Video: The One Show
Back in February, Grant and I flew up to Portland to party with Thor Drake, Drake McElroy, Roland Sands and a bunch of other friends. It was The One Show, a bike show for people that don’t need to pay … Continued
‘Racing as R&D for product’
In this 5th installment of EBR Nation, we get a look behind the scenes of pre-season testing at Jenning’s GP down in Florida. Danny Eslick and Geoff May give insight into both the EBR 1190RS’speformance, and also its development process. … Continued
Michael Czysz on MotoGP: it’s lost
500 > 990 > 800 > 1000 > CRT > ? In an era where it is more important then ever for companies to innovate and differentiate themselves from the competition, the race track, for a motorcycle company, should be … Continued
A revolution in road bike safety
Airbags have, for years, been a just-over-the-horizon technology promising to massively elevate impact protection. Top-level road racers are just now taking advantage of the Dainese D-Air and Alpinestars TechAir systems, but as yet, only rudimentary systems requiring a lanyard connection … Continued
Testing Dainese D-Air
This is what it looks like to put Dainese’s new airbag-equipped D-Air race suit through its paces. Pictured here is Leon Haslam crashing his World SBK S1000RR at Misano practice last year. Despite landing heavily on his shoulders and back, … Continued
Suzuki’s forgotten dual-sport
If the zombie apocalypse were upon us, the Suzuki DR650 is the kind of thing I’d steal to ride off into the hills. Its old-school steel frame construction and air-cooled single mean it’ll run forever, even if you beat it … Continued
Would you pay $37k for this motorcycle?
By now, you’ve seen the Motus MST. An American-designed, American-made sports tourer, it’s powered by a longitudinal V4 that’s basically half a Corvette LS7 motor shrunk down to 1,650cc. The big question has been how much is a small production … Continued