Filed under: Etc. , Videos , Motorcycle , Off-Road It takes guts to ride a motocross bike . Tuned practically to the point of blowing themselves to bits, every pound stripped away so that only the bare necessities are left and sitting on top of a foot-plus of suspension travel, it takes a deft hand to tame these race machines. Which makes the feat you’ll see in the video after the break all the more amazing.
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Video: Watch as a motorcycle rides on top of the world
Filed under: Classics , Auctions , Etc. , Motorcycle Bonhams wrapped up an impressive motorcycle auction in Las Vegas , and some very pricey metal rolled across the block. While seriously expensive bikes like the 1955 Vincent Black Prince pictured above and a 1915 Harley-Davidson 11-F Twin failed to bring home enough cash to find new owners, the 1953 Vincent Black Shadow to the right brought home well north of its early bid estimates. A new owner laid down a hefty $122,500 for the pleasure of ownership
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Bonhams Las Vegas Motorcycle Sale sees big numbers for vintage bikes
Filed under: CES , Etc. , Marketing/Advertising , Mercedes-Benz For every college student with a Che Guevara poster on their dorm room walls and a copy of Motorcycle Diaries on their shelves, there are plenty of Americans who remember the communist leader as a cold-blooded killer. That’s the problem with revolutionaries; they’re nothing if not divisive. Mercedes-Benz recently received a first-hand lesson in just how polarizing Guevara himself can be after the company used a massive image of the leader in the company’s presentation on car sharing at CES .
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Report: Mercedes boss Zetsche offends Cubans with Che Guevara joke
Filed under: Motorsports There’s plenty of racing that takes place at the Olympics , so don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. There’s running, cycling, sailing, speed skating, luge, bobsledding and skiing. The thing is, none of these sports are mechanically powered, so motorsports are decidedly excluded from the highest-profile sporting event in the world. It wasn’t always that way, though
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Official: FIA gains official recognition from International Olympic Committee
Filed under: Videos , Humor Speed TV’s Dumbest Stuff on Wheels is coming back for a second season later this month, and in case you don’t know what you’re in for, they’ve put together a “Best Of” compilation from Season One. It’s a simple concept, though: really bad ideas + wheels. We’re sympathetic toward the folks attempting trics, because after all, crashing is part of perfecting.
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Video: Dumbest Stuff on Wheels compilation makes Season 1 reruns redundant
Filed under: Etc. , Safety , Videos If you live in the city, you know that the abundance of street lights are so bright that it’s difficult to see stars in the sky even on the clearest of nights. The situation out in the country couldn’t be any more different. The stars are gorgeous, but they’re not nearly bright enough to illuminate rural roads
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Video: Watch how recycled Christmas lights are safely put to good use