I have been waiting for years for a Bluetooth headset that would allow hands-free bike-to-bike intercom, stereo music, and cell phone capabilities with the volume and fidelity to be useful when installed in a motorcycle helmet while riding.

Here, in a nutshell, is my problem with most GPS nav systems - they are about the destination, not the journey.

The world-famous biennial International GS Trophy returns in November, with three riders selected from each of several countries around the world. Riders will compete on new R 1200 GS bikes for victory in a vicious series of off-road competitions and challenges in exotic and faraway South Africa.

Sometimes technology for a Digital Rider ends up in unexpected places...

Whether it's sport touring, vintage, sport, dual sport or street riding, rally attendees will enjoy seminars, demonstrations, skills training, competitions, exhibits and the company of other like-minded individuals at the Rally.

The deadline to register for this year's Rawhyde Adventure Rider Challenge is coming up quickly! April 12th is the last day to register. Be part of the biggest "Adventure" in North America. It's a whole lot more than just a motorcycle event! It's also about amazing fun, great camaraderie, awesome riding, and passion for the outdoors.

Motorcycle fans gear up for five days of high-octane fun and adventure along Mexico's golden Pacific Coast. Mazatlan hosts the 15th Annual International Motorcycle Week, Wed., April 7 - Sun., April 11.

While the magazine celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, I'd like to take a moment on the 10th anniversary of the Digital Rider.

Vespa USA, one of the most recognized and respected names in the two-wheel industry, is partnering with New York-based photographer Clay Enos to get in the mix of conversation through the remote hills of Central America and visit specialty coffee farms.

Sneak peek images of new parts and hints about others in the pipeline kept excited motorcycle owners whispering about the new company. With a fresh approach in store, the AltRider website went live on March 1st.

And you thought that you had a lot of farkles and dashboard doodads? Just think about a modern police cruiser, festooned as it is with hi-tech radios, laptops, nav systems, and what I imagine to be a dozen switches just to control those fancy rave-worthy lightbars.

Dr. Ken Phillips explains how the SuperSkin works and why the SuperSkin is so revolutionary.

Royal Enfield, the world's oldest motorcycle brand, has announced a new series of events designed to allow consumers and enthusiasts nationwide to experience its new classically-inspired, yet thoroughly modern and reliable, Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle line.

While dSLRs offer outstanding picture quality, they're a bit lardy, and changing lenses on a dusty roadside may introduce specks of dust onto the imaging sensor. Ditto the newer, smaller, Interchangeable Lens Cameras - ILCs - that replace the bulk of an optical viewfinder and its associated parts for a Point and Shoot style display screen.

Let's face it - motorcycles are harder to see than cars. Headlights help, of course, but bikes with single lights don't provide the distance and size cues that widely-spaced lights on cars and certain motorcycles offer.

Thanks to its proximity to many motorcycle manufacturers' US headquarters, the International Motorcycle Show (IMS) in Long Beach, California is known for new model introductions. And despite the tough economy, several manufacturers unveiled exciting new motorcycles and products, plus some custom bikes to be auctioned for charity.

Globeriders, a leading motorcycle adventure tour company, sends Helge Pedersen, Globeriders founder and author of Ten Years On Two Wheels, on a route-scouting trip in preparation for the second and third leg of Globeriders' upcoming 2010-2011 Alaska-to-Tierra del Fuego Tour.

Netbooks are all the rage these days. Cheap and cheerful, they are the Yamaha YSRs of the laptop world and make great road tools for someone that needs to get online at the hotel or empty the camera's memory card before the next day's riding.

In comemeration of Sidi's 50th anniversary Motonation is pleased to announce a one time, built to order production run of Sidi's famous Vortice road racing boot in a special 50th anniversary vernice color scheme.

Tired of pointing at your tank to tell your riding buddies that you need gas? Maybe it's time to try an intercom system.

During this year's 69th Annual Daytona Bike Week, hundreds of female motorcycle enthusiasts and Harley-Davidson Motor Company are banding together to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and their efforts to find a cure for neuromuscular disease.

If you haven't heard of it yet, you may be a squirrel or bear hibernating for the winter - seek professional help when you wake up in the Spring. I'm talking about the Apple iPad of course, and like any new Apple product it has the fanboys and haters drawing battle lines.

We live in an age of digital convergence, where ever-shrinking "devices" are performing more and more tasks. Of particular interest to Digital Riders is the merging of the video and still cameras.

Of all the widgets and gadgets that I bought last year - and trust me, I bought a lot of them - the one that I may be most excited about is this little 6" extension cord.

Riding Into History, one of America's premier motorcycle events, will return to the World Golf Village near St. Augustine, Florida on Saturday, May 15, 2010.

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