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Shout out from ANB Motorcycles Club To all riders out there: As we are used to KTM's Unstoppable riding experience, this October an Unbeatable event is taking all KTM riders to a whole new level of challenges and adventure all the way to Bulgaria! Up to the challenge and crazy fanatic of off road riding? Make sure to reserve the soonest as places are Very Limited! Most of the year, this state on the Balkan peninsula provides perfect conditions for Enduro riders. Situated in Eastern Europe,...

One of the most innovative event in action sports is back! The 2015 Straight Rythm event will take place on October 11 and will once again be held at Fairplex in Pomona on an “unwound” track completely straight. YES NO TURNS AHEAD! This year’s version will feature 24 riders divided into 2 classes – 16 in the Open Class and 8 in the Lites Class. Expect the world’s top supercross and motocross riders to compete this year in a unique one of a hell riding style and atmosphere! 

The best advice you can have when riding is to always stay aware and be alive. How? Make sure to follow these 4 simple steps: 1) You can’t escape what you don’t see: one mirror should show what is literally behind you. Yes. Literally. Forget how you look and focus on the road.   2) Use quick flashes of a brake light to alert tailgaters. Sometimes you just have to get away when you can’t get it your way! Some drivers will just not move.   3) When in doubt, and you’re suspecting...

  All eyes are set on Le Mans’ Round Five with no fewer than 3 race winners off the mark. Ducati 2 factory riders are on fire and focusing on their victory, in the exquisite French circuit getting set for a legendary weekend of action! A post-Grand Prix test for the POWER ELECTRONICS Aspar Team at Jerez will hopefully see Nicky Hayden and Eugene Laverty in more competitive shape this weekend. With some of Hayden improvements and Laverty finally making a breakthrough despite what he...

There’s this common stereotype about riders being crazy fanatics of speed and Rock and Roll...As if the minute you get on a motorbike you grow a beard, your hair becomes instantly long, your skin turns into this leathery surface of distinguished roughness, and your exhaust system releases drums sound and hard core notes! Well guess what? Under this edgy look there’s simply a doctor, lawyer, professor, and father just trying to make his way to work. Yeah, riders do care about making a living...

In 2011, Dane Westby crashed on the closing lap of the Daytona 200, on the fastest part of the track. He was in a pack of five racers fighting for an advantage to take the win, as they wheel-to-wheel approached the checkered flag. Another rider elbowed his front brake lever, locking up Westby’s front wheel and throwing him to the pavement. After his crash, Westby got up and walked away, though a bit burned and abraded from sliding over 100 yards on dry pavement. I chatted with Westby...

I'll be the first to admit that I don't have a great love for what people normally define as art.  My interests lie more on the mechanical end of the spectrum and I just can't get overly excited about paintings, sculptures and the like (even when they involve motorcycles).  So I was somewhat surprised by how much I enjoyed looking at the latest project from UK artist Nick Veasey.  Unlike a traditional photographer, Nick captures images of the inside of his subjects, using an X-ray machine in...

merican International Motorcycle Expo Press Release: Following a successful first year involvement, the American International Motorcycle Expo (AIMExpo) and Zero Motorcycles, the world’s leading manufacturer of electric motorcycles, have announced that the pioneering OEM will return for its second year of exhibiting this October 15-18 at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center (OCCC). Highlighting the product lineup from Zero will be its high-performance Zero SR motorcycle. The company’s...

AMA Press Release: The American Motorcyclist Association offers its sincere condolences to the friends and family of AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Carroll Resweber, who passed away on May 8, 2015, at the age of 79. Resweber, a member of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Class of 1998, was a brilliant young racer who won four consecutive AMA Grand National Championships from 1958 to 1961 — a record that stood for four decades. A true star of motorcycle racing, Resweber demonstrated enormous...

My father didn’t go to college. He didn’t even finish high school. He was the son of a hat maker in Tokyo, and his hobby was motorcycling. He rode a motorcycle with no helmet—just a straw hat. In those days, there weren’t any motorcycle helmets. My father used to say, “I am a good rider.” I don’t think he was, but he loved to ride a motorcycle. I like motorcycles, too. I really like motorcycles. During World War II, Japanese soldiers were sent to Southeast Asia, and it was really hot. They...