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A South Carolina man (not pictured) has been awarded $7.5 million in damages after a motorcycle accident causes his penis to be shortened by 1.5 inches. Since the crash, 27-year old Matthew Wall has both divorced and retired from The Navy. More »
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The most common question you get asked when people find out you ride? Well, after, "Isn't it dangerous?!" anyways. "What do you do when it rains?" You get wet. And you keep riding. As demonstrated to great effect here by master of all things slippery, World Superbike great Ryuichi Kiyonari. More »
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In a moral victory for everyone that's ever seen something and immediately wondered what it'd be like to ride a motorcycle over that something, South African Trials star Brian Capper just got a chance to ride his bike over the 384-foot-tall arch supporting Durban's Moses Mabhida Stadium. More »
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If the prospect of riding a motorcycle didn't seem dangerous enough already, imagine doing it completely sideways on something called "The Wall of Death". More »
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It's like the Sons of Anarchy and Evel Knievel conceived a kinky lovechild while jumping over the Grand Canyon aboard rocket sleds. More »
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Harley-Davidson, already enduring its worst market conditions in decades, now has another problem to contend with: It has announced a recall of over 300,000 motorcycles because heat from the exhaust system may cook the rear brake-light switch, killing the brake light, and possibly leading to fluid leakage and rear brake failure. More »
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It's really too bad The White Stripes broke up before this Moscow motorcycle enthusiast had his brainstorm of a three-man band cycle, because Jack and Meg would have looked kinda bitchin' playing "Hotel Yorba" at freeway speeds. More »
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Hundreds of Missouri motorcycle stunt riders took to the freeways of St. Louis late last week for an event they called the "Ride of the Century." For at least one member, the event produced the photo of the century. UPDATED More »
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Talk about a pucker-implosion moment. Feature writer Loz Blain recorded this terrifying footage documenting a split-second, near run-in with an SUV as it was encroaching into his lane. If you stop tape at 0:12, you can see how Blain's elbow almost paid the ultimate price. More »
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Good. Lord. 218MPH is fast, like super fast, like suck-the-teeth-out-the-back-of-your-head super fast. And that's world-record setting speed the Lightning Motorcycle SuperBike just pulled off at the Bonneville Salt Flats last week. Why should you care? Because you can now own one. More »
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Bill Warner's 311 MPH run on his 1000 horsepower turbocharged Suzuki Hayabusa may not be an official record, but that doesn't make this video footage any less amazing. More »
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Thanks to the wonderful efforts of the Moto Guzzi racing team, mankind will be able to survive a powerful hit by an alien shrinking ray with our V8-powered sports cars intact. For we have The Otto, this frantic little 30½ cubic inch jewel which powered Moto Guzzi’s Grand Prix racing motorcycles from 1955 to 1957 all the way to 170 mph, making 78 hp at 12,000 rpm. In 1955! It had eight independent carburators! Two wheels may be bad—as evidenced by the riders who wouldn’t go near Guzzi’s overpowered, diabolical machine—but eight cylinders are very, very good. More »
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You won't believe how two racing motorcycles got so ridiculously tangled up during a crash at this past weekend's Promosport event at Magny-Cours. The crash continues even after the riders are off as the bikes curl around one another like a gas-powered top. C'est étrange! More »
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Benedict Campbell decided to make this well shot film profiling custom motorcycle builder Dustin Kott after meeting Kott at a Harley-Davidson photo shoot in LA. Campbell, a British filmmaker and photographer, was drawn to Kott because he was a "classic American" who rebuilds Honda motorcycles from the 70s in the style of British Cafe Racers. The resulting short film is as well executed and interesting as the unique motorcycles Kott creates. More »
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Sometimes, when it seems all is lost, the fates have other plans for you. This motorcyclist in Brazil should have that tattooed between his shoulder blades in calligraphy for miraculously sneaking past a ridiculous three-car accident. In a tunnel, no less. More »
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Motorcycle drag racing is pretty insane to begin with, but trying to break into the very low seven second range on a pro street nitrous equipped Hayabusa without a wheelie bar is taking it to a new level. That is exactly what motorcycle racer Doug Witt was attempting to do when the crash you see here occurred. Amazingly Witt was able to walk away after being thrown from his bike proving drag racers of the two wheeled variety to be not only crazy, but amazingly resilient. More »
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This nitrous backfire may have only lasted a few tenths of a second, but we imagine that was far too long for the unfortunate Harley owner shown in this video. More »
