How To Pack For Adventure
"Man, people sure drag a bunch of stuff they don't need up the Dalton Highway," IM'd a friend, once he was back from…
Car Repair As Relationship Counseling
(Wes Siler will entertain you every week with stories of being Wes Siler. Warning: may cause random impregnation. — Ed.)
Does Los Angeles Destroy Cheap Motorcycles?
Riding motorcycles in Los Angeles is not for squeamish Stevens. And yet, their ability to split lanes and slice…
Roland Sands Is Trying To Make Harley Davidsons Less Uncool
Motorcycle racer-turned-designer Roland Sands spends his days designing cool crap for motorcycles, designing bikewear…
An European Adventure In SoCal
In this latest episode of RideApart, Jamie, Grant and I head up 33 north of Ojai, California. That, in my opinion, is…
Flat Track Racing Is Democracy In Action
If the late Big Willie Robinson taught us anything, it's the simply elegant joy of "run whatcha brung." That tenet…
Do Electric Motorcycles Suck?
We know the arguments in favor of electric cars — reduced net emissions, a shift toward domestically-obtained energy…
Wes Siler proves again why two wheels are very bad
When it comes to vehicles, I have a maxim I always follow: Four wheels good, two wheels bad. No matter how many times I…
Do You Have The Balls To Race Me At The Thunderdrome?
The post-apocalyptic wasteland of Detroit is set to host an epic tournament of mopeds and scooters on an abandoned…
Wes Siler Has Left The Building
All the time that I've been contributing to Jalopnik I've been hiding a terrible secret. Finally, it's time to reveal…
How To Celebrate Your Birthday Jalopnik-Style
Yesterday was my 29th birthday and I've spent the last two weekends celebrating making it through another year without…
How To Lap Lime Rock Park
Last month, we reviewed the Skip Barber Advanced Two Day Mazdaspeed Racing School at Connecticut's Lime Rock Park.…
Kudos For Wes Siler Continue To Roll In
Even some of today's most august automotive journalists are well-wishing Wes Siler over his fabulous performance today…
Jalopnik Vs GM: Bob Beats Blog
It appears GM, even a just-emerged-from-bankruptcy GM, still has the power to beat a blogger. Our Wes Siler, in a…
Jalopnik Vs. GM: Round 2, How Wes Fared
The lap board's updated here at the Jalopnik Vs GM CTS-V Challenge and Wes did — well, about what we expected. Take a…
Jalopnik Vs. GM: We Have Seen The Enemy, And He Is Bob
GM's "Maximum" Bob Lutz either mentally preparing himself or wondering where he left the car keys to his Cadillac CTS-V…
Lutz Prepares For Certain Defeat Today
The players are prepping themselves for the Jalopnik Vs GM race today, including Csaba Csere — the independent third…
Cadillac CTS-V Vs Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR: By The Numbers
Here's the tale of the tape - how GM's Bob Lutz and his Cadillac CTS-V matches up to me in the Mitsubishi Lancer…
Monticello Motor Club: A Turn-By-Turn Analysis
Think Monticello Motor Club and you think of the long back straight. But the rest of the track is tight and very…