Category Archives: Motorcycles

Less wheels = more insanity

The Monotracer-E

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The concept behind the Monotracer-E is pretty clever. You start with the fact that motorcycles achieve great gas mileage because they’re light and basically the absolute minimum of what you need as a mode of transportation. From there, you start to address some of the motorcycles shortcomings. Lets start with exposure to the weather, safety and aerodynamics. What could you do to fix those things? Well, add an outer shell to the bike. That’s exactly what they tried on Mythbusters:


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New Brammo Empulse R Commercial

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Brammo just released this pretty sweet commercial for their Empulse R electric sport bike. This is how I think electric vehicle manufacturers should be approaching marketing. EV’s can be fun, cool, sexy and way better for the environment and economy at the same time. This commercial certainly turned out better than the photoshopped Pump Rebels hybrid car calendar.


Source: Brammo on YouTube

Deegan vs. Deegan

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Brian Deegan is currently racing trophy trucks in the Traxxis TORC series but he was also one of the founding members of the Metal Mulisha freestyle motocross team. One of his sponsors, Maxxis Tires, took advantage of Deegan’s multi-faceted off-road skills to make this neat video of him racing himself in his truck with his motocross bike. The fact that they can play on the same playground shows why a lot of motocross riders are finding success in offroad truck racing.


Source: Brian Deegan on YouTube