March 18, 2011
News
Harley CEO awards self $6.4 million bonus
Potato, potato, potato. That’s the sound of Keith Wandell paying himself a $6.4 million bonus for Harley's worst sales year since 1999, a year in which it was also disclosed that The Motor Company accepted a secret $2.3 billion bailout in 2008. HD actually turned a $146.5 million profit in 2010, up from a $55.1 million loss in 2009. 2010 was a big year for Harley, new union contracts saw a total...
18 March 2011
Rossi’s Qatar colors
Valentino Rossi debuted his new helmet today at practice for the Qatar GP. The AGV GP-Tech incorporates his number 46 on the rear, surrounded by a crescent moon in Italian flag tricolore, also notable is the inclusion of sponsor Monster Energy’s logo. But the most interesting new graphic isn’t on the helmet itself, it’s a new graphic element on the Desmosedici GP11 that’s a possible nod to...
18 March 2011
A Swiss Army knife with wheels
You probably can’t fit the 40lbs (without battery) Voltitude on your keychain, but something tells me Wes might try anyways. The Swiss inventors behind it want to create a vehicle with the same near-universal utility of their country’s famous knife, providing commuters with a practical moped they can fold and then roll into their apartment or office. You don’t even need to carry it, once fol...
18 March 2011
This is MotoGP’s new safety car
The problem with safety cars is that they need to be extraordinarily fast just to pace MotoGP bikes at a speed high enough so they won’t overheat or stall. Enter this specially modified BMW 1-series M Coupe. It’s lost weight, been equipped with advanced aerodynamics and has been fitted with track-focussed suspension, all in an effort to keep up with 800cc motorcycles running in 1st and 2nd gea...
18 March 2011
News
I know when I’m alive
This piece of writing comes to us from RideIt and Chris at BikeEXIF. Its author is unknown. It’s about riding motorcycles. You should read it. Update: the author may be David Karlotski. If you know more contact us. There is cold, and there is cold on a motorcycle. Cold on a motorcycle is like being beaten with cold hammers while being kicked with cold boots, a bone bruising cold. The wi...
18 March 2011