February 14, 2011
Riding the Aprilia RSV4 on The Snake
We’re out in Los Angeles for the month on the pretense of having meetings and doing features, but really we’re here to escape winter and ride some freakin’ bikes. We normally go further afield, to less populated areas to ride fast bikes fast, but figured when in Rome...The Snake, a 2.2-mile section of Mulholland Highway uphill from The Rock Store in Malibu is the most infamously good road in...
$3,500 off 2011 KTM RC8 R
Word on the street is the KTM’s superbike isn’t selling. Not just here in the US, but worldwide. Need proof? The upgraded 2011 KTM RC8 R is a full $3,500 cheaper than last year’s model at a time when the Euro remains strong against the dollar. This new R serves double duty as a non-R replacement, it’s cheaper than that model too. Could the 180bhp v-twin now be a loss-leader for the company...
Retro: 1933 Brough Superior SS100
If any motorcycle ever was more than the sum of its parts, it was the Brough Superior. It's the cliché I use every time I describe a Brough but a very important one to note. During the 1920s there were a number of other manufacturers, including Zenith, Montgomery, McEvoy and Coventry Eagle, which used a similar formula for their machines: JAP v-twin overhead-valve engine, Sturmey Archer gearbox...