February 7, 2011
Throwing The One Motorcycle Show
Thor Drake runs See See Cycles and organized Portland’s The One Motorcycle Show on Saturday. We asked him to tell us a little about what happened. By our count, there were 78 custom and classic bikes on display, 14 burnouts, 80 cases of PBR, 3,000 people and one visit from the cops. — Ed. Photos: Austin Porter and Thor Drake Holy shit I’m beat. Thursday: we gain access to the building w...
07 February 2011
Custom: Ural Solo X by Hammarhead
Know the party we threw at the Ace Hotel New York two weeks ago? That was to unveil the Hammarhead Solo X. Based on the Ural sT, James Hammarhead set out to boost its off-road ability in order to make it even more of a go anywhere, do anything machine. That didn’t just mean fitting knobbies and tougher suspension, Hammarhead relocated the air intakes into a cutout in the tank so the bike can for...
07 February 2011
News
Mandatory ABS coming to Europe
A few months ago the enthusiast press reported that the EU Commission's proposal to mandate ABS meant "the death of the dual sport motorcycle." Now, both manufacturers and consumers have accepted the proposal and there's no need to worry about the dual sport motorcycle. What's new? The basis for the panic in the press was a press release from FEMA (The Federation of European Motorcyclists' Asso...
07 February 2011
News
Video: Rossi looks back on Yamaha
Two important people left Yamaha’s MotoGP team last year. Valentino Rossi, who left for Ducati, you know about. Masao Furusawa you likely don’t, but as Yamaha’s Executive Officer of Engineering, he was largely responsible for turning the M1 into a Championship capable machine. In fact, he was called “The Godfather of the M1.” Here, Furusawa chats with Rossi about their time on the team. ...
07 February 2011
News
Throwing a motorcycle off a 15-story building
Brought to you by the same geniuses who crashed a pickup into a telephone pole while Redneck Surfing, here a motorcycle is hurled from the top of a 15-story parking garage in Iowa. Yes, this was done illegally. Yes, the bike is probably stolen. No, there’s no apparent reason. No, dude bro doesn’t need to rev the engine like that while he makes a slow u-turn. This is why video cameras should be...
07 February 2011
News
A video timeline of the Chip Yates electric superbike
Chip Yates set out to build his electric superbike when he was laid up with a broken pelvis he suffered while racing gas bikes. He didn’t do it to save polar bears or pick up hippie chicks. Chip set out to build an electric race bike because he saw it as the only venue in which he could combine his engineering and riding skills, then actually win races. A little over a year later, he beat bikes ...
07 February 2011