Musings on the new GSXR
Motorcycle Daily has an article up with some ideas on what the new GSXR1000 will be like and they are predicting continued dominance as Suzuki integrates new technology. Still guesswork at this point, but with the new model announcements coming in the next few weeks, it is fun to prognosticate. With 2007 nearly upon us, we’re likely to see an official announcement (with photos and preliminary specifications) of an all-new, 2007 GSX-R1000 in... [Read More...]
Bike of the Day- 1905 Indian
The Motorcycle Hall of Fame has a great look at one of the first motorcycles to make it big in the USA- Indian. It was the heyday of early motorcycle transportation, and George Hendee and Oscar Hedstrom were building a name for their Indian machines. With basic chassis designs derived from Hendee’s bicycle-building experience, and motors drawn from Hedstrom’s self-taught engineering skills, Indians were winning the market. For that, thank the partners’... [Read More...]
Motorcycle Land Speed Records
Speed TV will cover the Land Speed Record attempts at Bonneville next week. The are bringing in helicopters and the big gun announcers like Dave Despain for the event. If you like things that go fast, this will be a must see program. From Cycle News- Chris Carr and the Ford Quality Checked Certified Pre-owned program announced today that its run at the motorcycle land speed record (322 mph) with the BUB streamliner will be documented in its entirety... [Read More...]
Big Weekend coming up
Photo: Brian J. Nelson AMA Superbike will be in Atlanta and celebrating their 35th year there. Road Atlanta is a great track both to race on and to watch at. Speed has the rundown on the high stakes at RA and some good rider info. Spies, who leads the series will still be hampered by a broken hand and Mladin seems to have fixed some problems with the bike’s setup that has held him back all year. For the first time this season the title race... [Read More...]
Blast from the past
Literally- The AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame has a fantastic section on the classic bikes of the past, and this one has a great story. This may be one of the most awe-inspiring motorcycles ever built. In fact, even now, 26 years later, it is legendary as the bike that caused King Kenny Roberts to say: “They don’t pay me enough to ride that thing.” Here’s the story: Roberts had won the 1973 and ’74 AMA Grand National Championships using twin-cylinder,... [Read More...]
Video of the Day
tpUMSarCSQwWell, this is not bike related, but it sure is entertaining. Autoblog and Winding Road posted it up. A Rocket powered Lincoln attempting to jump the St Lawrence river in New York back in 1976. I bet Travis Pastrana could jump the St Lawrence river… Read More →
Burn-out Record
Photo-ROBERT WILSON Well, we had a problem with the video camera eating the tapes, so until we can get that taken care of, we will have to make do with this link to the Knoxville, TN television station’s coverage. With 213 bikes doing a simultaneous burn-out, there was lots of smoke- and noise. Everyone loves a good burn-out, and 213 is really a good burn-out! Read More →
Ducati GT1000 first ride
WebBikeWorld has a first ride and impressions of their new GT1000, and it sounds like it is a keeper. If you like the retro look but want a 1000cc twin with all the modern technology, this may be the bike for you. I love big twins in a standard configuration, and the Ducatis have so much personality that add to the fun. I picked it up today and rode the heck out of it, took some photos and rushed in to jot down my initial impressions. I’ll... [Read More...]
Ward cleans up in Supermoto at Denver
The AMA has all the details on 45 yr old Jeff Ward’s victories in Denver. The wins put him in front for the championship with 3 rounds left to go. The man is a legend in Motocross and it looks like he will be adding to his trophy case. Whether is is motorcycles, cars or anything else you can race, Jeff Ward is a machine. Read More →
New Burn-Out Record set
Well, the old record was smashed today when 213 bikes did a simultaneous burn-out at Smoky Mountain Harley Davidson. That is a lot of smoke! We will have video shortly, but the record was witnessed by Guinness and is official. They even had a “burn-out school” to show people how to do one without dropping their bike. I bet Dunlop was ecstatic. Lots of tires to sell! Read More →
World Burn-out Record
As in motorcycle tire burn-out, not the drug related kind:) Currently, the world record for the number of bikes doing a burn-out at the same time is 109 in France. Tomorrow at Smoky Mountain Harley Davidson in Tennessee, they will look to smash the old record by having at least 150 bikes doing a simultaneous burn-out. Guinness Book of World Records will have an official there to verify it. We will have video right after they finish, so check back... [Read More...]
Video of the Day
If you haven’t seen this video from Letterman’s show, it is definately worth a look. Pretty amazing. I can’t even keep from knocking stuff over in my garage and nothing is moving in there. If you can’t play the video here, the direct link is http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7395855399420407625&q=motorcycle -7395855399420407625&q Read More →
EPA may relax custom bike certification
With all the custom choppers and Harley clones being built, the US EPA cracked down and basically said people could only build one non-complying bike each. This actually shut down some of the small custom shops that didn’t have the resources to do a full EPA certification test. Now it looks like there is some relief (and sanity) coming. The proposal is to let the small builders use currently certified engines as long as they are not modified.... [Read More...]
Ducati tests their new 800cc MotoGP bike
Ducati is readying their new GP7 MotoGP bike for next season, and everyone got a look at it after the Czech race. Speed has the whole deal, but it should be an interesting season with all the new 800cc bikes. A quick look at the new Ducati Desmosedici GP7 and a talk with the Ducati engineers reveal the basics of the new 800cc V4. The bike was ridden in anger for the first time by Loris Capirossi at Brno on the Monday following his runaway win in the... [Read More...]
Video of the Day- Bike Safety
This is a great video that shows just how hard it is for cars to see bikes. While the emphasis is on the driver of the car looking for bikes, it is equally important for riders to realize that they are for all intents invisible to most drivers. My experience is that drivers have no way of judging the speed and distance of a bike accurately since they have never ridden one. This is a good video to get your friends and family to watch too. Ride safe!3331447256714409955&q Read More →