Corinna Mantlo rebuilds her dirtbike with Valerie Figarella, owner of MotorGrrl Garage in Brooklyn. [ more women who wrench ]
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Valerie Thompson ready to race in her BMW branded one piece suit and Schuberth full face. Valerie is a five time land speed record holder, is an official member of the BUB Speed Trials 201 MPH Club, Mojave Magnum 200 MPH Club, and Texas Mile 200 MPH Club… dang! She also set a personal best top speed of 212 mph on her BMW S1000RR during the March 2013 Texas Mile competition. Pretty incredible. Valerie will be appearing at BMW Las Vegas open house this weekend, Saturday April 19th, 2014 from 11a to… Continue Reading »
Johammer Electric Motorcycle
The new futuristic and ergonomic Johammer Electric motorcycle called the J1 is pretty cool, and has a nice riding distance on one charge!
Video: Hitler Wants A Gixxer (For His First Bike)
Most of us are familiar with the Hitler video meme wherein the english subtitles are changed to humorous banter completely unrelated to the Nazi regime. In this parody video, Hitler wants a GSXR 650 or 1000 for his first bike, and his compadres try to talk sense to him about starting with something smaller and, well, Hitler throws a temper tantrum (naturally). “I want my 180 wheels! I want to beat Ferraris! I will have women pulling the balls out of my pants!” Just under 4 minutes of amusingly familiar arguments. I… Continue Reading »
The Handbuilt Motorcycle Show 2014
Pandora and I were unable to make it to the Handbuilt Motorcycle Show in Austin, Texas on April 11th and 12th this year. The event is snuggled up to MotoGP and features the Wall of Death, a full bar, and works of Shinya Kimura, Walt Siegl, Revival Cycles, Boyle Custom Moto, and one of my favorite motoladies Sofi Tsingos plus a ton of other talented folks. Sofi and Brandon LaJoie of GT Moto (website) helped out with some awesome photos and words on the event. “First, I would like to say how mind… Continue Reading »