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Getting rear-ended is usually a minor annoyance in a car, but on a motorcycle it's a worst-case scenario. Still, it could have ended much worse for this Texas man nearly crushed between two cars on a Dallas freeway. Amazingly, he survived. More »
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A fully-flickable electric racing motorcycle that integrates body, frame and battery into one structure, and is the size and weight of a 250cc GP bike. Plus, you'll remember the Inuit word for wolf by something other than a VW pickup. More »
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Take a secret 19th century velodrome in the heart of Budapest, a handful of vintage cars and bikes, and a group of petrolheads dressed up in revival gear ready to brave the Siberian chill on an April day, and you’ve got yourself a perfect afternoon. We went along for the ride on the terrifying banked oval in a 1967 Autobianchi Bianchina. More »
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Here's the broken-spoked OZ magnesium culprit at the center of this morning's grin-inducing video of moto racer Maxime Berger being passed by his own wheel, courtesy of the tattoo model-chasers at Hell For Leather. More »
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Texas drivers received a shock when a motorcycle passed them at speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour without a driver. Although evidence of the driver and presumably the motorcycle in question was located, a driver could not be found, even after authorities shut down a stretch of highway to search. Why the motorcycle did not have a rider remains a mystery, but we have to assume there is a Mad Max joke here somewhere. More »
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Adam Cramer runs a vintage motorcycle shop in Philadelphia, and filmmaker Andrew David Watson pulled him away from his obsession long enough to hear Cramer's lament for the loss of American craftsmanship. Do your children know from a Phillips screwdriver? More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5780095&view=rss&microfeed=true Motorcycle upstart Motus had some big-muscled help developing its new sport tourer: Pratt & Miller designed the frame and transmission, Katech based the engine on its Le Mans-winning LS7.R V8. So, it's like Corvette Racing for bikes? More »
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When the corn gets as high as an elephant's eye, farmers still need to spray it for pests, which is why they use high-clearance row crop sprayers. One motorcyclist decided to video his stunt of driving underneath one. Thanks Brandon! More »
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They just don’t make them like they used to, do they? “Them” includes Steve McQueen, Honda’s CR250M Elsinore motorcycle from 1973, and this ad, which shows nothing but McQueen frolicking in the desert on his two-stroke Honda for five whole minutes. It’s just…magnetic! More »
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This video of the "Enduro du Touquet 2011" beach race in Northern France is equal parts exciting and trace-inducing. Am I high or is the sand better in Calais? (Hat tip to @Banovsky!) More »
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A Scion xB driver didn't notice the biker in front of her and slammed into his bike, sending him over his handlebars and onto his feet. Despite the knock he seems okay. Another argument for lane-splitting. (Thanks Ian!) More »
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Our fab new site is just the place to see thirty seconds of corporate sellout from 1984 which somehow isn’t tacky: Devo peddling totally space age Honda scooters. The goggles! Dear lord, the goggles. More »
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The immediate response to video of a small Indian girl driving a motorcycle with no helmet is shock and horror, though there's no denying this four-year-old in sunglasses looks cool. The father's bad, but the daughter's bad. More »
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When Bill Costello's father died in 2009, he left a moldering 1958 BMW R50 which hadn't been started in 40 years — along with a secret note for his son. This is the tale of what happened next. More »
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Nicknamed the "Black Devil of Moscow", this Russian madman weaves and wheelies his Yamaha R1 through Russian traffic at a pace that is hard to believe. We hope the Black Devil remains a continent away from our daily commute. [EnglishRussia] More »
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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5732728&view=rss&microfeed=true Gabrielle Giffords rides a BMW motorcycle and sponsors pro-bike bills in congress. [HellForLeather] More »
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Steve was ready. Steve prepared. Steve knew not to turn. None of that "why did you turn" business for Steverino. Nope. Straight up the ramp into the truck. Steady as she goes, Steve. Steady...steady, little gas...oof. Oh Steve... (H/T SLRSpeedshop!) More »
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Before they become barn finds or scrap metal, old vehicles stumble into a purgatory, stashed somewhere by owners who never find time to fix them. Here's the story of two men who gave their father a Christmas gift of time. More »
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Fleeing from police at 157 MPH, a 19-year-old Yamaha R1 rider lost control in a gradual curve. The bike's dead. The rider? Amazingly, he survived... to face Aggravated DUI, Reckless Driving and Criminal Speed charges when he's released from hospital. More »
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