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Girl On A Motorcycle

The 1968, British film “Girl on a Motorcycle” stared Marianne Faithfull, she was about 20 years old when the movie was shot and I now understand what Mick Jagger saw in her, especially after seeing Faithfull in full leathers riding a bike.  The film was released in the U.S. under the more appropriate title “Naked Under Leather”.  A quick summary; wild girl marries boring guy, girl goes on a motorcycle adventure for excitement, meets bad boy… Hit the jump for the trailer and some footage from the movie. Get the Flash Player to see this player.

The Fonz Never Really Rode a Motorcycle!

According to the “King of Cool” himself, “The Fonz” (Henry Winkler) never actually rode any motorcycles during the ten year Happy Days television run.  Winkler, never rode a bike in real life either, he has dyslexia, which made it difficult for him to co-ordinate the clutch, throttle and brake.  Instead, the bikes (Harley Davidson’s, Triumph’s, BSA’s were used) were mounted on a piece of wood with wheels to make it look like he was riding, even though I am not shocked, I am a little disappointed… You can watch the interview with Winkler, the famous motorcycle jump “The Fonz” made over 14 trashcans and a bonus “Jump the Shark” video after the jump. Get the Flash Player to see this player. “Jump the Shark”, as per Phoghat’s request: Get the Flash Player to see this player.

Does your 2010 Honda Fury have Sloppy Welds?

The 2010 Honda Fury Chopper has been out for a few weeks now and people have been buying them up all across North America.  A local Honda dealer revealed to us that he only received 4 choppers from Honda and sold them before they even arrived at his shop. The Fury is at a great price for those who want a stylish chopper look, but are you sacrificing quality for a bargain chopper?  Do sloppy welds break your heart or can you tough it out and live with them knowing you got a unique looking bike at an affordable price? See the full post for pictures and opinions.

Ride to Work Day – Rolling in early for 2009

This years annual Ride to Work Day is picking up speed – It’s really moving! No. Really, it’s moving – to the 15th of June (3rd Monday in June).

Quebec Debates Controversial Motorcycle Rules

Often a favored destination for motorcyclists for its vast highways and picturesque scenery, the Canadian province of Quebec may soon be a miserable place for many of the bikers who live there. The provincial auto insurance board known as the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) is proposing a list of new rules that is sure to be unpopular for riders and manufacturers alike. The proposed regulation states that people under the age of 25 and anyone with less than five years of motorcycle riding experience would not be permitted to own or insure motorcycles deemed to be ‘high-risk’ by the board.

“Jesse James is a Dead Man” Pre-Show Review

Jesse James, the man behind Monster Garage, might die. But I doubt it. His new television show “Jesse James is a Douchebag Dead Man” is Jesse toying with death through a variety of different feats and stunts he will perform.

Chopper Powered by Natural Gas

Claiming to be the worlds first, the compressed natural gas chopper was unveiled in Orange County, New York, by none other than Paul Teutul Sr., of Orange County Choppers (OCC) who constructed the chopper for the Chesapeake Energy Corporation. The build will be on OCC at some point this year, not many other details at this point. Hit the jump to watch the unveiling video.

2009 Zero X Electric Motorcycle

After announcing the Zero S earlier this year, Zero Motorcycles have now released info on the 2009 Zero X. The new electric motorcycle not only features updated custom bodywork and a more advanced brake system, it also comes with a new two year limited warranty that is extended to all of their motorcycles, including two new warranty plans for increased coverage. You can run through all of new features and upgrades here.

PART 4 of our MotoGP Paddock Girls Video Round-up!

It’s that time again.  MotoGP Paddock Girls o’clock.  Be sure to see the bottom of the post for links to Parts 1 to 3! Have a great day! See the rest of the post for your MotoGP Paddock Girls of the week!

Mac Motorcycles

British motorcycle design studio Xenophya Design and product designer Ellis Pitt have teamed up to produce a new company, Mac Motorcycles. Based out of Upton-Upon-Severn in Worcestershire, England, Mac Motorcycles will produce a line of bikes powered by Buell’s air-cooled single cylinder 492cc engines used in the Blast, with a tubular backbone frame. On the company’s website, Pitt describes its bikes as being simple to maintain, include references and details from choppers and bobbers and feature “Harley posture, flat-track manners, Ducati handling”.

