A motorcycle racing reality show? Okay, count us in. The launch for a new reality-based game show called HOT LAP launched this week at the North American International Motorcycle Supershow which ran through Jan 6,7,8 2012 in Toronto Canada. The show format features a team of riders – coached by CSBK champion Jordan Szoke – [...]
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It’s become a sort of ‘arms race’ to see who can make the fastest, street-legal, production motorcycle going. With that in mind, and with a clear understanding of the appeal of going really, really fast on two wheels, we present this list of ten fast street legal motorcycles you can saddle up on. As always, [...]
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An internal affairs investigation is under way and taking a look at the New Mexico corrections department after word surfaced that a number of corrections officers are involved in a motorcycle club. The investigation is looking into whether or not a group of corrections officers are members of Los Hermanos motorcycle club, based out of [...]
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Seven-time MotoGP champion, Italian Valentino Rossi, says he’s thinking about calling it a career after the 2014 MotoGP season. But before he’s done for good, the now 32-year-old Rossi says he has some unfinished business to attend to – success for his Ducati team. Rossi said he plans to extend his contract before it expires [...]
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Stealing a motorcycle is bad. Stealing a cop’s motorcycle? Never a good idea. Tuesday morning an officer in Haw River, North Carolina stopped a group of men towing a trailer packed up with several motorcycles. The men were stopped for not properly strapping down the bikes – and then it got plain stupid. The men [...]
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AMA Pro Racing added USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz. to the 2012 AMA Pro Racing Flat Track Schedule. This event fills in the October 6, 2012 date on the 2012 AMA Pro Flat Track Harley-Davidson Insurance Grand National Championship. A 3/8-mile dirt track, USA Raceway is a relatively new track facility, which opened in 2005 [...]
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1929 Scott Squirrel The Las Vegas Premier Motorcycle Auction, starts this weekend and the catalog is chock full of amazing – and potentially pricey - motorcycles up for grabs. From Ducatis to Harleys to classic machines from the pages of motorcycling history, the Las Vegas Auction features several expected to go for more than $100,000. [...]
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For years, designers have dreamed of creating a vehicle with the driving appeal of a motorcycle and the enclosed safety of a car, and one of the earliest attempts, the Ford Gyron, was a two-wheeled gyrocar first unveiled way back in 1961 as a concept car. Though the configuration was something like a motorcycle, the [...]
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After the release of the Norton 961 Commando in 2009, other manufacturers decided to put together their own versions of the classic “tonup” machines and design and market “off the shelf” modern Cafe Racers. With the advent of the Norton Commando 961 Cafe Racer, Moto Guzzi V7 Racer, Ace 904 Thruxton Special, Hyde Harrier Jubilee [...]
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A Tempe police spokesman said a group of motorcycles began dueling with a Jeep on an area highway – and the fracas ended in gunfire. The driver of the Jeep, apparently off the deep end in “road rage” frame of mind, crashed into one of the bikers and the ensuing roadside confrontation escalated. “I don’t [...]
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