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Video: I Hate It When This Happens
Imagine yourself racing at Magny-Cours, minding your own business, hitting your lines, setting up your next pass, etc. And then all of a sudden, one of your competitors wipes-out, and takes you down...
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What Does Shooting a .50 cal Have to do with Riding?
Yamaha must be picking up on the idea that any video with Colin Edwards is motorcycling gold, even when it’s hocking the Yamaha Extended Service warranty plan (well…sort of). While definitely not the...
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Is That Fabio? Yamaha Produces More MotoGP Video Gold
Yamaha had several generations of of GP legends on-hand yesterday to celebrate the company’s 50th Anniversary of Grand Prix racing. Current Yamaha team riders Jorge Lorenzo, Ben Spies, Colin Edwards,...
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Isle of Nan TT: Closer to the Hedge
Is it possible that there a better TT video than the hit-flick TT3D: Closer to the Edge? That might just be the case we have here, based off this trailer of Isle of Nan TT: Closer to the Hedge....
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Who Needs MotoGP.com When We Have This?
If you are a true MotoGP fan here in the United States, then you have surely dropped SPEED’s abysmal coverage of the premiere class for the vastly superior coverage on Dorna’s own web property:...
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Video: When Winning a Race Isn’t Winning a Race
Premature Celebration: hands down, there is not a more embarrassing act for a motorcycle racer than finishing too early. Such is the case of Italian CIV 600 Superstock rider Riccardo Russo, who...
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Yamaha Does Another MotoGP Video for Laguna Seca
Yamaha USA is keeping its Laguna Seca video tradition alive and well with another short flick that features the company’s MotoGP riders. Headlined by Jorge Lorenzo, Ben Spies, Cal Crutchlow, and Andrea...
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Video: That Guy at the Track Day
Surely by now you have seen these text-to-voice animation videos that seem to proliferate in just about every niche possible on the interubes, and while this video is a bit of an oldie but goldie, it...
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Jorge Lorenzo + Gangnam Style = Us Crying
At Phillip Island post-race press conference, I thought Jorge Lorenzo singing “We Are the Champions” with Wilco Zeelenberg would top my MotoGP audio/visual experience for the year (I’m still debating...
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2013 April Fools Motorcycle Pranks Round-Up
April 1st is our most-favorite day of the year, as it is the Christmas Day for journalists far and wide — and like Christmas, it is better to give, than it is to receive. The motorcycle industry gives...
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Video: 12 Questions with Valentino Rossi
It’s the US GP at Laguna Seca, which fans should know by now means a special video from Yamaha Racing that features the tuning-fork brands riders. Instead of the elaborate plots lines, and amazing...
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//www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnLS3soHnMICongratulations on making it to Friday. For some, the journey to the end of the work week was tougher than it was for others. Thanks for the tip Crisit!
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Video: An Honest Review of the Triumph Bonneville
Is there truth in motorcycle reviews? That seems to be a debate that crops up time and time again, as it is hard to believe the journalistic veracity of publications that are entirely dependent on the...
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Epic Scooter Split — Best JCVD Parody Yet?
After a week of watching Netflix with our loved ones, Asphalt & Rubber is finally back to the moto-news grind. If you’re anything like us, your egg is still a bit nogged, your pants don’t fit...
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Just So We’re Clear, This is How You Market a Race Team
The start of the AMA Pro Road Racing calendar is just around the corner, and that means manufacturers, teams, and riders are getting their PR machines in full swing. Unfortunately, it’s hard to get...
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2014 April Fools Motorcycle Pranks Round-Up
Another year, and another April Fools Day is in the bag. I am fairly certain that for journalists, April 1st is better than Christmas Day, as it marks the one day where media outlets make the news the...
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The #1 BMW Motorcycle Fan? — That’s a Tall Order!
I’m not complaining, but it’s been a busy week for Asphalt & Rubber’s Editor-in-Chief. Monday was spent getting back from the Indianapolis GP, where Dan and Tony once again proved how they are some...
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Kawasaki USA Rebrands “Good Times Protection Plan”
Kawasaki USA announced today that it is rebranding its tragically named extended warranty program from the “Good Times Protection Plan” to “Kawasaki Protection Plus” for reasons we feel are too obvious...
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2015 April Fools Motorcycle Pranks Round-Up
Another year, and another April Fools Day is in the bag. I am fairly certain that for journalists, April 1st is better than Christmas, as it marks the one day where media outlets make the news the wish...
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PSA: For the Love of Motorcycling, Don’t Taste Your Fluids
One of the more amusing stories I think we’ve ever come across in A&R history, a Reddit user published his/her account of having a mystery fluid leak on their Suzuki V-Strom (shown above).Unable to...
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