August 29, 2011
News
Every single AMD custom
We’ve covered the winners of Sturgis’ AMD World Championship of custom bike building and we’ve interviewed Rafik Kaissi, the builder of what we felt was the most creative bike in it. Now, here’s 395 high-res images of every single bike that entered. Some are Sportsters with parts bolted on, some are mystical creatures rendered in metal, but every single one represents the creative vision o...
29 August 2011
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KTM gets customization
Check out these LED light strips that integrate neatly into the KTM 125 Duke’s fuel tank. They’re not just some random product in an inches-thick, generic accessories catalog, they’re available in KTM showrooms alongside the motorcycle they’re meant to go on. Since that bike is targeted at restricted license European teenagers, these should work wonders at prying a few extra Euro out of pa...
29 August 2011
News
Guy Martin teaches you to lap the Isle of Man
In 2007, the 130mph average speed barrier in the Senior TT fell to John McGuinness, who maintained that speed for an entire 17 minutes, 21.99 seconds. 10 seconds behind was Guy Martin on a Honda CBR1000RR. He walks you through that lap in this video. If you can understand him, it almost sounds easy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVXc29ZgutI&feature=player_embedded/ http://www.youtube.com/watch...
29 August 2011
Riding through Hurricane Irene
The stage was set for biblical floods: even the city itself thought New York had only a day left to live. Bridge tolls were suspended, the Staten Island Ferry was docked and all subways and busses had been relocated to higher ground or inside tunnels. Sunday’s 8:30 AM high tide would coincide with the eye of Hurricane Irene and Mayor Bloomberg had issued a mandatory evacuation of flood zones. N...
29 August 2011