Icon sure makes some weird videos, but you can’t deny the cinematography and the talent of their riders E-Dub and Apex. Enjoy.
Video Intermission – Yamaha R1 60th Anniversary
View PostPicture Intermission – 2015 Bonneville Vintage GP
View PostVideo Intermission – Husqvarna 2016 Model Line
View PostPicture Intermission – Team Obsolete’s Collection
This past weekend, Team Obsolete exhibited a whole bunch of their bikes at Lime Rock Park Speedway. Jeff Z. of Moto Bellissima was there to check it out and took some great shots.
Picture Intermission – Mini Ducati Supersport
Back in February when I profiled reader Ted Clough, he noted that he was working on a 1966 Monza that he was going to convert into a special. Well, I just found out what the result was and I thought it was worth sharing – meet the mini Ducati Supersport!
Video Intermission – 2015 LeMay Vintage Motorcycle Festival
View PostText Intermission – “Spies Mode”
View PostVideo Intermission – Doug Danger Clears 22 Cars
Earlier this month, Doug Danger attempted to clear 22 cars (width-wise) in one jump, something that Evel Knievel tried and failed. Danger said that if he didn’t clear the jump properly, he’d die. Seeing as he’s still around, you can probably guess how this went.
Video Intermission – Being Evel Trailer
“I didn’t think of Evel Knievel as a daredevil, I thought of him as a superhero.” – Johnny Knoxville, producer of Being Evel, a recently released documentary. Check out the trailer: As Knoxville puts it at the end, “It’s just fast, faster, and disaster!”
Text Intermission – Geoff Drake
Formerly an editor for VeloNews and Bicycling magazines, Geoff Drake has been published in plenty of national magazines. He’s clearly a talented writer and it’s worth a moment of your time to check out some of his pieces.
Video Intermission – Motorcycles for the Handicapped
This is a brief video, but it’s worth a watch. Catur Bambang is a mechanic who lost his legs in a work accident. Cars aren’t cheap in Indonesia, so he designed a motorcycle that can be ridden by people who are disabled. He builds 7 bikes a month and prices start at $300: (sorry, can’t embed this video, you’ll have …
Video Intermission – RC Motorcycles
It’s taken a while, but I think I’ve finally found the perfect motorcycle for the Baja quest – the MX 400. Coil springs up front, oil dampers in the rear, sticky rubber on both wheels, hardened steel chain…oh yeah, and it’s radio controlled.
Video Intermission – Hitting the Apex Trailer
Did you know that someone’s making a MotoGP documentary that’ll be shown in cinemas (at least in England)? Called Hitting the Apex, it follows six riders (tragically including Simoncelli) over the last several years, and it’s a rare opportunity for us to see our favorite mode of transportation on the big screen.