This is mind blowing. I thought HD was all about 'under stressed' engines lasting forever.

I never really said I had a problem with it, I just think it would of been more exciting if they took the CBR1000RR/Fireblade and made it into a V4. This RCV will help sell magazines and maybe even get people into dealerships to buy other Hondas, but on its own, I just don't see much to care about when most people…

It's a neat ornament, but it kind of feels like a farce.

Real talk: My dad and his never ending midlife crisis killed Christmas a long time ago.

'What's the budget for Christmas this year?'

A friend of mine put around 35k miles on his SV1000 before checking his for the first time. Some were a little loose and others were a little tight, but all within spec according to the manual. The same goes for my R6 when I had them checked and it had a lot more track miles than the SV.

I'm not sure how newer bikes…

Wow, that's pretty crazy. Was it a defect in the top end?

Why can't we just raise gas guzzler taxes on SUVs and luxury trucks? Target those people if they want to be a source of instability for our infrastructure and convince them to rethink their priorities. The upper echelons of society won't even flinch when they go to buy a new Suburban as their third or fourth vehicle.

There is a lot of bad things at play here in the video. No useful body positioning that causes his pegs to scrape, all the entangled corrections he made to reduce his lean, and it sounds like he had iffy throttle control going on that was making his bike that much more nervous prior to the high side. He was already…

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Here in the US at least, the sport doesn't get the coverage it deserves, so if you want to find out more, you have to dig pretty deep in European motorcycle websites to get additional commentary about the inner workings of the sport.

I don't think this is the sole reason for Honda's success this season because BMW was using the same trickery last season in WSBK. It had more to do with traction control than anything else in that case, though. I wouldn't doubt that Honda is using cylinder deactivation, but primarily to aid with traction and fuel…

Lorenzo especially had a hard time adjusting to the smaller fuel loads at the beginning of the season because it meant that Yamaha had to run the bike leaner than before, which conflicted with the Moroccan's riding style because the bike had a more abrupt power delivery than what he was used to. In testing prior to…

If you think that's scary, just imagine if you're older with no immediate family and have a sizable estate in your name. If you show up on the radar of a probate judge, he can easily make you a 'ward of the state', meaning that you don't have the ability to take care of yourself or the estate and he has the ability to…

How does this technology compare in being lethal to the Russian made Sunburn anti ship missile?

I like the S1000RR. To be honest, I think the Panigale looks really unattractive because Ducati tried to slim its looks down so much but the clutch cover sticks out like a sore thumb that it ruins the whole theme of the bike. The BMW really doesn't pull any punches about its mission statement. It's got good chassis,…

What bugs me about power sport dealers is they really don't have the luxury to be shitty when the bulk of their sales are from mostly recreational vehicles and it seems that no one is really doing a good job at the corporate level keeping them in check. Car dealerships can get away with a bad attitude some of the time…

Did you ever see what happened to that guy that got pulled over by an off duty LEO and was filming the whole time?

https://rideapart.com/articles/this-…

Maybe I'm being paranoid, but I'd be worried something like this happening. Granted the rider was partially at fault for being an idiot but I've had two cop cars and a…

I know this sounds ridiculous, but my biggest fear is being so badly injured or just killed from a wreck that was legitimately not my fault and not being able to explain to anyone what happened, but being on a sport bike, I'm automatically at fault because I must of not been up to any good.

Believe it or not, I…

I will say this, the lady that was working the merchandise department at the H-D dealership was incredibly friendly.

I've found that the absolute worst thing about motorcycles is usually the people that ride them.

From the scowls I got at a H-D dealership by staff and customers alike (I wasn't walking around with a chip on a shoulder, just helping a friend look at a Sportster), to the salesman that was trying to persuade my friend to…