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Okay I know this is an ad – and so I wasn’t expecting much – but it’s really pretty cool. I am at least 50% more likely to buy Icon gear now. Thanks a lot.

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When the front end comes up on my bike, my reaction is “get back down there yer pesky thang!” But I really admire those who have the opposite reaction and decide to go sit on the tank…backwards. Or something.
Check out some cool stunt action in our own backyard in LIC: we don’t have [...]

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So GR fans and blogophiles already know that Ghost Rider’s Turbo charged 500hp Busa is being given away to a lucky winner… it brings us to ask, why put a turbo on a 200mph motorcycle? The answer has something to do with pleading insanity, this video, and the joys of a 250 mph motorcycle… [...]

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Liter bike engineers have been tearing it up these past few years: v-4 in the Aprilia, the crossplane crank in the R1, the monster powered BMW 1000RR with the most hp of any production motorcycle, and the Ninja ZX1000 with its new traction control and engine management… Then there’s the humble CBR. Often [...]

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Ferrari’s do it.  Two stroke engines sometimes do it.  And four stroke motorcycle engines can do it too.  I don’t understand exactly why, but I’m told that the blue flame indicates that the engine is running lean (not rich like I’d assume), making the exhaust hot enough to ignite the unspent gases.  All I know [...]

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We’ve had some fine riding weather this winter in NY, but it’s still not good enough for track days or hard riding.  So if you’re getting antsy for a little racing action – someone should open up a warehouse in LIC or Dumbo…

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If you’re a lifelong New Yorker (like me), the Dakar Rally just sounds like a cologne someone once gave you for Christmas sitting in the back of your closet… But in reality it’s one of the craziest long distance motorcycle (and yeah there are cars too) events where intrepid motorcyclists ride through thousands of [...]

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Hope you all had good safe holidays where you are! It’s a bit cold for fun-riding today, but at least the asphalt isn’t icy or covered in salt. To soothe my need for some twisties, here’s a nice no-crash video from some bikers on the left coast… where you don’t have to go [...]

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That phrase can be applied to many styles of motorcycling, when done with skill and precision…  This here is the one style of riding I have no experience with, and little interest in trying (living in NY, it’s not really practical) – but this video is still absolutely amazing!  Hope you’re having a great holiday [...]

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Now if you’re particularly susceptible to crazy ideas, you probably shouldn’t watch this video or read the rest of this post…  Have a happy holiday!

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