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Jason Channell
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Jason Channell is Lanesplitter’s most Texan contributor. He likes long rides in search of epic Texas BBQ, playing Led Zeppelin at absurd volumes, and creating graphs that go up.
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So they’ve been taking lessons from the MotoGP Ducati guys...Dovi and Iannone then?

Cool version. That also may be the most hipster thing I’ll see all day. Read more

Please return to the Gawker side of things directly. Thank you! Read more

Can confirm. Visited family in Chicago on the Triumph. Drivers are possibly more crazy than Dallas. Read more

I grew up in Florida, and have seen NASCAR at Daytona twice, and Homestead a ton of times. Yes, I get NASCAR. Read more

Harleys do tend to make people cry. Usually for a different reason. Read more

It’s called taking a defensive line and defending your position. You’ll find it in places such as say...F1, MotoGP, IndyCars, and pretty much every race series I can think of. Read more

Gawker commenters do like the “bump and run” manoeuvre. Also the “whine about my safe space.” Does the nascar move qualify as a “microaggression?” Read more

How is that kinda stuff still allowed? Any other series that will get you a meeting with the nice people in Race Direction. Read more

Hell, my motorbike has a single sided swingarm,and uses a center-lock nut on the rear wheel. Honda, Ducati, Triumph and a few others do it. Read more

Most good writers I know read a LOT. They don’t just write. When it’s time to write something, they can draw on all those references from half-remembered old articles, and tropes to produce new content. Read more

If Honda is stopping making motorbikes for a bit, maybe they can finally build an update for the Fireblade (CBR1000). It’s been a long time coming. Read more