10 to 15 thousand miles per year. That’s what I used to ride when I was into motorcycles. There was a time that there were the dominant force in my life and served not only as transportation, but as my getaway from the everyday. However immersing the rider in mechanical serenity is only one aspect of motorcycling. The other is their ability to take you places that few cars would ever dare.
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This week on RideApart Jamie Robinson heads out to the California desert with a classic bike enthusiast named “Meatball” to compete in the Hillbilly Hillclimb. His mission? To conquer the hill on a $150 Yamaha TY250 from a junk yard and do so while wearing one fugly-ass looking costume! Click the below link for the video!
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I have no idea what the individuals are saying in this video because it’s in French. However it features a wicked super-motard, a few planes and enough bad-ass stunts to keep you glued to the screen from the time you hit the play button until the end. Check it out after the jump.
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It’s no secret that the male genitalia is not something to mess around with as it was designed to perform a specified set of functions. Now normally these functions happen day to day without a hint of failure, however when foreign elements are introduced into the game plan, well then, that’s when all hell breaks loose. Take the two brain surgeons in the following clip. Apparently they thought it would be a good idea to perform a stunt whereby one friend attempts to clear the others junk on a mechanized dirt bike. Obviously it doesn’t end well, but you won’t know that until you feel the pain after the jump.
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There’s no question that riding a motorcycle can be one of the most rewarding experiences of ones life. However, if not done properly it can also be one of the most tragic. As someone who’s been riding for the better part of 20 years I can tell you from experience that learning proper technique is essential for your safety and the safety of others. This week on RideApart on DRIVE, Jamie Robinson takes some green riders to the racetrack and helps them not only get better acclimated to their rides, but shows them the in’s and out’s of bike control in a nice controlled setting. Check it out after the jump.
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Reviewing cars and motorcycles for living is a dream job and anyone who tells you differently is lying. For the most part things go off without a hitch, however there are times when shit goes south and when that happens all bets are off. The following motorcycle reviewer found this out first hand when the saddle bag on his Yamaha FJR 1300 tester caught a pole and thus sent him ass-over-end off a pier. To quote the great rock band Dire Straits, “Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug”. Click through and check it out.
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Enduro motorcycles are capable of providing riders with some of the most fun in all of motorcycling. They possess competent on-road manners, but it’s when the pavement ends when these machines really come alive. This week on RideApart host Jamie Robinson and guest Sean Matic head from Los Angeles to Lake Arrowhead on a Honda CRF250L and a Suzuki DR-Z400 to see which is better. A bike with less weight or a bike with more brawn.
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Ever wonder what possesses grown men to do certain things? Take this guy for example. It’s as if he was sitting in a lounge chair one day and thought to himself:
“Lets take a big-bore Honda sport bike, point it at my genitals and then, because I feel like Superman, see if I can keep it in place while holding it at wide open throttle. Yeah, that’s a great idea!”
Turns out he may have been wrong.
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They ride motorcycles, drink coffee and sell cool hipster shit online. The folks of See See Motorcycles have managed to carve out quite a little niche for themselves in the soggy city of Portland, Oregon. Here they conjure up all sorts of ideas in which they use to get people to buy their stuff. Now generally I’d be against promoting others wears, however anytime I see women flogging the crap out of vintage dirt bikes, I must simply approve immediately. Click through and check it out.
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When you’re a professional motorcycle racer the two-wheeled world becomes your oyster. Ever wonder though what happens when the lights go out and they aren’t racing? I mean do you ever ask yourself what they ride on a daily basis, I know I do. The guys at RideApart on DRIVE wanted to find out the answer to this very question, so they enlisted the help of pro-rider Eric Bostrom to find out.
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