Motorcycle Safety Foundation

When I was a little girl my mom never let me ride on a motorcycle. When I was an exchange student in Germany, everything changed. During my first three months there I had already tried new food, met new people, and started to learn a new language. I was feeling invincible from all these new experiences. I wanted to try everything possible during that year, because I wanted to keep this phenomenal feeling up. One day my host father, Burkhard, invited me to go on a tour that was a tradition for…

With the production of a complicated machine, such as a motorcycle, the manufacturing and distribution process can quickly diminish revenue. Harley Davidson has adopted a system in which, the motorcycle parts, are built at various locations and eventually become assembled in only two manufacturing plants within the United States. After the motorcycles are built, they are shipped to independently owned and operated Harley Davidson stores nationwide. This provides many benefits to Harley Davidson…

“Bicycle, bicycle, bicycle. I want to ride my bicycle, bicycle, bicycle. I want to ride my bicycle. I want to ride my bike.” High pitched in all its glory—at the top of our lungs—it was “Bicycle Race” by Queen, or The Bicycle Song in the terms of an unknowing five-year-old. It started my morning for three years. Katherina would rock out to and sing this memorable song, even through its fiftieth time, with a joy that few siblings can muster. Sometimes loud, sometimes in a fit of giggles, but…

Why – Are you one of those people who look around the pits and does what everyone does? Do you set your car up just like the guy next to you? Do you have the same springs in the car as the leader? Do you run the same stagger as everyone else? If this is you, I pose this questions “Why follow everyone else?” Doesn’t a racer want to win? So why not lead, instead of follow? Why not as ask why? In today’s racing world of crate motors, store bought cars, spec tires, etc, why not strive to be more?…

SKI-DOO SNOWMOBILES: CHANGING THE WAYS OF WINTER FUN There is no greater feeling than flying over the snow going 80 miles per hour on a snowmobile. The snowmobile industry has provided many communities with millions of dollars for businesses such as dealerships, hotels, restaurants, and manufacturers. The average snowmobiler takes 3-4 times every winter for some fun. The snowmobile has changed in design since the first attempts to add a motor to a sled. The snowmobile has become lighter and…

Motorcycles are becoming more prevalent in Arizona, in fact 199,721 motorcycles were registered in 2015, in addition to the increase of riders, there are higher possibilities of motorcycle related accidents(“Statistics 27”). Motorcyclists have an increased chance of injury in an accident opposed to the amount of safety other motorists have, therefore lawmakers should allow motorcyclists to protect their own well-being by giving the ability to lane split opposed to blindly trusting other…

bike competitions. And so, with the aim of improved customer satisfaction, they have established a “Dirt Bikes USA Owners’ Group,” to facilitate the sharing of experiences among clienteles. Furthermore, Dirt Bikes USA’s products are spread across motorcycle magazines and a number of advertisements. So, dirt bike fanatics are able to stay current with the most cutting-edge and newest merchandise available at the company. Moreover, Dirt Bikes USA delivers value to its customers by manufacturing…

business area, the Motorcycles and Related Products, making it a low-diversification strategy. From its emphasis on quality and customer experience, it appears to be using a focused differentiation strategy, targeting a narrow market of high-end customers who are willing to pay a premium price for its products (Hitt, Ireland, & Hoshisson, 2015). By targeting exclusively on the heavyweight motorcycle segment and concentrating on mini niches such as customized, touring, and standard motorcycles in…

The story of bicycling in the United States begins in the years just after the Civil War. In the mid-1860s, French mechanics working in blacksmith and carriage shops helped develop machines known as “velocipedes” (from the Latin words velox pedis, or “swift of foot”). Early champions hailed the new technology largely for its utility. Calling it the new “poor man’s horse,” such early “velocipedestrians” promised an end to transportation dependency. The new machines gave individuals a safe,…

experience and skill and some additional considerations of the physics of deflection of relative wind, lift and board aerodynamics in various positions during transitional flight. Now then how much performance is needed? Well we know from high-speed motorcycle racing that no matter how much power you give a human being, they always want more power! We do however have weight limitations, which are not of grave concern for the hover technologies in the ground cushion, but get very serious as one…