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This website offers a preview of Friction Zone—an award-winning, monthly, motorcycle magazine for riders of all types of street bikes.
Friction Zone is the only motorcycle magazine—print or internet-based—that includes official motorcycle accident reports. These reports make excellent tools for improving your accident-avoidance skills. From bike and product reviews to local trip ideas to technical articles, Friction Zone has something for everyone.
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CHP Connection My Twin Impersonated Me
George Becker from Ramona asks:
My twin brother has quite a few speeding tickets on his record…
Cover Story 10 Best Roads in 10 Years
Over the last ten years, we have ridden a lot of miles and rolled through countless corners in our search for the best roads to write about each month…
Crash Science Designing the 'Perfect' Helmet, Part 1
For the past 50 years, there has been considerable research done in the area of impact biomechanics, especially as it relates to protecting the fragile human head…
Discover Arizona Prescott
Although Arizona is the Grand Canyon State, there is a lot more going on in this southwestern land besides that big ole red ditch…
Discover California Salinas
Thanks to each July's two-wheeled hootenanny out at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, we here at the magazine have cause to visit Salinas on an annual basis…
From the Editor Thank You!
Motorcycle riding has been my passion since the age of seventeen…
In$urance Matter$ Insurance Field Guide, Part 1—What Covers Me?
by Dyan Allen
The excitement of owning a motorcycle is paramount to the mundane details of insuring one…
The Law Zone 10 Things You Can Do to Increase Your Recovery
If you are unfortunate enough to suffer injuries and property damage as a result of somebody else's negligence, the only thing the civil justice system permits by way of recovery is monetary compensation…
Lost In America Best Riding Buddies
A couple of days ago, my very best riding buddy underwent open heart surgery to have a valve replaced…
On the Scene—California Unsafe Lane Change when Lanesplitting
On a warm summer day, at the beginning of the afternoon commute, a rider was riding his late-model Honda VFR800 home on a major freeway…
Product Review
Endless Horizon and Achievable Dream
by Kate Edwards
From 2000 to 2006, readers of the popular British magazine Bike would await the arrival of each month's issue with a tad more eagerness than in years passed…
Tech Tips Chain and Sprocket Service, Part 1
Thanks to their relatively low cost, light weight, strength, and simplicity, drive chains have been used on motorcycles for a long time…
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