Do you often ride at night? Do you sometimes feel that you automatically ride a little slower at night compared to the daytime? This is because our ability to ride a motorcycle comes from our ability to see. We can ride as well as we see, and at night, our ability to see becomes hindered because of the absence of natural light. This is why if you ride often at night, you might end up thinking about auxiliary lights for your motorcycle. Quite simply, auxiliary lights help your headlight by increasing the total illumination your motorcycle generates, which in turn...

There is a common myth that motorcycles are not a good enough mode of transport when it comes to hauling luggage. Quite simply, that’s not the case. A motorcycle will never be as capable as a car when it comes to hauling luggage, but if done right, it can be done. All it requires is some foresight, planning, and knowing what you are going to or not going to need on a trip. The first thing you want to do when deciding to haul your road trip luggage on a motorcycle is decide, is this a temporary arrangement or a...

When you learn to ride a motorcycle, your teacher will always tell - your vision is the most important thing on a motorcycle. Quite simply, look where you want to go and the motorcycle will follow. To simplify that even further, if you are looking at a 1 foot wide pole on a 20 foot wide road, chances are you will go crash into that pole or end up missing it narrowly. This is the basic definition of target fixation and it’s one of the basic mistakes that are made by a lot of new riders. The term target fixation...

Motorcycle riding boots are one of the most crucial pieces of riding gear and TCX is one manufacturer that makes high quality riding boots that can be used across different disciplines of motorcycling. Today, let us take a look at how this Italian company came to making these world-renowned boots. Surprisingly, TCX isn’t a very old company which is based out of Montebelluna, Italy. It set up shop in 1999, which means it’s not even a quarter-of-a-century old yet. In fact, TCX started off under the name Oxtar Boots and this continued to be its name until 2007. It was...

In the 50s, and the 60s, popular manufacturers were concentrated either in the USA or Europe. These bike makers had mostly made their name in the war-effort, but the biggest revolution in the world of motorcycles was about to arrive and it spoke Japanese. Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha had all begun operating in the 1950s, but it only in the mid 60s and early 70s that they started flexing their dominance. Post their utilitarian era, motorcycles were now shifting towards becoming a lifestyle offering and the Japanese manufacturers were able to capitalise on this. Their modern designs were a revelation...