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How to shoot pedestrians with your motorcycle
Just over a month ago, there was much fanfare about two bikers in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, who incited riots with their motorcycles’ exhausts and who were eventually charged with terrorism. It is worth mentioning that San Luis Potosi has been hit with drug violence, and that its residents were already on edge. Still, terrorism? Juan Ramon Munguia and Enrique Trevino Rivera were leaving work o...
The difference a pipe can make
This Aprilia Shiver 750 and its similarly styled stablemate, the Aprilia Dorsoduro, are two very nice looking motorcycles, with one exception — they both suffer from a significant case of junk in the trunk. The stock exhausts, tasked with quieting the booming of two large cylinders, are simply huge. Aprilia’s gone through significant trouble flattening the profile of the cans so the tale looks...
Spy Photos: the Ducati 1199 Panigale porker
This latest batch of Ducati 1199 spy photos was snapped by a member of Ducati.ms on the Italian Autostrada. The biggest revelation? Well, this is the first time we’ve seen the 1199 ridden by an...American-sized rider. Evaluating the 195bhp superbike’s ability to ride between McDonald’s and WalMart as annoyingly as possible, this is also the first look at what Termignoni is cooking up for an ...
Custom: LeoVince CRF450R
Have you ever seen a dirt bike looks so clean, simple and striking? This Honda CRF450R was built by LeoVince to showcase its range of carbon fiber bolt-ons — sump guard, disc cover, chain guard etc — but really it’s the effect that losing the typically tacky dirt graphics and the contrast between the camo tires and white bodywork which makes this special. In addition to the LeoVince car...
Erik Buell’s latest patent combines exhaust, swingarm
Erik Buell likes to say that the motorcycles he makes, including the EBR 1190RS debuting this winter, have only just caught up with designs he first penned 20 years ago. Here’s a rare glimpse inside some of his latest thinking, this patent for an exhaust-incorporating swingarm was just published. Somewhat confusingly titled a “Movable Exhaust System” in the patent, the concept here is re...
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