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Amazing 360-degree video: Race with original Harleys – 1921 style!
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Ok, so this is effectively an advert for an upcoming three-part mini-series Harley and the Davidsons that will be shown on the Discovery channel, but what a cool video it is! 360-degree view of motordrome racing from early 20th century. Just drag the video to change the view – it’s awesome! This about as close…
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Video: Hells Angels Forever
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This video is NOT safe for work, so don’t play it loud if you’re doing a bit of watching-on-the-side but it is still fascinating and available on YouTube. We featured this ages ago but it’s worth pointing you in the direction of Richard Chase and Leon Gast’s interesting documentary ‘Hells Angels Forever’ from 1983. It’s…
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Kawasaki developing artificial intelligence for motorcycles – CONFIRMED
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Kawasaki has announced that it IS working on as artificial intelligence system that will let your bike communicate and adapt to your needs as your ride. The artificial intelligence system will not only actually be able to ‘talk’ and respond to a rider’s commands but can change a bike’s set-up, power and handling character exactly…
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Video: Roundabout speedway in Poland
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Here’s something awesome to watch before the weekend: roundabout speedway! Yep, these guys are having a proper speedway race around a roundabout in Lublin, Poland. The stunt was organised by Red Bull and involved three riders, Maciek Janowski, Piotr Pawlicki and Przemyslaw Pawlicki battling for roundabout glory. You might think that the Tarmac surface would pose some problems for…
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Video: meet Livemap – the Russian answer to the helmet of the future
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Check out this video for an in-helmet live display system that looks great – and where the Skully system failed this might actually make it to market. The Russian inventor, Andrew Artishchev, has now made a second, working prototype of the system which broadcasts essential motorcycle and route data onto two areas on the inside…
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Want to own one of the James Bond: Skyfall motorbikes? This one is going up for sale next weekend
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How do you fancy owning an iconic piece of modern film motorcycling memorabilia? Well, you’ll be able to from next week because one of the James Bond Skyfall bikes is going up for sale. It’s the Honda CRF250R from the opening sequence of the 2012 film. It was modified to look like a Turkish police motorcycle…
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Video: Keanu Reeves’ TV spot for the bike he built with his mate Gard
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We’ve all seen the $78,000 KRGT-1 Arch motorcycle built by Keanu Reeves and Gard Hollinger in the USA and you can buy one. Here’s the nicely made film about the project from Bloomberg in the States.
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Video: When you go a bit OTT on the whole bike+lights front…
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So you get that Gold Wing and a lighting kit… then you find a festival in Spain… and someone gets their phone out to take a video…
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Video: The world’s FASTEST Wheelie! 213.309mph is the NEW world record set in the UK!
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The world record for fastest speed in a wheelie has been shattered by Dutch rider (and perfectly named for the event) Egbert Van Popta after an amazing 213mph+ run at the Straightliners Event at Elvington Airfield in Yorkshire. The rider from the Netherlands’ first run saw him hit a top speed of 214.669mph but he…
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Video: First look at Harley-Davidson’s new Milwaukee-Eight engine
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Harley-Davidson has just unveiled its ninth big twin engine in the history of the company – the ‘Milwaukee-Eight’. The name comes from the fact that the 107ci (1745cc), 45-degree V-twin engine has four valves per head. There are also two spark plugs per cylinder, heat management has been improved, and H-D claim that the new…
