'the Doctor' Becomes 'the Donkey' At Misano!

'the Doctor' Becomes 'the Donkey' At Misano!

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Valentino Rossi revealed his new crash helmet over the weekend at his home circuit Misano. This latest crash helmet depicts the donkey from the film Shriek on the front with the wording changed from 'The Doctor' to 'The Donkey' across the back. The new helmet was made after Valentino's crash at the previous race meeting when he reputedly called himself a donkey!

Irrespective of the new helmet, Rossi made another blistering performance to win at the weekend keeping at the top of the championship leader board. Whilst bespoke crash helmets may not be within everyone's budget Yamaha have launched a new range of ultra-safe accessories including reflective aprons which have been designed to fit the most popular Yamaha models.

The new aprons have been developed and tested using Yamaha's custom 'Stability System'. The new features include seat cover, water resistant pockets and easy key entry along with a fleeced lining to give riders insulation during the winter months. Scooter riders are also able to fit newly designed aprons to their X-Max 125/250 as well as Neo's 50 four stroke models.

With the number of people switching from four wheels to two in order to cut back on their motoring costs will welcome the possibility of keeping warmer and drier, particularly those using motorcycles to commute.

To further increase safety for motorbike riders, the road safety minister Paul Clark published new ratings for motorcycle helmets at the end of August this year. A further twenty five helmets have been rated by the Department for Transports Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating programme, which means the total number of ratings published, has risen to 150.

Safety aspects are also recognised by insurance companies, however, their focus is mainly for the bike's security rather than the riders. Although modern motorcycle models all have security systems, by adding approved Thatcham security measures riders are offered discounts by insurers. With a bike being stolen at a rate of one every thirteen seconds in the UK, insurance companies are urging riders to have as many deterrents as they can in order to reduce the number of thefts.

The most effective security measures are considered to be those which openly show passing opportunist thieves they will not be able to simply walk away with a parked bike. One of the biggest problems appears to be with riders of scooters and lower cc bikes, many of which do not have any further security added to them. The simplicity of either pushing a bike away or more commonly picking bikes up and putting them in the back of vans by thieves are easy pickings when scooters or bikes which have no anti theft deterrents.

There are a whole range of security measures riders can take to reduce their motorcycle adding to the list of stolen machines. Enhanced alarm systems can be beneficial if motorcycles are parked in public places, however will be of little affect is the bike is parked in a remote area with few passersby to take any notice of any disturbance from alarms going off. The problem appears to stem partly because the most affordable or free parking places are typically in remote areas which do not have many members of the public to listen to watch for potential thefts.

Identification marking is also being encouraged in order to help return those bikes which are recovered being returned to the rightful owner. Heavy duty chains and trackers are also being recommended by motorcycle insurance companies to reduce the number of thefts and insurance claims made.

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