Emergency Braking and Motorcycles

Emergency Braking and Motorcycles

One of the ways we can avoid motorcycle accidents is by understanding our braking system, and how we apply the brakes could significantly affect how quickly we stop. There is a lot of power in the front brake.  Motorcycles have a minimum of 70% braking power on the...
The Process After the Motorcycle Traffic Accident

The Process After the Motorcycle Traffic Accident

While on duty as a Los Angeles Motor Officer I became a motorcycle accident victim. Even with the experience gained investigating thousands of traffic accidents involving cars and motorcycles… I still found the experience to be painful and frustrating. I did not...
Octane

Octane

I’ve been involved in automotive-related jobs for my whole working career, which has included a stint as an auto insurance accident investigator specializing in property damage. In 2005, my career path took me into the fueling industry, where he currently...
Antelope Valley Motorcycle Off-Roading

Antelope Valley Motorcycle Off-Roading

Once you travel west, east, or north of Lancaster and Palmdale, you will find lots of dirt roads and trails that you can spend all day and all night discovering. As you travel into the Antelope Valley on the 14 Freeway, it looks like it’s just a big town full of...
Canadian in SoCal

Canadian in SoCal

Oh, you don’t know who Becky Goebel is? How about ‘Actually it Axel’? Haven’t heard of Dreamroll? LoserPalooza? (I’m sure you have) Well, I’m here to tell you about an all-around badass, who happens to be my best friend! Becky’s a writer, rider, event...
No, The other Born Free.

No, The other Born Free.

Born Free Cycles, you know the name, and I’m telling you, it’s a gem of a shop. You’ll find it tucked away just beside a bridge and behind a tire shop in my little hometown of Burbank, CA. Burbank is a town known for its love of car and motorcycle culture, which...