Wired magazine is starting a new video series called “[DE]CONSTRUCTED” in which they take apart something piece by piece and explain how it works. The first episode focuses on Matt Dawe as he disassembles a ’74 Harley Shovel. It’s 34 minutes long, arguably created for newbies, and they don’t take apart the motor (like you might see with a Hagerty …
Silent Video Intermission – Manufacturing the Rover Imperial
Rover was best known for cars and trucks (such as the Land Rover), but the company started with bicycles and motorcycles. In 1902, they introduced the Imperial, and they would go on to build over 10,000 bikes from 1903-1924. Here’s a delightful video showing how an Imperial was put together, along with some bonus footage of test riders at the …
Story Intermission – American Flat Track on NPR
Motorcycles don’t get enough coverage in mainstream publications, so I was pleasantly surprised to find this NPR article on how American Flat Track is mounting a comeback. I know that, and YOU know that, but if we want non-riders to learn about this kind of stuff then stories like this are paramount.
Picture Intermission – 39th Annual Hansen Dam Rally
View PostVideo Intermission – Attack of the Geese
From this thread on Reddit, here’s a video of a rider on Turn 12 at Phillip Island Circuit getting a surprise visit from a goose.
Guest Picture Intermission – St. Francis Motorcycle Museum
After seeing Neal Michal’s post on the Lake Hill Motorcycle Museum, long-time Bike-urious reader and commenter Jihelle thought he could do something similar with a museum he encountered on a cross-country motorcycle trip of his own! Without further ado, here he is:
Museum Intermission – Honda Collection Hall
While I was searching for a photo of the original Honda Monkey/Mini Trail that I could use for my review of the new Monkey, I discovered that Honda has a virtual tour available of their Collection Hall which is oddly located at Twin Ring Motegi as opposed to their corporate headquarters. In Honda’s words, it’s a “360° virtual recreation of …
Video Intermission – Autonomous BMW R1200GS
Mute the audio and then stare in awe. I covered BMW’s plan for the very distant future for RevZilla a couple of years ago, but I had no idea that they were so close to creating something like this. It’s a BMW R1200GS…and it doesn’t have a rider.
Picture Intermission – 2018 Morgan Adams Concours d’Elegance
Bob Kelly (you may remember his recent story Death of a Motorcyclist) was just at the Morgan Adams Concours d’Elegance, and he said he thought that Bike-urious readers would like to see the unique bikes that showed up!
Video Intermission – “Satan’s Choice”
Not all of our neighbors to the north are extra polite and say “sorry” a lot – here’s an interesting documentary about a Canadian outlaw MC called “Satan’s Choice”. Early one, one of the subjects has the following to say, and it sets the tone for the 28-minute long video: “Riding a bike is the greatest feeling in the world. …
Video Intermission – MotoGP Traction Control
If you’ve ever been saved by sophisticated traction control on a modern bike (I had a Yamaha R6 save me from a lowslide at Utah Motorsports Campus earlier this year), you’ll know how helpful it can be when you’re pushing your personal limits. But how does it work? Here’s a short video hosted by F1 racer David Coulthard that explains …
Video Intermission – The Motorcycles of the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed
Two weeks ago, Goodwood hosted the 25th running of the Festival of Speed. For those of you that couldn’t make it, they’ve just shared a video that quickly covers most of the bikes that participated. It starts off strong with a Honda RC146 125cc GP bike: it sounds incredible and the announcers note that the rider (Stuart Graham) has to …
Picture Intermission – Guadalest Motorcycle Museum
View PostVideo Intermission – The Future of Harley-Davidson
Are you one of people that says Harley hasn’t evolved for the last 50 years? Well, they’ve just dropped a video that should get you very excited. It’s making the rounds on just about every site right now, but here it is just in case you’ve missed it.
Video Intermission – World’s Largest Production Motorcycle For Sale
Jim Gesto is a trucker who said that he was sick of seeing cars run over motorcycles, so his solution was to “build a motorcycle big enough to run over a car”. I’m not making that up. Per his reading of the law, this is the biggest “trike” he could build that would still be legally designated as a motorcycle, …