In Tuesday’s post about the fascinating Trackmaster-built Vincent Rapide, Tim shared a video about stuntman Gary Davis. The first half of the clip had a fantastic look at the motorcycle stunts in Terminator 2. In case you weren’t interested in the bike and missed out on the video, I wanted to make sure you still had a chance to check …
Video Intermission – Look at Life’s “Horse-power Riders”
I enjoyed the “Look at Life” video from yesterday so much that I had to explore the other features they created on British motorcycling back in the 60s. This is called “Horse-power riders”, and it’s a more general look at the variety of two-wheelers found in the UK at the time. Look at the braking test the students have to …
Video Intermission – MotoTrek: Quality YouTube for ADV Nerds
MotoTrek: Quality YouTube for ADV nerds Because you can and should ride to more places than your local coffee shop. By Kyle Hyatt So, as some of you might know, I bought a big-ass (mid-sized) adventure bike and now I’m riding it daily in Los Angeles [Editor’s Note: More on this later!]. It’s my first bike and by far its …
Video Intermission – Look at Life’s “Scrambling for it”
“Find a bumpy track, add some tough motorbikes and riders, and mix well. The result? A Scramble.” That’s how this lovely short film about 60s scramblers commences. I’ve featured a few classic British scramblers over the years and it’s always fun to see them competing. I think you’re going to enjoy this one!
Video Intermission – Santa Gives Out Some Justice
If you weren’t in the Christmas spirit yet, hopefully this does it for you. A lady driving a car in Paris hit a pedestrian and then took off. Someone dressed in a Santa costume (and riding what I believe is a customized Kawasaki Z1000) gives chase, and thankfully he was recording:
Video Intermission – Bike-urious Visits RawHyde Adventures
View PostGift Intermission – 2018 Classic/Vintage Motorcycle Calendar
If you’re the kind of person that prefers having a physical calendar over staring at your phone, here’s your chance to get ready for next year with a calendar full of vintage bikes with photos taken by Bike-urious reader Steve C.
Video Intermission – The Hard Life of a MotoGP Tire
The folks over at Pramac Racing (a privateer MotoGP racing effort competing with Ducatis) just shared a video of a hot lap from an unique perspective. Follow along as Danilo Petrucci takes you for a few laps (at what I believe is Jerez) and shows you what a front tire has to put up with.
Video Intermission – On Two Wheels – Adventure Scooters
Every year, Bonnier puts on a couple of three-day challenges that they call the Adventure Rally. A combination of on-road and off-road, it’s a navigation rally that’s specifically designed for ADV bikes. So of course, Zack and Ari from On Two Wheels decide to tackle it on 50cc scooters – a Honda Ruckus and a Yamaha Zuma.
Video Intermission – Urban Monk TV Suzuki GS550 Cafe Racer Build
Urban Monk TV is a YouTube channel where a gentleman shares repair tips for a Suzuki V-Strom 1000 as well as the video build thread of a ’78 Suzuki GS550 cafe racer. He just released Part 34 of his build, which covers sanding and prepping a fuel tank for paint. He also happens to be wearing a Bike-urious t-shirt and …
Video Intermission – 1973 24 Hour Speed Record by the Kawasaki Z1
Titled “So Far. So Fast.”, this is a documentary about Kawasaki’s successful attempt to beat the 24 hour speed endurance record at Daytona International Speedway. Spoiler alert – they did it.
Video Intermission – 58 Riders on 1 Bike
The Indian Army Service Corps has a motorcycling team called the Tornadoes that currently holds 19 world and national records. They just broke another record this week by getting 58 people on a 500cc Royal Enfield and then riding it 1,200 meters.
Contest Intermission – Vote in the Bike EXIF Photo Contest!
A couple of weeks ago, I asked you to submit your best photos to the BikeEXIF x Velomacchi x REV’IT photo contest. The submissions have been collected and the judges (led by Gregor Halenda) have picked their 10 favorite photos in both the Privateer and Professional categories. Now it’s up to you to determine the winner.
Gift Intermission – MotoGP Racing Together 1949–2016 Book
MotoGP is opening pre-orders for a history book going back to 1949. The emphasis is on the last 25 years of racing so that Dorna can pat itself on the back, but it seems that this bike combines beautiful photos with analysis of 5-year segments by journalists including Paul Carruthers and Matthew Miles and technical features from Kevin Cameron. If …
Video Intermission – On The Pipe 7 Trailer
According to Red Bull, On The Pipe is the most successful movie series in MX history. Number 7 just premiered, and it’s called “The Last Hit” because it’s going to be the end of the series.