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In a move that I’m sure will have no dissenters, Devitt Insurance compiled a list of the 80 best motorcycles in history to celebrate their 80th anniversary of providing motorcycle insurance. There might be a slight nationalistic bias here – The first 7 (and 9 out of the top 10) are British bikes! What do you think of the list?

As a complement to the Audio Intermission about the history of motorcycles in the 20s, here’s a cool trip back in time to the 20s – this time with visual aids.

I was just talking to a friend about how there isn’t enough video footage out there that’s using 360 degree technology – and then I saw this practice lap from the Northwest 200. After you hit play, you can click and drag your mouse to rotate the point of view – it’s pretty nifty!

You may have heard of Carl Reese in the last few weeks – he’s made some waves recently for setting a record by riding from Los Angeles to New York City in less than 39 hours (on a BMW K1600GT). On Saturday, he gave a presentation at MAX BMW, and thankfully the dealer recorded it so you can now watch …

Much to my chagrin, I had to stay in Los Angeles last weekend while See See Motorcycles was hosting The ONE Show. Thankfully, Union Garage sent over Ryan Handt to take a look, and he put together a list of 21 stars.

Here’s a cool trip back in time: an audio recording of “The Cycle Industry: Its origin, history, and latest developments” by Walter Ferdinando Grew, originally published in 1921!

Allen Millyard has built all kinds of cool things in the past, like a motorcycle powered by the V-10 engine from a Dodge Viper, a V-12 made up of two Kawasaki KZ1300 powerplants, or the Flying Millyard, a bike with a 5,000cc V-Twin using two cylinders from a Pratt and Whitney 1340 radial engine. But my favorite contraption out of …

Feel bad because there’s a ton of snow outside and you can’t enjoy your bike? Well, you can either move out to Los Angeles with me (where the weather is currently 81 degrees, no big deal) or you can bundle up like Chris McMahan and say, ‘screw it.’

In September 2013, Michael Henao decided to ignore a flash flood warning in Colorado, and it resulted in a video worth looking (and laughing at). On one hand, I feel bad for him. On the other hand, what was he thinking? Hindsight is 20/20 so it’s easy for me to say this was foolish, but at least it resulted in …

Did you grow up with minibikes? Come have a quick nostalgia rush as HOT ROD unlimited visits Joe’s Mini Bike Reunion back in 2013:

Ever wonder how a suit is made? Learn about how Alpinestars puts together their full race suits, thanks to the aptly named show, How It’s Made!

Here’s an interesting homebrew motorcycle built by John Head – an electric, leaning, three wheeler. Meet the Stealth E3!

If only Beverly Hills was still this cool. Here’s a clip of some board track racing (sadly without sound) with the wonderful touch of narration through slides. Follow along as the Indian Powerplus dominates: Shrimp Burns crashes in an early race only to come out of the hospital “swathed in bandages and full of splinters” and win the feature event! …

A quick history lesson: During WWII, the British Royal Navy commissioned an aircraft carrier called the HMS Hercules, but the war ended before the ship was completed. India bought it and officially made it part of their Navy in 1961, renaming it the INS Vikrant in the process – it was India’s first aircraft carrier. In 2014, the ship was …