We don’t think we’ve ever seen better racing than we saw between Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner yesterday. Any thoughts of Rossi being past his prime or Stoner being a mediocre racer on a fantastic bike were erased by the…
Yesterday’s Ducati Monstersedici RR got us thinking. While we liked the idea of a naked bike powered by a 200bhp MotoGP-inspired v4, the highly advanced engine didn’t look at home in the Monster’s svelte lines. In fact, contemporary roadsters like…
Ducati North America sold 1,410 bikes during June, a 22 percent increase from June, 2007. In comparison, US car sales slumped 18.8 percent during the same month. Motorcycle and scooter sales are reaching a 20-year high in America despite the…
Photo: fensterbmeThe 2008 Honda CBR1000RR is lighter and more powerful than ever before, but is it better? To find out, we take it to Palomar Mountain, home to roads so winding that power alone can’t conquer them.Click below for the…
The World’s Fastest Motorcycle, BUB Seven, is setting new records, this in a wind tunnel. During testing at the A2WT wind tunnel in South Carolina, it recorded a coefficient of drag of .09, the lowest ever measured there. The team…
The 2008 Honda CBR1000RR has been released in a special edition HRC red, white and blue color scheme in Japan. In addition to the colors — traditional to HRC bikes — the CBR comes with plastic clutch and alternator covers….
This Aprilia RXV 4.5 was modified to compete in this year’s Dakar rally before the race was cancelled due to security concerns. Designed by Bart van den Bogaard, the modifications significantly boost the Aprilia’s ability without fundamentally altering its design….