New Honda Fury TV Spot is Scary [Video]

Ok, it’s not THAT new… Somehow it slipped passed me back in April.  I guess I was too busy watching people do wheelies on scooters. The new 2010 Honda Fury TV spot has a lot of quick edits of intense scenes including a shark jumping up at your face and various animals and people screaming at you.  Let’s not forget the dude getting punched in the face and people getting blown around by a tornado. Ya, it’s INTENSE and kind of scary.  You don’t see too much of the bike except for it standing stationary near the end.

CHiPs Episodes Now Available Online

If you watched TV between 1977-1983, more than likely you saw an episode of CHiPs or at least heard of it. Now you can view 54 shows on AOL video or 16 shows on Fancast to get caught up on all the action. The TV show follows two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers, Jon (Larry Wilcox) and Ponch (Erik Estrada), take on various assignments ranging from light to heavy situations, enjoy!

Robbie Knievel to Jump at ROT

Robbie Knievel will jump over 180 feet of Budweiser trucks in front of the Texas Capitol using a 1,000-foot ramp on Friday, June 12th at 11 pm at the ROT event in June. This will be Knievel’s first jump since New Years Eve in Las Vegas when he made a 200-foot jump over the newly renovated Mirage Hotel volcano, while it erupted. The 15th annual biker rally will take place on June 11-14 in Austin, Texas.

Top 5 Motorcycle Helmets From J.D. Power

J.D. Power and Associates who do independent and unbiased surveys and polls have gathered information on customer satisfaction of motorcycle helmets. The study measures the overall satisfaction of motorcyclists with their new helmet in three key factors: ventilation, face shield, and design and styling; which consist of 11 attributes: quietness; ventilation/air flow; de-fogging; face shield ability to keep wind out; face shield ability to resist scratching; ease of replacing face shield; scratch resistance of shell; color/graphic design; weight; ease of fastening the strap; and fit and comfort.

That Bike is Smokin’ [video]

Inventor and environment activist, M.K. Sudhakar from India, has created this cigarette motorcycle to show his support for India’s recent public smoking ban. I don’t know what the connection is but it does attract a lot of attention anyway, not to mention the spelling mistake, habbit?… Check out the video after the jump.

Riding on the Edge: A Motorcycle Outlaw’s Tale

Few people are able to retrospectively recount the life of an outlaw biker with such accuracy and candor as John Hall, mostly because few people so deeply entrenched within such a culture ever make it out alive. If rival gangs, bar brawls or bike accidents don’t kill them, years of hard drinking and hard living usually do. Hall is an exception to these rules as he successfully transcended this great divide.

Closed Angeles Crest Highway Portion Now Open [video]

In March 2005, approximately a 10-mile stretch on the Angeles Crest Highway was closed due to a major rockslide. In 2006, another storm caused even more damage and delayed the rebuilding efforts that were in progress but now the stretch of road is complete and open for your riding destination and pleasure. Check out the video after the jump.

Does a Vespa GTS make you want to Dance? [videos]

Vespa has posted up 2 new videos promoting their 2009 Vespa LX 50 4T 4V, 2009 Vespa LX 150 and 2009 Vespa GTS 125 Super. I don’t know about you but I feel like listening to my iPod when watching these videos.  The dancing silhouettes have been done before, Vespa…  Also, the dancing people work better for an advertisement of a music player then for a scooter, but I guess you are trying to show people how much fun Vespa scooters are. And they do look like fun, especially whizzing around some European town.  But are they fun enough to dance too?

NOS Enery Drink makes Public Service Announcement [video]

Looks like the makers of NOS Energy Drink got wind of the Gixxer.com user who dumped two bottles of the stuff into his motorcycle. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you have been living under a rock the last 2 days (or maybe you just don’t use the Internet as much as some of us). Head over to this post to catch up as to what’s been happening over on the Gixxer.com forums: Bike won’t Start after Using NOS Fuel Additive [Pics and Video] The video posted below seems to be a public service announcement telling the public where NOS is really supposed to go.

