Chip Yates has had a tough week at the Bonneville Salt Flats, trying and failing to set a new outright land speed record for electric motorcycles. After a shattered drive chain and issues with his batteries putting out a sustained … Continued
Like electric motorcycles? Own a pair of 3D glasses? Love wind noise overlaid with environmental elecro? You’re in luck then, Brammo’s captured an onboard riding video of factory racer Steve Atlas piloting the Empulse RR around Thunderhill in 3D. Even … Continued
A beacon of actual performance in a world obsessed only with aesthetics, Japanese firm Ritmo Sereno builds cafe racers, but the emphasis is on the race, not the posing. Here, CEO Shiroh Nakajima discusses that approach and explains why he … Continued
In this fourth EBR 1190RS promotional video, Geoff May and Erik Buell talk about riding the new American superbike. With a v-twin making 175bhp and a 176kg weight, words like “predictable,” “balance,” and “smoothness” aren’t the first adjectives you’d expect, … Continued
A little over a week ago, Egbert Van Popta became the fastest man on one wheel, in 2011. This 169mph wheelie on a GSX-R1100, performed at Elvington Airfield in England, was enough to win this year’s wheelie competition, but doesn’t … Continued
In 2007, the 130mph average speed barrier in the Senior TT fell to John McGuinness, who maintained that speed for an entire 17 minutes, 21.99 seconds. 10 seconds behind was Guy Martin on a Honda CBR1000RR. He walks you through … Continued
Spanning 413 feet of the River Tyne in Newcastle, the Gateshead Millenium Bridge rotates up to 40 degrees to allow ships of up to 82 feet tall to pass underneath. With only a 4.5 minute window in which to cross … Continued