Pulse jets - Hitler was onto something...

Fancy a jet engined bike? We do...

Hitler's V-flying bombs that made such a mess of our major cities in the early to mid forties were powered by pulse-jet engines. They had just enough fuel and just enough engine-range to make a right old mess of some of our nicest historical buildings.

Pulse-jets are the simplest form of engine ...  Continue reading

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New training for American Football players?

Put your tackle bags down and get in a Ford F150 instead

Iowa Hawkeyes are the Iowa University's American Football team and one of their 'offensive' (we think they mean unpolite? -Ed) players Josh Koeppel was filmed by police being T-boned by a Ford F150 truck which is significantly harder than your average tackle bag.

Ouch. Koeppel escaped without any broken bones or serious ...  Continue reading

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A carbon fibre Arai RX-7 RC. Suits you..

Rarer than rocking horse shit? Almost

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Hayden rides the Indy Mile

Hayden. Ducati dirt tracker. Video camera = good combo

Check out this video of Nicky Hayden, on one.. If you don't get goosebumps, you're not human..

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Moriwaki MD250 - the stink wheel eradicator

See this? This is the future, this is

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The moment Stoner tucked the front...

Gawd bless fast shutters speeds and even faster snappers

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Hayden rides dirt track (again)

Not a Harley in sight as Nicky makes a return to his racing roots

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Join the Crutchlow bandwagon

Crutchlow replica Arai RX-7 GP

Since his World Superbike double at Silverstone Cal Crutchlow has become MotoGP hot property with a touted move to the premier class with Tech 3. Now you can show British pride and allegiance with this Arai RX-7 GP replica.

From the press release:

"Cal’s bright black and green paint – designed by Nottingham-based ...  Continue reading

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The horrendous reality of restoring a 'classic'

Well. I say classic...

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Pike's Peak on-board video ascent

Greg Tracy giving his Multistrada the berries...

We've watched this in the office a few times now.

It looks bitterly cold (check the snowdrifts), massively dangerous (er, those drops...) and his throttle-still-open full power upshifts are brutal (check the noise).

Got to respect his maximum attack riding style, though...

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