January 17, 2011
Search & Rescue: the art of the barn-find
Everybody loves a good barn-find story. The best of the tales read like a juicy detective novel. There’s rumor and intrigue, hidden clues, false hope, shadowy characters, high-stakes negotiations, invariably a trying voyage, sometimes even outright danger. But work through the plot twists, stay on the hunt, mix with a little good luck and at the conclusion we have a happy, satisfying outcome. In...
17 January 2011
The 10 best 2011 Dakar photos
Despite the new 450cc capacity limit and running all-new bikes (the KTM 450 Rally) Marc Coma and Cyril Despres gave KTM a one, two, marking the Austrian manufacturer's 10th consecutive rally win. But the Dakar isn’t just about KTM picking on everyone else, it’s really about you and I getting new desktop wallpapers. The rally produces some of the most stunning images of motorcycle racing ever c...
17 January 2011
King Kenny’s Bultaco on the block
Okay, the $2.8 mil for Kenny Roberts' California ranch, a.k.a. the "Hickman Haul-Ass Club," was just too deep a dig. But maybe you coulda stepped up to buy one of the King's better souvenirs, in this case a 1971 Bultaco Metralla Mk.2 presented to Roberts by old man Bulto himself and the Barcelona Bultaco Club back in 1994. Apparently the bike was brand-new and matching numbers, and had been pickle...
17 January 2011
Why you shouldn’t steal gas on the Dakar
Aprilia rider Francisco Lopez finished fourth overall in the 2011 Dakar, but he almost didn’t finish at all. Not only did he just about run out of fuel on a connection between special stages, but, when he stopped to help himself to the gas from a parked bike in a village, Argentinean police quickly intervened. How sneaky does he look in this video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sme_y1nP8nA&fe...
17 January 2011