London Police Moped Thief Tactics Aggressive, But Effective Ramming fleeing bikes may seem like excessive force, but the practice has reduced moped crime by 36 percent. By Justin Hughes News - Nov 28 2018 -
Watch Vigilante Chase Moped Thieves Through London Streets It's not exactly a high-speed chase, but it gets intense. By Justin Hughes HFL - Oct 31 2018 -
How My Moped Sparked A Thirst for Two-Wheeled Freedom How My Moped Sparked A Thirst for Two-Wheeled FreedomThe Buy “You know it’s purple, right?” my dad asked like he already knew the answer. My cheeky... By Tony Markovich News - Mar 18 2016 -
2014: Year Of The…? 2014 is the Year of the Horse, but to us riders, wherever we are, every year is the year of the motorcycle. The question is: what breed? By Carter Edman News - Jan 8 2014 -
Custom: Super Motor Company Salt Shaker Sometimes you start on a bike that along the way gets bigger and bigger ending up as a totally overambitious project. We did start such a project over a year ago, a small capacity racing bike, that we just could not finish due to lack of funds. Carbon fibre this, Chromoly that, 3000 euro here, 2000 euro there, we wanted the lot. Stoner once said to Rossi: “Your ambition outweighs your talent... By Dimitri Hettinga News - Oct 12 2012 -
Janus Halcyon: a 1920s style 50cc two-stroke The first product of a new bike manufacturer from Indiana, this Janus Halcyon was designed to look like a record-breaker from the 1920s or 30s, but powered by a 50cc two-stroke, is light and legally accessible to first time riders. In his own words, the bike’s creator, Richard Worsham, tells us all about it: “Janus Motorcycles is an American manufacturer of hand-made, small-displacement bik... By HFL Staff News - Aug 2 2012 -
Custom: Indigan Diablo Built to showcase a new, American-made moped parts company, the bike you see here is based on an old Bultaco 125 frame. It’s quite possibly the hottest moped we’ve ever seen. “Indigan is a return to manufacturing in the USA,” explains our old buddy Dan Kastner, who’s involved with the project. “Fun parts made that fit.” ... By HFL Staff News - Mar 16 2012 -
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... By Sean Smith News - Mar 18 2011 -
The Thunderdrome! returns with three 2011 dates Detroit’s guerilla race, The Thunderdrome!, is returning for 2011 with three dates. Last October’s inaugural event on the city’s derelict Dorais Velodrome saw hundreds of people who wouldn’t otherwise have any involvement with motorsports actually racing mopeds, minibikes, bicycles and other contraptions. Think of it as no-barrier-to-entry racing that actually ends up being more exciting t... By HFL Staff News - Mar 9 2011 -
Bending the electric moped The latest crop of electric mopeds or “E-Bikes” like the Ultra Motor A2B are terrifically functional — giving you motorized performance in a package you don’t need to license or insure — but as converted bicycles, they’re horrendously dorky. That’s a problem when the vast majority of their potential audience have grown used to design conscious like iPhones or Ikea furniture. Enter t... By HFL Staff News - Jan 6 2011 -
Custom: 1978 Motobecane 40T “The brass knuckles act as handles to move the bike.” Jarrett Petty of Austin, Texas, built this custom Motobecane to be simple, but elegant. It was the kind of thing he always wanted to build when he was a mechanic at Austin Mopeds, but couldn’t since he was working on other people’s bikes. Now, the hard-tail can reach over 60mph. Photos: Mike Torres “The seat is plastic and I didn'... By HFL Staff News - Jan 3 2011 -
Mountain bike + pit bike = Motoped Remember Project M85? It housed a tiny pit bike motor in a package about the same size as a mountain bike. The idea was to make a dirt bike that was more accessible, kind of bridge between pedaling and buying a KTM. Well, this Motoped achieves something similar, just with pedals that, somewhat ironically, make it road legal. It mounts a 50-150cc Honda motor in what’s essentially a beefed up down... By HFL Staff News - Dec 8 2010 -
Retro: MBK Crazy Bike A 50cc moped engine in a BMX frame?! The MBK Crazy Bike was produced in very limited numbers in the mid ‘80s apparently to celebrate some sort of victory by the Motobecane BMX team. Where some ‘peds are only good at going round Thunderdromes, the Crazy Bike was designed to catch sweet air. Nobody seems to know how many Crazy Bikes were produced in total, with numbers between 200 and 900 bein... By HFL Staff News - Nov 5 2010 -
Racing The Thunderdrome You know the standard race deal. Stand around in the rain, occasionally see some bikes ride past with no idea how Rossi got in front of Stoner somewhere else on the track and you’d better leave your girlfriend at home because she’ll be bored to death otherwise. None of that applied to The Thunderdrome on Saturday. Not only were you likely doing the racing , but so was your girlfriend. Photos:... By HFL Staff News - Oct 18 2010 -
The Thunderdrome: race on Detroit’s abandoned velodrome A couple weeks ago we brought you the story of guerrilla landscapers discovering an abandoned velodrome in Detroit, clearing it of debris and reversing the post-apocalyptal reclamation by nature. Some guys with old bikes even took a spin around it. The kicker to that story was that some locals were going to organize a race there. Well, it turns out those organizers are two of our good friends and ... By HFL Staff News - Sep 23 2010 -