BMW S1000RR Superbike [video]

Motorcycle.com will be officially shown the totally new BMW S1000RR on Sunday, May 31st during the Superbike World Championship race at the Miller Motorsports Park in Utah. In the meantime, we have a video to get you up close and personal with the new sportbike, thanks to Shahram Shiva, enjoy! Click through to watch the video.

Solar Powered Motorcycle [video]

Richard Grzych is from Apache Junction, Arizona. After two years working on the project, Grzych has managed to successfully create a motorcycle that gets all the energy it needs from the sun, not a hybrid and no plug to be found. The bike is covered with solar panels and can generate and store enough power to move the bike for 50 miles and has a top speed of 90 mph but his goal is to give the bike a 300 mile range.

Community Tip: How-to Completely Remove the Air Induction System on a Yamaha

Alright, maybe this isn’t for everyone, but I thought it was obscure enough to warrant some interest to any motorcyclist. TEZZMIN, a senior member over at the R6MessageNet forums, has posted a nice How-To on removing an ’03-’04 Yamaha R6 ‘s Air Induction System. What does the AIS do?

Paddock Girls of MotoGP – PART 3! [Even More Video!]

Thursdays can be tough.  So close to the weekend, yet so far away.  I hope these MotoGP Paddock Girl posts help you out and I hope to help you out next Thursday as well!  Enjoy PART 3 of our Paddock Girls of MotoGP and don’t forget to check out Part 1 and Part 2! See the full post for your MotoGP Paddock Girls of the week! MotoGP Jerez Paddock Girls MotoGP Paddock Girls in Valencia MotoGP Paddock Girls – (Mugello GP) Catalunya Paddock Girls MotoGP Paddock Girls – (Catalunya GP) Malaysian Paddock Girls Paddock Girls of MotoGP – PART 1 [Video!] Paddock Girls of MotoGP – PART 2 [More Video!] Need more babes?

Bike won’t Start after Using NOS Fuel Additive [Pics and Video]

UPDATE: Poor sti2gsxr has made it on to the Comedy Central website. I’m shaking my head right now but I’m also thinking “Kudos, NOS, for making your energy drink so convincing that someone thought you actually use it as a fuel additive”. Poor poor sti2gsxr over on the Gixxer.com boards posted: My bike was running like crap on my way home from work so I stopped at a gas station to get some NOS.

Bumblebee Transportation [Video]

If you happen to live in Little Rock, Arkansas and are out drinking then you should know about this creative service provided by Bumblebee Transportation. We should all know by now that drinking and driving (or riding) don’t mix, having a designated driver not always works out so calling up a taxi is a good alternative, but what about the hassle of arranging to collect your car the next day? This is where Bumblebee Transportation comes in… This is how it works: 1.

It’s almost here – Isle of Man TT! [video]

We’ve been watching our calendars, soon we’ll be watching our clocks. It’s finally, almost – nearly here! A high-speed motorcycle race across hillside terrain and through city streets.

MotoGP Live Timing iPhone Application Officially Released

Love MotoGP?  Love your iPhone (or iPod Touch)?  Well now you can have the best of both worlds with MotoGP’s Live Timing iPhone application. What can MotoGP Live Timing do for you? Live timing: Race and rider data updated lap by lap – Rotate your iPhone/iPod and get full live timing view!

What’s next for Polaris?

Polaris Industries, the parent company of Victory Motorcycles, announced this week it will form a new on-road vehicle division. The official announcement says the new division “maximizes cohesive and strategic growth for Victory Motorcycles and other on-road products and brands”. Which begs the question: what other on-road products and brands?

Motorcycle Safety Month – Motorcycle Group Riding Signals

It is still Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month so I am still bent on making you aware of safety and motorcycles. Hand signals play a large part in motorcycle riding if you are riding in a group (unless you have those handy helmet radios).  As the “leader of the pack”, they are a great way of letting everyone behind you know what is going on and what to watch out for. The signals are somewhat universal but I’ve thrown in some illustrated guides in this post to help you out.  When riding in a group, your members can decide on which ones work best for you.

Official 2010 Honda Fury Pricing

We know you guys have been wondering and asking and pondering the pricing of the 2010 Honda Fury Chopper so I thought I’d make a post to flat out state how much you’ll have to dish out for the Fury. There are three different price points that Honda has announced and they are between $12,999 and $13,999. See the full post for details!