Archive for the ‘Off-Road & Dirt Track’ Category
Two-time World Superbike champion James Toseland will spearhead a British attempt to break the motorcycle land speed record. Toseland, 32, is set to make the record attempt in September 2014 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
The current record stands at 376.363mph, set by America’s Rocky Robinson and ratified by the Federation International de Motocyclisme.
The project is being led by Alex Macfadzean  … More
The world of dirt biking–or motocross–is vast and varied, and includes a cadre of 24 riders who last month embarked on an eight-day, 1,500-mile marathon journey from the U.S.-Mexico border to Land’s End at Cabo San Lucas, which is on the tip of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula. It was not a race, but a test of will as they zigzagged across Baja California, enduring heat, cold, fear, fatigue, failure, camouflaged gunmen, jumping cactus, venomous snakes, secret trails, night riding, and ultimately, triumph. They call it the Rip to Cabo. Check out a photo gallery by Kevin Ward and more of what they encountered   … Here
“Reverse slowmo of many motorcycle crashes I’ve caught on Mulholland Highway over the last couple years.”