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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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Cover Story 2010 Can-Am Spyder RT-S
About two years ago, Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) introduced its first three-wheeled Spyder, a road machine loosely based on the company's technology and experience as the world's first and largest snowmobile manufacturer…
Crash Science The Unsuspecting Right-Turning Motorcyclist
As a motorcyclist who lives (and works) in a congested, big-city, urban core, I am faced with a variety of hazardous situations on a daily basis…
Discover California Elk
As a general rule, bed and breakfast establishments tend to give this traveler the heebie-jeebies…
Discover Utah Moab
If you spend any time at all riding the roads around Moab, Utah, strong feelings of deja vu could come over you at one time or another…
Dualsport
Kawasaki KLX250S
Dualsport riding is a very physical activity that requires a lot of rider interaction. For this reason, bikes that are small and light are highly desirable. Since falling down is often a part of dualsporting, a rider doesn't get as tired picking up a smaller bike. One choice for a small, lightweight bike that is made more for the dirt but can still run at a decent clip on pavement is the Kawasaki KLX250S…
From the Editor Ice, Ice, Baby
It was the coldest riding weather I had experienced in quite some time…
In$urance Matter$ Fishing In the Wishing Well
by Dyan Allen
With Christmas and the new year just around the corner, some of us have put together a wish list of things we'd like to think we could have after being good boys and girls all year…
Lost In America Looking Out for Our Own
This month's column is a personal plea from me to you, as a motorcyclist, but it begins with a story from nearly 20 years ago…
On the Scene—Washington Don't Become A Motorcycle Sandwich
A 59-year-old male rider was traveling northbound on a four-lane highway that is divided by a two-way center turn lane…
Photo OP
Send In Your Photos
by Amy Holland
What kinds of odd and unusual or just plain quirky things have you come across while riding?…
Street Sense Can You Hear Me Now? Part 2
by David L. Hough
In Part 1 (Street Sense, October 2009), we explained why wind noise is louder than most motorcyclists realize—loud enough to damage hearing even at typical highway speeds…
Tech Tips Fuel Injection Modifications
Since their introduction, electronic fuel injection (EFI) systems have done a great job of improving power and decreasing emissions of modern motorcycles…
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