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Video: How the BMW Intelligent Emergency Call works on motorcycles
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Here’s a video from BMW explaining in detail the Intelligent Emergency Call system that we reported on a little while ago. BMW originally designed for cars but have now introduced for motorcycles too. In simple terms, if you crash, it auto-calls for help, or you can manually activate the emergency call. Here’s the video from BMW:…
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Video: Long term test: Mikko, the Africa Twin and fitting the Adventure Kit, part 1
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The CRF1000L Africa Twin has made a comeback this year, and done it with a bang: sales are looking good and reviews of the bike aren’t bad either. We’ve got one of the big adventure bikes in our long term test fleet, and will be posting regular videos to show what we’re doing with the on-road/off-road…
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Make your own bike helmet stand in 5 minutes!
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Tony from morebikes.co.uk shows you how to make your own bike helmet stand in five minutes. The stand will be a great help when you want to work on your helmet or just store it securely. All you need to make a stand is a bit of foam, a knife and a spare five minutes…
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New Prism Tube helmet camera from Sena
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Sena Technologies has announced the release of the new Prism Tube (RRP $119/129 € – there’s no official sterling price yet, but it looks like it will be around £100). Sena says that placing this light-weight action camera on your motorcycle helmet allows you to capture the audio and video of your adventures with ease. The…
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Review: Squidgy custom earplugs from Ultimate Ear
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Reviewed by: Mikko Nieminen // RRP: £65+p&p // Sizes: Custom fitted // Colours: Red, yellow, green, blue, blue/red, clear I had been meaning to get custom earplugs made for years, but never quite got round to it. Something always got in the way. Then last year at Motorcycle Live in the NEC I bumped into…
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SCOOP: Audi’s light-up leathers SECRET plans to keep YOU safe (and looking… well…)
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SCOOP: Audi’s light-up leathers SECRET plans to keep YOU safe (and looking… well…) We’ve been sent this amazing patent application from Audi which has a set of leathers incorporating the same warning lights as on your bike – including flashing indicators on the arms and legs and huge brake lights on the back.…
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VIDEO: How to fit SHARKtooth headset to a helmet
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Mark Eillidge from Shark popped round and showed us how easy it is to fit the SHARKtooth comms system to a compatible helmet. The process is very straightforward and only takes a few minutes from start to finish. Fitting a helmet comms system can’t get much easier than this. The SHARKtooth Bluetooth kit allows bike…
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Review: R&G Elevation paddock stand
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Reviewed by: Mikko Nieminen // RRP: Paddock stands £74.99 each / M8 cotton reels £19.90 a pair // Info: www.rg-racing.com I love riding bikes, all year, in pretty much any weather conditions. Unfortunately that means a lot of cleaning and tinkering with them, which I’m not so keen on. So, I try to make it…
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Garmin announces new zūmo sat navs
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Garmin has announced the new zūmo 345LM, 395LM and zūmo 595LM motorcycle sat navs. According to Garmin, the rugged, weatherproof zūmo 345/395/595LM present innovative features specifically designed for motorcyclists with the introduction of rider alerts, helpful smart features, new streaming music options and much more. “What’s exciting about the new zūmo models is that they…
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New Rider 410 sat nav from TomTom
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TomTom has just launched the new Rider 410 satnav for motorcycles. The launch coincides with the 10th anniversary of the very first TomTom Rider and to celebrate, the new Rider 410 Great Rides Edition comes with Lifetime World Maps and 100 of what TomTom calls Europe’s most thrilling routes preinstalled – pre-tested by Tourenfahrer, one…
