Edmonton Passes Noisy Motorcycle Bylaw [video]
Edmonton, Alberta, claims to be the first Canadian city to officially start fining motorcycles for excessive noise levels that exceed 92 decibels while idling or 96 decibels while the engine is revving to benchmarks of 2000 and 5000 rpm.  The city council passed the new bylaw amendment that took effect on July 1st, the fine [...] more

First Test: 2010 Yamaha YZ250Yamaha’s brilliant pinger is still going, and going…Two-strokes aren’t dead. Let me repeat that: Two-stroke dirt bikes-those wonderfully fun machines that are fondly known for chugging mixed gas, singing at high rpm range…

Comfortable and breathable gloves at a very reasonable price are a good match for the Shift Viper jacket.

2010 RSV4 R Test

I can’t believe my own luck with the Aprilia RSV4s. Back in April of this year, I was in the only group that tested the Aprilia RSV4 Factory in the dry at Misano. Now, again at Estoril on the 2010 Aprilia RSV4 R, it seems I’ve been graced with a fairly exclusive dry ride.

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BMW S1000RR Valve Train Working at High RPM [video]
I’d like to ramble on about a dozen different things relating to this video, but the 3- minute, 19-second clip speaks for itself.
However, once the engine is revving at high rpm, watching the cams, finger followers and valve springs seemingly freeze in action due to the incredible speeds, I was reminded of that whole “Dude, [...] more

Ducati GP10 Unveiled

Claudio Domenicali Speaks… "The main changes to the bike are based on the rule changes, so the major part of the work was done precisely to make it perform better using only six engines for the entire championship. It’s a very important difference, because we were used to using more-or-less one engine per race, so to switch from eighteen engines to six is a very important adjustment. To go 1,600 kilometres with an engine that goes over 19,000 rpm isn’t a simple assignment."

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2010 Streetfighter Review

’10 Ducati Streetfighter road notes… Throttle too sensitive at small openings, or low speed! Difficult to modulate brakes in tight twisties. Too much vibration at low rpm. No fun under 50 mph.

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