Tag Archives: america
Snowboards + ATV + salt + dash of crazy = saltboarding
Posted on 15. Dec, 2011 by admin.
Filed under: Etc. , Videos , Motorcycle Ah, the Bonneville Salt flats . One of the last true bastions of speed left in America, where men and women take cars, trucks, motorcycles and just about anything else with wheels to the very limits of man and machine’s capabilities
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Honduras outlaws motorcycle passengers to… curb shootings?!
Posted on 13. Dec, 2011 by admin.
Filed under: Etc. , Government/Legal , Motorcycle , South America We’ve seen some pretty strange legislation crop up when it comes to curbing crime, but Honduras has reached new extremes.
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American Success For Costello On Board A British Bike
Posted on 21. Oct, 2011 by admin.
Bering motorcycle clothingambassador Maria Costello returned from a fortnight’s racing in America this week with three wins and asecond place finish to her name.
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Ducati ads defy all logic
Posted on 18. Oct, 2011 by admin.
Filed under: Performance , Marketing/Advertising , Motorcycle , South America It appears that Ducati riders in Ecuador respond to different stimuli than riders in North America. This shouldn’t exactly come as a surprise - we’re used to ‘Ooooooh’-ing at primetime commercials from other lands that could barely get past Cinemax censors here.
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Harley Davidson and Marvel giving away custom Captain America Sportsters [w/video]
Posted on 08. Jul, 2011 by admin.
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising , Motorcycle , Celebrities Captain America: The First Avenger - Click above to enlarge We’d be lying if we said we weren’t excited about Captain America: The First Avenger . The crew at Marvel knows how to put together a good superhero movie (with a few notable exceptions, of course), and if the trailer is any indication, the new flick won’t disappoint. Of course, with a great movie comes great marketing potential, and Harley-Davidson has gotten in on the red, white and blue craze
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Dirtbike base jumping in Chile is airborne insanity
Posted on 09. May, 2011 by admin.
Filed under: Etc. , Videos , Motorcycle , South America , Off-Road Motocross base jump in Chile - Click above to watch the video after the break For those unaware, the ‘base’ in base jumping is actually an acronym that stands for buildings, antennae, spans (otherwise known as bridges) and earth
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BMW Concept C scooter coming to America
Posted on 02. May, 2011 by admin.
Filed under: BMW , Motorcycle BMW Motorrad Concept C - Click above for high-res image gallery You may remember the Concept C from last year. It was BMW Motorrad’s vision of what a large motor scooter could look like, and now it’s headed into production
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RM Auctions America acquires Bator vintage motorcycle company
Posted on 12. Apr, 2011 by admin.
Filed under: Classics , Auctions , Motorcycle RM Auctions has come a long way in relatively few years. The Canadian automotive auction house has only been around a couple of decades - a drop in the bucket compared to rivals like Bonhams , Gooding & Co or even Barrett-Jackson - but has quickly become one of the biggest names in the business, gaining access to places like Maranello and Villa d’Este where no other auction house has gone before.
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Erik Buell Racing 1190RS: America strikes back
Posted on 18. Feb, 2011 by admin.
Filed under: Motorcycle Erik Buell Racing 1190RS - Click above for high-res image gallery You can’t keep a good man down. That certainly applies to Erik Buell , who, by all accounts, was delivered a giant shiny bowl of lemons from his previous employer, Harley-Davidson, and is somehow elbow-deep in a gushing flow of sweet-tasting lemonade .
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Norton 961 Commando SE to land in the U.S. by April [w/video]
Posted on 17. Feb, 2011 by admin.
Filed under: Motorcycle , UK Norton 961 Commando SE - Click above to watch video after the jump Norton fiends can now officially rejoice - the resurrected bike maker’s wares will finally be available here in the U.S. starting in either April or May. The final date depends on whether or not the 961 Commando can swim through EPA testing, though the company is confident that there shouldn’t be any issues