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AMG takes us behind the scenes of Ducati photo shoot
Posted on 29. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Mercedes-Benz , Motorcycle , Luxury Mercedes-Benz has cobbled together a behind-the-scenes video chronicling a photo shoot with two stars: the 451-horseepower C63 AMG Coupe and a Ducati 848 in matching white. Deviating from the behind-the-scenes template, this one is more like a series of rushes set to music. In addition to the mechanical eye candy, a pair of models feature prominently (as suggested by the screencap above)
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Watch as a motorcycle rides on top of the world
Posted on 19. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Filed under: Etc. , Videos , Motorcycle , Off-Road It takes guts to ride a motocross bike . Tuned practically to the point of blowing themselves to bits, every pound stripped away so that only the bare necessities are left and sitting on top of a foot-plus of suspension travel, it takes a deft hand to tame these race machines
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James Stewart and Red Bull hit the Motocross track in slow-mo
Posted on 06. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Filed under: Motorsports , Videos , Motorcycle , Celebrities , Off-Road Following up on the two-wheeled slow-motion theme in 2012, Red Bull is highlighting two-time motocross champion James Stewart and his factory Yamaha race bike. We’ve already seen a couple of Honda-mounted MotoGP riders at 1,000 frames per second, so it only seems appropriate to see what super slow motion looks like on the dirt. Bubba makes it look easy when viewed frame-by-frame at these speeds, but, as anyone who’s ever thrown a leg over a motocross bike’s saddle some 40-inches above the ground will tell you, there’s nothing easy about it
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James Stewart and Red Bull hit the Motocross track in slow-mo
Posted on 06. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Filed under: Motorsports , Videos , Motorcycle , Celebrities , Off-Road Following up on the two-wheeled slow-motion theme in 2012, Red Bull is highlighting two-time motocross champion James Stewart and his factory Yamaha race bike. We’ve already seen a couple of Honda-mounted MotoGP riders at 1,000 frames per second, so it only seems appropriate to see what super slow motion looks like on the dirt
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Jet-powered motorcycle headed for land speed record
Posted on 06. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Filed under: Motorsports , Performance , Motorcycle , Specialty , Racing Richard Brown is our kind of guy. Back in 1999, he set the one-way record for the top speed on a motorcycle at 362 mph, and he’s spent the years since working on a sub-orbital rocket and a gas turbine jet pack. Surprisingly enough, those two projects haven’t been enough to occupy Brown’s time, and he’s now turned his attentions back toward the motorcycle land speed record .
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Dakar Rally especially dangerous for bikes
Posted on 04. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Filed under: Motorsports , Videos , Motorcycle There’s just no getting around the fact that, despite technological advances and a host of regulations aimed at improving safety, organized racing is a dangerous occupation.
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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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Nine minutes of supermoto action is our idea of a great infomercial
Posted on 14. Dec, 2011 by admin.
Filed under: Motorsports , Performance , Etc.
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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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Building the bikes of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [w/video]
Posted on 11. Dec, 2011 by admin.
Filed under: Classics , Etc. , Motorcycle We’re inching closer to the December 21 release date of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo . Based on Stieg Larsson’s global best-seller, the film looks to be just the kind of gritty perfection you’ll need to wash the holiday cheer from your mouth