Watch a racer fake passing out, mid-race

After lowsiding during a very wet race in Brazil, Marlinton dos Reis Teixeira was unable to get his bike restarted. DNF and lose any potential points or try something, anything to get the race red flagged and restarted? A man … Continued

Custom: Honda CBR600RR Dionysus

Louder than a Formula One car and lighter than a 250, residents of Los Angeles may be familiar with this ‘fightered CBR600RR from that time their ear drums burst or when they ran for their lives as it powerslid past … Continued

Akrapovic leaks 2013 Yamaha FJR1300

Perusing Akrapovic’s new exhaust catalog, our friends at Dutch motorcycle news site Oliepeil noticed something odd. This is clearly a Yamaha FJR1300, just one wearing a slightly modified fairing, blunter subframe and taller screen. Oh right, that must be the … Continued

The American superbike, past, present and future

The story of the American Superbike is written in the parlance of the four-cylinder, four-stroke, longitudinally-mounted engine and begins in 1909 with Percy Pierce. Son and heir to the Pierce automotive concern, young Percy was smitten with motorcycles and, upon … Continued

KTM 1190 Adventure R in action

Here’s the first picture of the 148bhp KTM 1190 Adventure R wearing knobbies, bags and actually turning a wheel, which, believe it or not at the 518lbs curb weight, it’s actually doing off-pavement. Those LED running lights are looking good.