Welcome on the Lazy Motorbike site.
Motorcycle riding is our passion. On this site, we offer tips and information about motorcycles and motorcycle riding.
Below, you find the newest additions. If you first want to know in more detail what you can expect on the site, you can read the page about the what and why of this site.
The menu on the left shows all there is to find.
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New on the Lazy Motorbike
Ride report of the Moto Guzzi V7
A ride report about the Moto Guzzi V7, both in the 2013-Stone version as in the slightly older Cafe-version (with that splendid green color that apparently only Guzzi is able to produce).
The V7 with the new engine is wonderfully agile, reacts alertly and directly, and is a joy to ride. Bonus is that unique feeling of the engine vibrating to the left and right if the clutch is disengaged.
The Cafe-version with the slightly older engine reacts slower, both on the gas as on steering. On the other hand, it gives even more of that "Guzzi feeling", both with respect to the sound and to the vibrations and the behaviour of the engine.
But for me: please give me the new V7!
Added: may 2013
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Where to sleep in Germany
You will find possibilities for accommodation in Germany in general on our page on Germany; on this page, we suggest specific places where to spend the night in Germany: places which we found especially agreeable.
On our page about places to sleep in Europe, you can find out what we like in hotels.
First, we show you some of the places we found especially worthwhile during our trips to Germany. You also find links to advertising hotels. Of each place, we give you a short description of the rooms, the restaurant, the surroundings, and a map.
Changed: , july 2013
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Ride report of the Honda NC700S/X
A ride report of the Honda NC700X en NC700S, in which we pay extra attention to those properties that are important for a beginning motorcycle rider, and for those who didn't ride for years and start riding again.
This Honda is a very pratical, pleasant, common-sense, no-nonsense bike, on which everyone will feel at home immediately.
Added: april 2013
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Tyre Pressure
Which pressure should your front and rear tyre have?
What happens if the pressure is too low or too high?
This page has some guidelines and explanations.
Added: october 2012
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Touring in Holland
The Netherlands are a small country, densely populated, with strictly regulated traffic.
Nonetheless, there are beautiful roads for motorcycle riders, both with respect to cornering and to getting a glimpse of what makes the Netherlands so special.
On this page, you find information about traffic rules and habits, about good roads for motorcycle riders, about finding places to stay, and other tips for your visit.
Updated: , may 2012
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Tips for Braking
In the Netherlands, beginning motorcycle riders are taught how to brake. In many countries, starting motorcycle riders have to find out how to brake well themselves.
But even when you did receive lessons in braking, it is advisable to keep practising, especially when you change bikes.
This page summarizes how to brake in different circumstances and on different motorcycle.
How do you brake in case of an emergency stop? Ans you achieve the shortest stopping distance? And which difference does the kind of motorcycle you ride make? And how and when do you use the front and the rear brake?
Updated: , october 2011
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Tips for Safety
Your motorcycle riding gear probably has been made to enhance your safety, you always ride with a helmet, and maybe your motorcycle has ABS. You would almost forget that those measures can only make a small difference in how safe you are, compared with the influence of your own riding behaviour.
Motorcycle riding means that you take full responsibility for your own safety, for instance by learning to anticipate on mistakes of other people on the road. Anticipating mistakes of other people and reacting with the right behaviour is totally different from only thinking that you were right and the other was wrong...
On ths page about safety with respect to motorcycle riding, we try to give some advice on how to enhance your own safety.
Updated: , october 2011
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Where to sleep in Europe
For a motorcycle rider, hotels are a very attractive form of accommodation: you can travel with less luggage than when you pitch your tent, and you can travel until late, because you don't have to pitch your tent in the dark.
There are other advantages as well: hotels, the ones that we like that is, give you the opportunity to feel part of the life in the village or town where you stay, for an evening and a night.
In this article, we describe how we (try to) choose a good place to sleep for motorcycle riders.
You will also find some ads of hotels that passed our selection criteria.
Updated: , may 2012
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Where to sleep in Spain
On our page on Spain, we have described the possibilities for accommodation in Spain in general; on this page, we suggest specific places where to spend the night in Spain.
First, we show you some of the places we found especially worthwhile during our trips to Spain. You also find links to advertising hotels.
Of each place, we give you a short description of the rooms, the restaurant, the surroundings, and a map. For each place where we did spend the night ourselves, you will also find a page where we give you a review.
Updated: , may 2012
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