Motrocycle Hall of Fame has an article about their History of Motocross exhibit at the Museum. There are lots of good photos like this one of Honda’s 1984 RC500. Jeff Ward’s KX250 factory bike is also here with some good info on the race bike of that era.
The 8,000 square-foot exhibit features over 60 famous motocross machines, [...]

When the Z1000 first came out several years ago, I fell in love with it’s streetfighter styling and monster motor. But the bike never really caught on here in the US because of 2 main problems- weight and handling. Well, it looks like Kawasaki has been working on the bike and plans to introduce a [...]

 
A friend who is into aviation and flying sent me this cartoon. But really, this is not far from a lot of ultralight aircraft in concept. I was looking through Popular Mechanics magazine last night, and came across this article which captured my attention. Really, these things are the aviation version of motorcycles and I [...]

Ducati announced today that 2006 would be the last year that they will race in the AMA Superbike series. This was hinted at in the past, and finalized today. I think that the AMA needs to seriously think about the reasons Ducati is stepping away. This is not good for the sport in the USA. [...]

Autoblog has a post on what can only be described as something else to buy that we have no real use for- a motorized cooler. I think we will see more and more of this kind of stuff since the Chinese have the manufacturing capacity to build just about anything cheaply.

Here is a good video from a 2005 road race that was actually run on real roads- at close to 200mph3po4aI72ovQ. It has some great camera shots so you get a real sense of the track and the speed. Good fun.

There are several great motorcycle museums and the one in Pickerington, Ohio that is affiliated with the AMA has a great website if you are at all interested in the history of motorcycling. You can spend a lot of time exploring the Hall of Fame, so maybe a bookmark is in order. Check it out here-
The Museum [...]

 Cycle World has a short article about the 06 Yamaha R1-LE with all sorts of trick stuff. While it is pricey compared to a standard R1, it is not out of line for what you get. Sweet bike and likely to be a collectors item in a few years.
Holy Öhlins! One look at the yellow-and-black [...]

Well, I think we all know how this turns out, but it is really fun to watch anyways. The bike holds it’s own in pure acceleration, but loses in top speed to both the car and of course the Jet. Lots of fun- makes you want to have one of each. In terms of bang [...]

Photo: Steve Cox, MXi
Suzuki’s Ricky Carmichael clinched the AMA Pro Motocross title with his win at the Binghampton, NY event. So far, he has won 10 of the 12 rounds and this is his 7 championship. “Dominant” doesn’t even begin to describe his career. I think the other riders are waiting on him to retire [...]

Matt Mladin won both of the races in the double-header at Virginia to draw closer to teammate Ben Spies in the championship points count. He is still down enough that Spies is in control, but it isn’t a runaway anymore. The AMA has a good article on the weekend and looks at the possibilites for [...]

WebBikeWorld has a great list of all the schools, training and track days. It has links for everything from learning to ride with a sidecar to Motocross schools. Good reference page and worth a bookmark.  
One of the best riding schools anywhere is the Kevin Schwantz School at Road Atlanta. Make sure you check out their [...]

Photo: Brian J. Nelson
Mladin, Spies and Yates were the top three qualifiers at VIR for tomorrow’s race. The Suzuki’s seem to be untouchable and Spies seems to have recovered from his qualifying crash yesterday. It looks to be a really good race- between Mladin and Spies. Speed has the whole story.
Yoshimura Suzuki legend Mat Mladin [...]

Ever since Tesla Motors announced their new electric sportscars, I have been wondering about what it would take to build an electric powered motorcycle that is competitive with today’s bikes.
I found an article written last year over at Gizmag that looks at one company in Europe that converts small 50cc streetbikes from gas to electric. The [...]

Motorcycle Daily has an article up on the new Night Rod and the hopped up VRSCX. Both are great looking bikes. I agree with the author who wants the VRSCX engine in a Night Rod. That would be cool. Of course, for the $4000.00 difference in price, you could do a lot of engine work [...]