in this article that are quite different from each other. Youll want to take a close look though, because combined they keep you stylish as well as stimulated from the neck up.
The search for a perfect-fitting motorcycle often feels like a Goldilocks-type hunt as a rider seeks a bike that feels “just right.” Seat height often emerges as a point of consideration and contention. Sitting flat foot on a motorcycle gives a rider many advantages, not the least being sure-footed confidence when coming to a stop, especially on hills, gravel roads or other unsettling situations.
Options for Lowering a Motorcycles Seat Height
You havent seen accessories like this before! Take a look at these custom floorboards, mirrors leather toolbag/forkbag that will have you to standing out in a crowd.
Sometimes it is difficult to participate in a technical conversation with others who seem more versed in motorcycle terminology. For those of you who may, on occasion, feel this way, this article was written for you. You will find what I refer to as the basics in motorcycle terminology. Can you guess what part of the motorcycle is at right?
Motorcycle Smarts: Basic Terminology