Super sport motorcycles have a certain appeal.  They come in candy colors, look sleek and futuristic in design and seem like a lot of fun to ride.  They are also extremely lightweight with powerful engines and many are built on racing platforms.   Because of this, they have become very popular with the under thirty crowd.
Unfortunately, [...]

A motorcyclist was taken to a local trauma center shortly after an injury inducing accident where his toes were severed.  The accident occurred Thursday at around 11:50 a.m. near a Gaslamp Quarter intersection.  The motorcyclist had been traveling westbound  when he ran a red light at Sixth Avenue and Broadway.  He smashed into a Toyota [...]

A supersport motorcycle is one that has been built on a racing platform, but modified for the highway and sold to the general public. Supersports motorcycles are especially popular with riders under the age of 30. They typically have more horsepower per pound than other types of vehicles on the road. Their low profile makes [...]

A La Palma motorcycle crash briefly shut down the eastbound carpool lane of the  91 freeway this Friday morning.  Authorities rushed to the scene after a  call came in at  approximately 9:30 a.m. indicating that a vehicle had “gone airborne” and crashed on the 91 Freeway. A later report revealed that the auto in question [...]

According to the latest statistics available from the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration (NHSTA), motorcycle accidents account for roughly 14% of total motor vehicle fatalities.  Data also indicates a steady increase of motorcycle related crashes over a ten year span,  rising 110 percent from 1998 to 2007.
There are many people postulating on the reason for [...]

An unidentified motorcyclist was killed after a single vehicle accident in South Bay this morning.  The victim had been traveling down the northbound 110 Freeway connector towards the westbound 105 when the incident occurred. According to the California Highway Patrol,  the man lost control and hit a wall before careening down a 30 foot embankment [...]

A motorcycle rider was killed following a crash on the northbound I-405 and 22 freeways early this morning.   The motorcyclist, who was driving a 2006 Harley-Davidson, was said to be splitting lanes, or lane sharing, when the accident occurred.  Accident victim Jason R. Doerr, a man in his early thirties, was said to be an [...]

A motorcyclist crashed into a parked car and was killed following a pursuit by police in the Manchester Square area of South LA. The motorcycle rider reached up to 100 mph as police gave chase near the intersection of West Imperial Highway and South Prairie Avenue early this morning.  The chase began because the motorcyclist [...]

A fatal motorcycle crash in Long beach involved a Downey Man who was traveling at a “high rate of speed” prior to crashing his motorcycle  last Friday.
The 25-year-old biker was traveling north on Studebaker Road at around 3 a.m. Friday morning when he struck a concrete guardrail near Lynes Drive.  The man died [...]

More and more people are buying motorcycles with an eye towards reduced costs and fuel efficiency.  During this rapid upswing in bike purchases however, few are considering the staggering accident statistics that seem to indicate that many drivers mishandle these massive machines with tragic consequences.  This is perhaps why in 2006 alone roughly 4,935 people [...]