Jamie Robinson and Wes take bananas to a gunfight, entering 9hp Honda CRF100F and XR100 trail bikes in The Hooligan Derby’s “Run Whatcha’ Brung” flat track race at Ventura Raceway. It’s their first time on a dirt oval. :continue:
At lunch on Saturday, Sean said he couldn’t understand why I was being so positive about this Honda CRF250L. His argument was that it weighs over 300lbs and makes only 23bhp. Therefore we should dismiss it as irrelevant; it just won’t be capable off-road. My argument in return? CBR250R. If Honda can bring that kinda quality and that mix of performance to a dual sport, at the same price point, then this is going to be a great bike. Now with more detailed photos and action videos, it looks like that’s exactly what’s happening. :continue:
A list of awesome things: Honda CBR250R, riding off-road, low prices, accessible performance, lightweight bikes. Now imagine combining all those into a single product. We give you this new Honda CRF250L. Currently planned for Asia and Europe only, Thai manufacturing could, like that CBR, bring it to America at an incredibly small amount of money. Accessible, affordable and desirable, could this be the next great Honda? :continue:
To create this homage to the era of Mick Doohan GP domination, Australian artist Eamon O’Toole created an exact replica of the “big bang” NSR500 from period photos and magazine articles, before deconstructing it and suspending it inside Brisbane’s Ipswich Art Gallery. It’s the centerpiece of an exhibition entitled “Revhead” which whimsically explores the man’s greasier obsessions. :continue:
Unveiled at the Bangkok Motor Show this morning, this Zoomer X is Honda Thailand’s take on a replacement for the popular 50cc scooter known as the Ruckus in the US. In production for a decade now, the current Zoomer still looks fresh, largely thanks to its elemental design; exposed frame tubes aren’t covered in any bodywork and two round headlights are as close to “styling” as it gets. This concept ditches that simplicity for plastic cladding around a similar exposed underseat area. :continue:
Soichiro Honda once said, “We only have one future, and it will be made of our dreams, if we have the courage to challenge convention.” That quote and many more from Soichiro and other racing luminaries are used by satellite Honda team LCR in a presentation it created to mark the release of its new MotoGP bike. It’s a visually stunning, textually compelling tribute to the pinnacle of motorcycle racing. :continue:
“The bike was, as you would expect from a company such as Mugen, a well-designed and well put together proper race bike,” stated 17 time Isle of Man TT winner John McGuinness shortly after his first ride aboard the Mugen Shinden. “As soon as I got underway it felt natural and I almost forgot it was fully electric while I was also learning the Twin Ring Motegi circuit for the first time.” :continue:
The bike you see here is the Mugen Shinden, a prototype electric race bike that will compete at this summer’s TT Zero, racing bikes like the MotoCzysz E1pc. Mugen is a japanese race team and tuning company that’s long existed as sort of a Skunk Works-like, external R&D company for Honda. There’s no public link between Honda and the Shinden. But, now that we see the bike, it’s evident that it does share some major parts with the Honda RC-E. Like that motor, which comes out of the Honda Insight hybrid car. :continue:
Are we witnessing the birth of a new trend in custom bike building? First, Icon mounted knobbies and a beater fairing on a VF1000R, turning it into sort of a post-apocalyptic, high-speed dual-sport. Now, Parisian builder Rive Gauche has done this semi-rat build to a Honda CX500. Unloved ‘80s beaters as big, heavy dirt bikes? :continue:
Putting a motorcycle in an unlikely place almost always leads to interesting photos. Here, the Justin Bieber of motorcycle stunt riding, the 20-year old Aaron Colton, takes his CBR600RR stunt bike to Ft. George in Trinidad. A sportsbike wouldn’t be our first choice for precipitous mountain trails, deep sandy beaches or leafy forests, but that’s kinda the point.
Photos: Jtography
