Join the Desert Assassins for the 2012 Rip to Cabo riding from California to the tip of the Baja Peninsula at Land’s End. Here’s a sneak peek into this year’s epic ride.
Of all the different types of tracks used in motorcycle dirt flat-track racing, one stands out as the fastest and most exciting. The Mile.
Run on oval dirt tracks of a mile or more in length, on racing motorcycles that reach top speeds of 130 mph or more on the straights, and power-sliding through the turns, all in full view of the grandstands, nothing in racing can compare to the visual drama of The Mile.
This weekend mile-track racing returns to Santa Rosa, California after a 42-year hiatus. The AMA Pro Racing press release follows:Â Â …Â More
One of the shortcomings of land speed racing is the amount of actual “seat time†one gets on the salt. Granted, those from Southern California can get in multiple events at El Mirage on the shorter mud lake, but I’m talking about those whose main destination is the Bonneville Salt Flats, the “Big Daddy†of LSR.
Preparation can take months, sometimes years, before putting it all together to make an attempt at history. Then you have to decide which sanction to run under, what type of record, and which set of rules best applies to you and your machine. Speed Week and SCTA put on the largest attended event each year, with 400 to 500 cars and bikes entered each season, sometimes  … More
University of Denver engineering graduate student Eva HÃ¥kansson pushed her home-built electric sidecar motorcycle “KillaJoule” to just over 216 mph (347 km/h) last week, while setting a new world record for electric sidecar bikes at the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials at Bonneville Salt Flats. The top speed comes achingly close to the fastest record ever set with an internal combustion engine for a bike of that type: 219 mph (352 km/h).
HÃ¥kansson and her husband Bill Dube are well known on the electric motorcycle racing scene, especially for their “KillaCycle” electric drag bike. Unlike the KillaCycle however, the 18 foot (6 meter) long KillaJoule is   … Pictures and more