NEC Birmingham 2009 – The bikes, the babes, the kit and the people. Raptors & Rockets present the 2009 Carole Nash international motorcycle & scooter show from Birmingham, UK.
Check out the video highlight list and Tor Sagen’s video walk through from the 2009 NEC show.
Join the legends of motocross as they pay tribute to Tony DiStefano.
Hosted by Bob “Hurricane” Hannah and attended by David Bailey, Mark “The Bomber” Barnett, Rick Johnson, Gary & Dwayne Jones, “Bad” Brad Lackey, John “The Flyin Hawaiian” DeSoto, Danny LaPorte, Warren Reid, Malcolm Smith, Steve Stackable, “Rocket” Rex Staten, Chuck Sun, Larry “Supermouth” Huffman and a host of others who will howl at the moon… and each other!
The legends tell tall tales and other horror stories about life on the motocross circuit.
All the details after the jump.
The Postie Bike Challenge started in 2002 as a one-off event in Brisbane, Australia to prove that small bikes can travel long distances over both asphalt, dirt, sand, or stony surfaces has turned into a 10-day charity event. The entry fee is $4,000 but almost everything is taken care of, including:
That’s right, you can keep the Honda CT110 Postie bike (designed for commercial and agricultural, also used by Australia Post) but the concept is to give the bike to charity in your name after the event is over, its up to you but more than 90% of the participants do give the bike back.
Hit the jump to see the video and for more info on this years trek.
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.
Hit the jump to watch some video contest winners.
Named after a man by the name of Zebulon Pike, an explorer who led an expedition to the area in 1806, Pikes Peak is home to the second oldest motorsports race in America second only to the Indianapolis 500. First completed in 1916, this year marks the 87th running of the “Race to the Clouds.” If the math doesn’t add up, this is because there were several years that the event did not run over the course of its 93 year history. The 12.4 mile trek up the mountain consists of 156 treacherous turns to an elevation of 14,110 feet. Featuring 11 diverse classes of vehicles, the varied grid is made up of of automobiles, semi trucks, open wheel race cars, super stock cars, pro trucks and even motorcycle and ATV classes – making up a field of nearly 200 competitors.
Since Picture of the Week had begun it’s unplanned hiatus several months ago, we haven’t thought much about restarting the feature. Nor have we had the time to – it’s been busy here at Motorcycle.com. However, when Pete Brissette asked us about the POW! for his latest review, we couldn’t refuse. These photos are too damn nice! Continue Reading »
IGN.com just received a bunch of SBK: Superbike World Championship 09 screenshots from Milestone, the developer.
Milestone has developed many SBK games in the past for PC and game consoles. Let’s hope they can bring the excitement of moto racing in 2009.
Milestone also worked on MotoGP ’07 and MotoGP ’08 which we did a review of right here.
If you are a bit of a video gamer on the side, check out Motorcycle.com’s video game section for reviews of big budget games to free online flash games you can play at work while you pretend to work on those reports for your boss.
Hit the jump to see more screenshots.
Thousands of bikers from across the United States and around the world converged on Daytona Beach for the unofficial start of motorcycle season – Daytona Bike Week.
Motorcycle.com was there with a camera in hand and we put together a photo gallery of all the interesting, crazy and cool machines on two, three and even four wheels! The link to our 170-picture gallery is after the jump.
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UPDATE: 2009 Daytona Bike Week Report and the Daytona Girls Photo Gallery.
The 68th Daytona Beach Bike Week officially kicks off today and will run until Sunday, March 8th. The event has become the unofficial start of the motorcycle season and claims to be the world’s largest motorcycle event. Go to the Official Bike Week site to get all the info for accommodations, restaurants and a calendar of events.
