Metier Law Firm has provided comfort, safety, and strength to injured motorcycle riders for more than 30 years. In that time, we’ve learned an incredible amount of information about how to stay safe on the road, what to do after an accident, and how to help our clients understand what they should expect when working with a motorcycle accident attorney. This section of our personal injury blog features helpful information about motorcycle accidents, and we recommend checking back often for regular updates.
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In 2014, we were shocked when Harley-Davidson announced that its designers had developed an electric motorcycle, and it was a self-proclaimed superbike at that. Looking like an old flat-tracker thrown into a wind-tunnel, this bike has no exhaust, no gearbox, no clutch, and no signature Harley v-twin engine—Sacrilege! However, it is now 2016, and we… read more
October 12, 2013 started out as a good day for a 34-year-old veteran from Fountain. He had just gotten a job in information technology, he was moving, and he was about to get married. His future was looking bright as he rode his motorcycle down Colorado 92 on his way to borrow a pickup from… read more
We’ve all had it happen to us—we ride up to a stop light, we wait for the signal to turn green, we get an everlasting red light. The traffic sensor won’t detect your motorcycle, so the signal light won’t change, but you don’t know if you can cross the street or not. Do you cross?… read more
In Firestone, right outside of Denver, a little 4 year-old received a little dirt bike. His parents couldn’t have realized just how much that bike would change their son’s life, or the roads it would take him down. This Colorado Teen Is Already A Road Racing Champion! His name is Sean Thomas, and he won… read more
The experiment is over… In 2013 the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) Race Committee allowed motorcycles with two-piece clip-on handle bars to run the famous Race to the Clouds, but in the following years, the committee has questioned the value of that rule. Now it seems that the majority of sportbikes cannot return to… read more
The motorcycling industry is always changing. In the late 90s the industry was obsessed with speed, and we got bikes like the Blackbird and the Hayabusa. In the 2000s technology became the industry focus, and we got features like traction and wheelie control. Now the game is changing again, but do you know where the… read more
Lane-splitting—everybody who rides a motorcycle has heard of it, and given the right traffic conditions, many bikers have probably considered doing it. Riding between slow-moving cars to move through traffic is one of the potential advantages of piloting a narrow vehicle like a motorcycle, but the practice is outlawed in almost every state except for… read more
Riding a motorcycle changes you. It is a habit that burrows deep into your soul, and no matter how long you have been away from it, time always brings you back to your bike. Hearing the wind, feeling the rumble of your engine, and leaning over as you coast through your favorite turn will always… read more
It is an age-old question that has been asked by bikers for generations… What is the better bike, a cruiser or a sportbike? The sage rider will tell you that nothing beats the relaxed manner of a cruiser, but the adrenaline junkie will tell you that nothing beats the supreme control of a replica racer.… read more
During this time of the year it is particularly hard to get out and enjoy a ride on your motorcycle, but on November 22, a 55-year-old man from Colorado Spring managed to do so. The weather was nice and he was enjoying himself when a Chevy Blazer travelling east on Airport Road made a left-hand… read more
