HFL + RSV4 Factory = NYPD
This is what happens when you ride a barely less than thoroughbred racing machine on Manhattan's Harlem River Drive. The Aprilia RSV4 Factory got me nailed at 80 in a 50 earlier today. The officer cornered me in the…
DMG cuts prize money, approaches irrelevance
According to Superbike Planet, DMG is cutting the purse for American Superbike from a promised $125,000 per race to just $6,500. That means, where the top points finisher in the class should walk away with $15,000, now they'll receive only…
Buell: the potential and the fate
Collage by: Grant RayPictured Used as a graphic element above is the Buell that never was. Captured testing near Milwaukee by a Road Racer X photographer, it was rumored to be a lighter, more powerful 1199cc version of the 1125R…
Photos: riding the 2010 Aprilia RSV4 R at Mugello
As I mentioned in the Initial Report, the 2010 Aprilia RSV4 R is both challenging and ultimately rewarding at the Mugello circuit, full of blind crests, deceptive chicanes and off-camber high-speed corners. Here's a quick gallery of images while riding…
Interactive graphic: 25 years of superbike development
Ever wondered what two and a half decades of reduced weight and increased power looks like? Well, thanks to the interactive chart below the jump, you now do, probably in far more detail than you thought possible….
This is what 30 years of progress looks like
These graphs from French bike mag MotoRevue show thirty years of superbike development from 1978 to 2009. In case you don't speak French, the vertical column on this graph is horsepower while on the one below it's weight. The blip…
2010 BMW S1000RR: 193bhp, 183kg in action
BMW has released a whole bunch of new images and video of the 193bhp, 183kg (dry), $13,800 2010 BMW S1000RR. We've already covered the bike in depth, but figured this would be a good opportunity to recap. You'll find image…