Honda is partly known for going its own way when it comes to design & engineering. The CB750, with its four cylinders and disc brake, the oval pistoned NR500, the patterns of small holes in their race bike fairings and the CBR900RRs bodywork, etc. The list is long, and the ’12 CBR1000RR continues that trend, although not in as daring a manner as the NR, or the CB750. What it has could be considered less newsworthy than what it *doesn’t* have. What am I going on about here? Read on….
While the competition has added traction control, wheelie control, and ride modes, Honda  … More
It has just been announced that Erik Buell Racing has received $20 million in funding from foreign investors. A part of the federal government’s EB-5 program, the deal was brokered by FirstPathway Partners, a company that specializes in facilitating the funding of companies through wealthy individuals that are abroad. The announcement is a boon for EBR, as the company has struggled for financing since it began operations after the closing of Buell Motorcycles by Harley-Davidson.
The $20 million in funding will go towards  … More
The video premise was simple: Empire wanted to pack as much mayhem into a 72 hour period as possible. Featuring a myriad of spots from military bases, mountain roads, Las Vegas rooftops, the Monster Energy warehouse and everything in between the trio of Nick “Apex” Brocha, Ernie “E-Dub” Vigil, and Shin “Shinja” Kinoshita tore apart the Southwestern landscape during this video. Filmed in 300fps HD and featuring an extremely talented supporting cast this video’s goal is to provide 10 minutes of audio/visual entertainment and redefine what a sportbike freestyle video can entail.
“Man, people sure drag a bunch of stuff they don’t need up the Dalton Highway,” IM’d a friend, once he was back from his adventure up there. That’s funny, because he’d been planning on packing his Ram so full of survival gear, you’d think he was visiting the apocalypse, not Alaska.
I’d talked him out of that, something he appreciated once he got up there and realized he wasn’t going to have to fend off packs of roving Grizzly Bears  … More