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.
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View PostVideo 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.
Video Intermission – Raber’s Tech Tips
Raber’s Parts Mart is a shop in San Jose, California specializing in parts to keep your vintage British motorcycle on the road. When I shared recently shared a video from Boxer2Valve as part of a restoration video series they just started, commenter puffer_nutter noted that Raber had also branched out into video production with a series of “Tech Tips.” If …
Question Intermission: What Was The “Most Beautiful Bike of Show” at EICMA?
According to the press release I just got from Ducati, it was the new Panigale V4 as it captured over 16,000 votes, or 61.17% of the show. Yet when you consider everything else that debuted at EICMA, I’m inclined to believe that a large percentage of those voters just selected the Ducati as the hometown favorite. What do you say?
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View PostVideo Intermission – Boxer2Valve: The Score
Boxer2Valve is a shop that specializes in BMWs built between 1969 and 1995. To show you how they can help with your bike, they’re putting together a series of videos on the revival of a R90/6. Here’s Episode 1 – it’s called The Score and it’s about the initial acquisition. I imagine many of you have gone through a similar …
Video Intermission – Jay Leno’s Garage – 1940 Indian 4 with Sidecar
This episode of Jay Leno’s Garage is about his ’40 Indian 4 with a sidecar which was formerly owned by Joe Montana. It’s not 100% correct but it’s a beauty and like all of Jay’s bikes, he takes it out somewhat regularly.