The first changes to SBK following Dorna being put in charge of the series? Emphasizing its bikes’ basis in production machines. We already saw some teams running them this summer, but for 2013, all bikes will need to sport tacky … Continued
From the set of next summer’s Kick Ass 2 come these photos of Hit Girl riding a Ducati 1199 Panigale, painted purple. Word is, 15-year old Chloe Moretz can’t ride, so seen here is a stunt double.
Tasked with promoting this season’s round of the (very domestic) International Motorcycle Show, ad agency IdeaBrand came up with the idea of making motorcycles out of people. Flexible female people, to be exact. A simple idea with complicated execution. Each … Continued
Last month, HFL‘s resident fast guy, Adey, had a little crash on his Ducati Hypermotard that resulted in a complex external fracture of his fibula. Ouch. Yesterday, he visited our orthopedic surgeon, Charles Moon, to get his staples and stitches … Continued
There are two main technical advances on the 2013 Ducati Multistrada 1200. One is a package of upgrades to the engine, but the second is the real headline: “Skyhook” suspension, semi-active electronics have arrived in motorcycles.
“We want people to get their hands dirty again,” CCW founder Scott Colosimo told me over IM this morning. “We want people to beat this record. That’s why they’re publishing complete details of the work they carried out on one … Continued
Know what there’s not enough of these days? Large-capacity adventure tourers that are so heavy and so expensive you can’t take them within sight of dirt. Bikes like the Ducati Multistrada 1200, Kawasaki Versys 1000, Moto Guzzi Stelvio, Honda Crosstourer … Continued