American Michael Czysz has been building two-wheeled racing motorcycle masterpieces for many years, though the cruel reality of racing has meant that the distinctly proletarian budgets he has had at his disposal in building not just his own race bikes, but his own racing motors has always seen his work directly compared to factory machinery of Honda, Yamaha, Ducati et al, who spend tens, maybe hundreds of millions and have a professional team with a cast of hundreds. When electric motorcycling came along, Czysz was a natural to bring his energetic and innovative mind to the new class and forge the way.
Widely considered the “man most likely†for almost too long in … Details
Abby Sunderland, 16, is alive and apparently well, floundering in rough seas in the Indian Ocean without a mast, but safely aboard her 40-foot boat and awaiting the arrival of rescue ships.
An Australian plane with 11 trained observers found Sunderland, who on Thursday had activated two emergency distress beacons signaling an international rescue attempt, not long after daybreak Friday. Its crewmade contact with her on a marine radio channel.
The mariner from Thousand Oaks, Calif., who had been attempting to become the youngest person to have sailed around the world alone, had lost has mast and rigging after her vessel apparently …Â Details
 CANBERRA, Australia – A 16-year-old California girl who was feared lost at sea while sailing solo around the world has been found alive and well, adrift in the southern Indian Ocean as rescue boats head toward her damaged yacht, officials said.
After a tense 20 hours of silence, a search plane launched from Australia’s west coast made radio contact with Abby Sunderland on Friday in the frigid southern seas where her boat was repeatedly knocked down by huge waves and she lost satellite phone contact.Â
The boat’s mast was broken — ruining satellite phone reception — and was dragging with the sail in the ocean … Details
In 18 years of testing the famed Nürburgring, no Subaru has done better. None has gone faster. And none has exuded more confidence under extreme conditions.Â
That’s how Subaru is billing its April 16 blitzing of the arduous Green Hell in a fleet 7 minutes, 55 seconds in a 2011 WRX STI sedan. New video of this test is an enthusiast’s dream, offering the view from the cockpit as this lithe Subie strains and streaks through the forests of Germany. In the right-hand-drive car, the acceleration … Details
The prototype WRX STI has been timed in a test drive around the Nürburgring. Major improvements have been made to the chassis performance, including the body itself as well as its aerodynamics. The new mode shaved more than 4 seconds of the 2004 time, clocking in at 7:55; the fastest lap time ever recorded for the WRX STI. Driver: Tommi Mäkinen