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Watch a ZX-10R hit a trailer dead on
Jeans? Check. T-Shirt? Check. Sneakers? Check. Incompetent operation of a liter bike? Check. What we've got here is the perfect recipe for a great crash, and this ZX-10R rider does not disappoint, failing to miss a trailer making a right turn as he steams through a pack of riders. Only injuries were apparently a broken arm and leg, but there's no way this guy is ever getting back on a bike. http...
11 September 2012
News
Find another road
Don’t get me wrong. I dig the smooth pavement, tight corners and virtually-legal hooning The Snake offers, but with stuff like this happening on a regular basis, why would you ride there? Surely the LA area offers plenty of alternatives where a lowsiding squid isn’t hiding around every corner. In this video, Snake regular and GSX-R pilot Johnny5 is wiped out head-on by a fellow motorcyclist. H...
25 July 2011
News
Video: this is a squid
The term “squid” was derived from the typical riding behavior of new, unskilled sportbike riders: an inexplicable squirt of speed followed by an equally inexplicable bout of slowness. But, it’s become a catch all term for bad riding behavior or more testosterone than sense. A such, we feel this video really sums things up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVkc9ddTEiU&feature=player_embedded ...
02 June 2011
Gear: Icon Airframe Construct
When I crashed my GSX-R a month ago, I banged up my Arai Vector and I was in need of a new helmet. Icon tossed an Icon Airframe Construct my way. There's a stereotype about guys that ride gixxers and wear Icon helmets. While this helmet might move me one step closer to that stereotype, I'm impressed by its performance. Especially for the $295 retail price. Photos: Ashlee Goodwin It's flashy, ...
19 May 2011
News
The social media adventures of a 157mph squid
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Department reports that, early on the morning of December 19, 2010, a 19-year-old Noe Marcos Colazo of Tempe, Arizona “lost control of the 2004 Yamaha YFR motorcycle he was riding when he was unable to navigate the gradual turn in the roadway.” Seconds earlier, police had clocked the bike at 157mph. Pictures from the scene clearly show a disintegrated red Yamaha R1...
03 January 2011