September 23, 2010
The Thunderdrome: race on Detroit’s abandoned velodrome
A couple weeks ago we brought you the story of guerrilla landscapers discovering an abandoned velodrome in Detroit, clearing it of debris and reversing the post-apocalyptal reclamation by nature. Some guys with old bikes even took a spin around it. The kicker to that story was that some locals were going to organize a race there. Well, it turns out those organizers are two of our good friends and ...
23 September 2010
News
‘Full renewal’ for Moto Guzzi by 2013
At a stockholder’s meeting in Milan today, Piaggio told investors that its 2010-2013 strategic plan includes, “a full renewal of the range of engines and products for the Moto Guzzi brand.” This fits with what Miguel Galluzzi and Pierre Terblanche — who’re handling the design side of re-inventing the Guzzi brand — told us back in July: out with overweight, under performing, lazily de...
23 September 2010
Schuberth SR1: developed by Michael Schumacher
Remember the prototype Schuberth helmet Michael Schumacher was spotted racing in back in 2008? It was a radically-vented, unconventionally-shaped work-in-progress that the Formula One legend was helping to develop through his ill-fated bike racing career. The all-new Schuberth SR1, the company’s first ever supersports motorcycle helmet, appears to be the result of that development. Scheduled for...
23 September 2010
Swap your motorcycle for pieces from a crashed SR-71 spy plane
Always wanted to own a piece of the fastest plane ever made and have a motorcycle you don’t want taking up space in the garage? A member of the ADVRider forums wants to swap his collection of extremely rare pieces salvaged from an SR-71 crash site for a plated dual-sport. Here’s details. All these twisted, fractured parts come from the site of an SR-71 crash in 1967 that the seller discovere...
23 September 2010
Shinya Kimura’s lo-tech navigation system
Riding across the country on a 1915 Indian as part of the Motorcycle Cannonball, a modern satellite navigation system wouldn’t just be out of place, it’d be against the rules. So Shinya Kimura, a motorcycle builder that re-imagines the past’s future to create his own custom bike reality, cooked up this simple navigation device and mounted it on his handlebars. Along the same ideas as a mod...
23 September 2010