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Helmet vs. No helmet: some figures
By Ben Cope on 20/07/2012 08:35:14
If you don't like pie-charts, look away now
The stats above were gathered in the state of Michigan, USA, where helmet laws have recently been relaxed . The study was carried out over a three-month period. In the first month, 80 percent of riders involved in crashes were wearing a helmet
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Michigan bikers: no more burning helmets
By Visordown News on 08/06/2012 12:22:26
It's all about freedom, baby
BIKERS in Michigan no longer need to burn helmets to protest against the mandatory helmet law: it has been repealed.The law, originally passed in 1970, required all motorcycle riders to wear a helmet but it has been fought annually by American
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Motorcycle helmet use declines in the USA
By Visordown News on 20/04/2011 07:57:57
...but fatalities show a small drop too
STATISTICS released from the Governers Highway Safety Association in America show that use of motorcycle helmets dropped 13% in 2010 compared to 2009.Helmet use in the USA stood at 54% in 2010, compared to 67% in 2009.The GHSA data also revealed
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Fred Hill - Man of Unshakable Principle
By Visordown on 18/06/2010 09:26:59
When the compulsory helmet law came through in 1973 this man opposed it
then leave them alone to enjoy motorcycles without trying to protect them from themselves.It’s worth noting that there was no reduction in fatalities following the introduction of the helmet law in this country. In the USA a federal helmet law was passed
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The Three Dukes of the Gumball 3000
By Stevan Keane, Mark Sloper, Karta Healey on 28/07/2002 13:48:22
Every year, the maddest drivers with the fastest cars race across foreign contintents at highly illegal speeds. It's the Gumball 3000 Rally. This time, three blokes on Ducati 998s joined them for the 3,500 mile trip
), and Stevan also in TV and owner of a two-year-old motorcycle licence. In our matching jackets and helmets we look like the Three Amigos on Ducatis. As Mark puts it, "We'll be three red blobs on the far horizon. The cars won't touch us. No way
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Best Biking Summer Holiday... America
By John Cantlie on 21/10/2010 11:40:15
Best-ever biking summer holiday across America so you can get some ideas for your own. You don’t have to spend thousands of pounds or be away from work for long
across the United States, and the brick wall was a hallucination.Riding in the USA on a Goldwing is the best summer holiday I’ve ever had on a motorcycle. I covered an insane amout of miles in five weeks, nearly 15,000 in total, and loved every single
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The 50 Best Things In Motorcycling
By Two Team on 24/10/2007 18:35:38
In celebration of TWO's 50th issue-versary we've compiled, arbitrarily and without consultation, this definitive list of the 50 best things in biking, ever
of the subject we love; so do they. The only real difference is that indulging a passion for motorcycles may just earn you a one-way trip to meet the reaper, which, short of tripping on his thermos and plunging headlong underneath the 11.23 to Crewe
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