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Editor’s Blog: A Last Lingering Thought for 2014

It will be a new year soon, and for some of Asphalt & Rubber‘s more international readers, New Year’s Eve may have already given way to New Year’s Day (Happy New Year, if that’s already the...

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By The Numbers: Is Physical Fitness a Factor in Moto3?

What is the difference between winning in Moto3 and finishing at the back? The glib answer is “about 50 seconds”, but there must be an explanation for that gap.It is a question which many have...

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A Requiem for Kenji Ekuan & The Kando of GK Design

Industrial design is not a commonly known, much less well understood, profession. To some it suggests arranging equipment inside factories, to others it means some kind of product engineering. In...

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Has Ducati’s Success Flat-Lined?

The saying goes that one time is a fluke, two times is a coincidence, but three times…three times is a trend. Looking at Ducati’s last three years of sales (2012-2014), which spans only a 2% margin of...

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Rating the Rookies – Jack Miller vs. Maverick Viñales

One of the more intriguing match-ups of the 2015 MotoGP season is the battle between the two newcomers from the support classes. Maverick Viñales and Jack Miller are both close friends and fierce...

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Is This Really the End of EBR? Receivership Explained

The bar isn’t set particularly high when it comes to the motorcycle media’s coverage of complex business issues, nor would you really expect it to be. The majority of my colleagues are more likely to...

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California Close to Formalizing Legal Lane-Splitting, And What It Means for...

Out of the 50 states in The Union, only California allows lane-splitting on public roads and highways. California’s position on lane-splitting has always been a bit nebulous though, falling only under...

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The Slow Decline of the Honda RC213V – The Lessons of Stefan Bradl And Alvaro...

Last year, Marc Márquez won the first ten races of the season on his way to his second successive MotoGP championship. He ended the season with a grand total of thirteen wins, eventually tying up the...

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Some Thoughts on the Suzuka 8-Hour

Once upon a time, the Suzuka 8 Hour race was a big deal. A very big deal. It was the race the Japanese factories sent their very best riders to compete in, the event often being written into the...

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The Men Who Would Be Champion: Examining the Math of Who Could Take the 2015...

With just days to go until MotoGP hits the second half of the season, now is a good time to start asking the question who is in the hot seat for the 2015 MotoGP championship. Valentino Rossi leads the...

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Is The Honda RC213V-S Really Your Dream Bike?

Roughly four years ago, I wrote a story called “The Chrysanthemum and the Sword” that implored the Japanese motorcycle manufacturers to build elements into their brand that went beyond the tangible and...

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Some Kudos to American Honda

I should be typing to you from Valencia right now, instead of sitting in my house in Portland, nursing the plate and nine screws that are in my shoulder.To make matters worse, every time I try to turn...

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Will Inertial Measurement Units Allow Cheating in MotoGP?

The move to a standard electronics package, both hardware and software, had raised the hopes of fans, teams and organizers that a more level playing field could be established, and costs cut.The ideal...

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Apple Causing Mission Motors to Close is Total Bullshit

I was surprised yesterday when I saw that respected news service Reuters was pushing a story about how Apple was the reason Mission Motors closed its doors.That very premise couldn’t be farther from...

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The Three Reasons Why the Yamaha Motobot Is the Most Important Thing You’ll...

Let’s face it, we knew this day would come. Technology has finally progressed to the point where our beloved past time of riding motorcycles can now be done by a robot. Sarah Connor was right. Skynet...

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MotoGP’s Descent Into Madness, & How To Get Out Again

If what happened on lap seven at Sepang was bad for MotoGP, the events which have followed have made it infinitely worse. Rossi’s single act of frustration has unleashed a tidal wave of insanity which...

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A Turbocharged Suzuki Hayabusa Really Should Happen

I have been trying to avoid this story, mostly because I think it is a pipe dream concocted from a dubious source, but the word circulating through the interwebs is that Suzuki is working on a...

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Opinion: Why the Rossi vs. Marquez Controversy Isn’t Going Away in MotoGP,...

If the Movistar Yamaha launch at Barcelona made one thing clear, it is that the feud between Valentino Rossi and Marc Márquez will be just as bitter in 2016 as it was in 2015. In Barcelona, Rossi once...

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Some Thoughts Regarding MV Agusta, From 30,000 Feet

I'm on my second-to-last airplane ride on this two-week travel stint, and while I might be headed to San Diego, CA for the Ducati XDiavel launch, my thoughts are still back in Spain, on another Italian...

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The Power Play That Is RevZilla & Cycle Gear Together

The largest brick-and-mortar motorcycle retail chain, and the most influential online retailer in our industry have just come together under one roof. Intonations of this deal have been in the news...

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Opinion: More Knee-Jerk Rule Changes Come to MotoGP in Response to the Sepang...

Farewell, MotoGP penalty point system, we barely knew you. In a press release issued today (and rather bizarrely, leaked to a Spanish journalist two days ago) the FIM announced that the Grand Prix...

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What the Motorcycle Industry Can Learn from Video Games

For many, video games might just seem like a good way to waste an hour. But you should take note, as video games are roughly a $100 billion industry worldwide. With that much money on the line, the...

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Lorenzo To Ducati: Why It Happened & What Happens Next

In case you missed it, Jorge Lorenzo has signed with Ducati Corse for the 2017 and 2018 MotoGP World Championship seasons. It is not so much that team bosses never appear in pre-event press...

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The Genius & Blunder of the New Yamaha YZF-R7

In terms of price, features, and design, Yamaha got so much right with their debut of the YZF-R7...just not the "YZF-R7" part. The post The Genius & Blunder of the New Yamaha YZF-R7 appeared first...

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The Dangers of Motorcycle Racing, And the Lack of Easy Answers

The death of another teenager while racing motorcycles highlights the dangers of the sport, but also the lack of solutions to make it safer. The post The Dangers of Motorcycle Racing, And the Lack of...

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