Hossack’s suspension. I’m surprised it uses a tie-rod setup instead of a splined quill, considering the difficulty of eliminating play in the system. Read more

As a former Piaggio MP3 400 owner, let me explain the thinking behind this bike. Leaning three wheel bikes CARVE. They are hilariously fast through twisting turns and stay rock solid planted even if you come around said corner — say at 70 mph - and there is a pot hole or debris in the road - only one front wheel hits… Read more

giving it the look of some kind of future chariot. Read more

Man, that guy is a hell of a good rider! After watching this vid, I would bet that he’s probably spent a decent amount of time on tracks riding sport bikes at a high level. I have owned and daily ridden the Goldwing’s little brother, a ‘97 Honda Valkyrie, for well over 10 years now and love it. I’ve also been riding… Read more

It looks the way I feel when I have heavy grocery bags in both my hands and need to open the door. Read more

So $2k? Still a nice price Read more

We’re beginning the process of merging the subsites (Lanesplitter, Truck Yeah, Black Flag, etc.) back into main Jalopnik. The stories aren’t going anywhere and we have no plans to change coverage, we’re just organizing stuff differently. Read more

They didn’t include a photo of how much physically smaller the new Goldwing is so I had to share. It lost over 7.8 inches on the front fairing.

A Goldwing is like a Rolls-Royce. Horsepower and torque is simply “Adequate.” Read more

I hereby Christen thee with the nickname: Gorilla

Tell you what- take a sport tourer and start from Chicago and drive to the Black hills in South Dakota. If that doesn’t explain why you’d want a bike like this, nothing will. Read more

As long as V6, two wheels on rear and crapton of LEDs can be installed, we’re fine. Read more

Isn’t that just trading one killing machine for another? Read more

Christini makes a conversion kit for this type of thing. Problems include extra weight and complexity, and that there aren’t a lot of benefits to adding power to the front wheel. Read more

It’s those deliberately awful Russian roads; if the design isn’t rugged and clean, the mud and free stones will wreck it.
Read more

IZh was a car factory, a motorcycle factory, and a gunworks in the USSR. They gave us such Soviet standards as the IZh Kombi, which was/is the most common Russian-made estate car (station wagon) you will see on Russian roads, and the IZh Jupiter motorcycle with the powered-wheel sidecar.
Read more

Drove her to the pad and I’m coastin
Took another sip of the potion hit the threeone-wheel motion
I was glad everything had worked out
Dropped her ass off and then chirped out
Today was like one of those fly dreams
Didn’t even see a berry flashin those high beams
No helicopter looking for a murder
Two in the mornin got the… Read more

Convertibles are for the weak.