Motorcycle Traveler - Book Review

What would you do if you came face to face with your own mortality? For many of us, especially in this sport, it’s a scenario we think about in the abstract; we’re either going to go out in a blaze of glory doing something we love, or Father Time will continue undefeated. We don’t think, much less expect, something like cancer to get in the way of our plans. Peter Starr was one of those people, living comfortably – some would even say successfully – thanks to motorcycles.

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MotoGP Buriram Results 2018

In a race he really didn’t need to win, on a day he might have preferred sitting in an air-conditioned hotel suite ordering room service and watching Ozzie & Harriet reruns, Marc Marquez dismissed his main MotoGP title challenger without so much as a “by your leave.” Turning the tables on Andrea Dovizioso in a final turn cutback, Marquez now has a magic number as the Pacific Flyaway beckons. Otherwise, the inaugural Grand Prix of Thailand was a smashing success all around.

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MotoGP Buriram Preview 2018

The 2018 MotoGP season grinds on, a feeling of inevitability having settled over the grid. Marc Marquez will secure his fifth premier class world championship on the Pacific swing, followed by some locally-themed, over-the-top celebration prepared in advance. He has guys for that. Meanwhile, the rest of the grid is flailing away at a top-something finish; in the higher tranches, that would be top three. In the lower tranches, perhaps top ten. What can one say? It’s The Marquez Era.

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President Trump Responds To Harley-Davidson

President Trump has responded to Harley-Davidson’s decision to move some of its manufacturing overseas – a move triggered by the EU levying harsh tariffs on the Milwaukee-based motorcycle company.

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Honda 150SS Racer Concept Revealed in Bangkok

Honda‘s Thai subsidiary presented a futuristic-looking cafe racer concept at the 2017 Bangkok Motor Show called the 150SS Racer.

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Weekend Awesome - Cat Riding a Motorcycle

This week’s video comes to us from Thailand where motorists spotted this cat riding pillion on a motorcycle:

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Weekend Awesome - Asleep Behind the Handlebars

This week’s video comes to us from Thailand where a man was spotted riding his scooter down the street, apparently asleep. With his head tilted to one side, his sandaled feet dragging along the ground and right hand holding the throttle slightly open, the unconscious rider wove his way down the street, sometimes wandering into the oncoming traffic lanes.

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