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The DawgHouse Motorcycle News, Rants & Racing … show #391

Posted: December 7, 2016 in Motorcycle advocacy, Motorcycle news, Motorcycle racing, Motorcycle radio, motorcycle safety
Tags: graphene, morgan motorcycles, motorcycle helmet, motorcycle podcast, Motorcycle racing, podcast, WBSK, World Superbike

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This week another interesting motorcycle podcast/show.

Dateline Kenya: What do you do if your motorcycle is stolen in Kenya? Call the local witch doctor! In this case the guys discuss a recent event where the witch doctor actually comes though and finds the stolen bike…. Or does he?

Dateline Electric Bikes (kind of): It seems we are talking about a new electric vehicle every third show or so, this time Morgan Motors is the latest to offer an electric motorcycle. Well motorcycle or trike or autocycle, the Morgan 1909 falls in that weird category that that the T-Rex or SlingShot also fills. One thing for sure is that the Ken and Phil have no love for the appearance of the electric version of the classic motorcycle.

Dateline The Space Age: Graphene is one of the newest “space-age” materials. Strong, light, heat resistant and able to leap tall building in a single bound, graphene has made it to the world of motorcycles. The guys talk about MOMO’s attempt to integrate graphene into helmets that are reasonably priced.

Dateline Stupid Rules: In the racing segment Phil brings up the topic of the new rules for World SuperBike motorcycle racing. It seems that the “participation trophy” generation has come to WBSK. No one on the show how the lack of achievement will now be rewarded.

In fact we think that there could be fight between the 3rd 4th and 5th place riders to finish 4th….don’t understand? Listen to the show.

DawgHouse Motorcycle News, Rants & Racing Show #386

Posted: November 2, 2016 in Motorcycle, Motorcycle advocacy, Motorcycle news, Motorcycle racing, Motorcycle radio
Tags: Birmingham Small Arms, BSA, Harley, Harley Davidson, Indian, Indian motorcycle, Mahindra, Moto2, Moto3, MotoGP, World Superbike

The DawgHouse Motorcycle Radio…The #1 Motorcycle Show in the US

This week Ken completes his list of the top 11 motorcycle makers (by sheer number produced). I was surprised that Royal Enfield was not one of those eleven!

Next we discuss the maybe, possible resurrection of Birmingham Small Arms, better known as BSA. BSA started in the 1860s making guns and then added bicycles, then motorcycles and at one time made cars, buses, tools among a long list of things.

The BSA brand was bought by the Indian company Mahindra and it is our hope that we might see BSA motorcycles on the road sometime in the not to distance future.

Next up is a review of the results of World Superbike, Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP racing.

You can listen to the show HERE!

DawgHouse Motorcycle News, Rants and Racing show #383

Posted: October 13, 2016 in Motorcycle advocacy, Motorcycle news, Motorcycle racing, Motorcycle radio, Motorcycle Rides, motorcycle touring
Tags: American Motorcyclist Association, motoamerica, Motorcycle news, Motorcycle racing, motorcycle touring, vision zero

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This week on DawgHouse Motorcycle News Rants & Racing show #383 …

10 Awesome roads to ride from around the world! These are not the normal rehashed and rehashed set of roads (well mostly). The #4 road on the list is the Iroha-Zaka in Japan which looks just unbelievable. Check out this map view of the road….

In an earlier show (DawgHouse 373) I discussed the possibility that motorcycles may not be allowed on the road as to dangerous to the riders. The framework that is working in Europe now is called “Vision Zero”, the Zero is for zero deaths.

Ken now has to admit I might be right! Recently the US government has introduced a discussion of a version of Vision Zero and guess what was left out of that discussion…. MOTORCYCLES! The AMA is worried that the reason the Federal Government left out motorcycles from it future planning is that they want to ban motorcycles.

In racing news…. MotoAmerica’s 2017 season schedule is out and there are some new tracks!!!! They have added Pittsburgh International Race Complex and Sonoma Raceway (and Ken again has to admit Warren was right). AND… Phil likes the change!!!!

DawgHouse Motorcycle News, Rants & Racing

Posted: October 5, 2016 in Motorcycle, Motorcycle advocacy, Motorcycle news, Motorcycle racing, Motorcycle radio
Tags: AMA pro flat track, American Flat Track, dawghouse radio, dougie lampkin, ghost rider, isle of mann, Marvel Agents of Sheild, Motorcycle news, motorcycle radio

This week on the DawgHouse Motorcycle News, Rants & Racing show #382

Phil has a minor rant about … Ghost Rider?!/!?! Yes he does, Marvel Agents of SHEILD has twisted is nipple becasuse it is GHOST RIDER not Ghost Driver! IMHO they hired an actor and then found out he could not ride a motorcycle! It might not be real motorcycle news but it is fun.

Mondial Motorcycles makes a comeback with a scrambler! Ken’s motorcycle news story is about Mondial Motorcycles coming back from the grave. Neither Phil or I recall ever really hearing about Mondial. Of course when Ken was riding wheels were still made of stone.

Riding the Isle of Mann TT Course on one wheel. 37 miles on one wheel, gusts up to 40 miles an hour and the course was not closed for the stunt. This is what Dougie Lampkin had to overcome to do something no one had done before.

AMA Pro Flat Track makes some big changes. Starting with re-branding as American Flat Track.

The DawgHouse Motorcycle Radio…The #1 Motorcycle Show in the US

World Superbike from Magny-Cours

DawgHouse Motorcycle News Rants & Racing Show #381

Posted: September 28, 2016 in Motorcycle, Motorcycle news, Motorcycle racing
Tags: AMA pro flat track, flat track, grand national championship, jd beach, ken roczen, Motorcycle news, motorcycle radio, pro flat track, supercross

This week on the DawgHouse Motorcycle radio, click here to download or stream the show!

Ken once again rails against bikers disrupting traffic. This time motorcycles slow traffic and harass a cop on the Washington DC beltway.

Have a few $100K laying around? Might want to buy 1 of these motorcycles, but I would not recommend it myself!

Pro Flat Track motorcycle racing…tragedies in Santa Rosa. Grand National Championship 2 rider Charlotte Kainz and Kyle McGrane. From the Pro Flat Track management “Kainz and McGrane were involved in separate racing incidents during last weekend’s AMA Pro Flat Track race in Santa Rosa, Calif. Emergency responders were on the scene within seconds of each incident and the riders were transported to Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa where they succumbed to their injuries.”

JD Beach reacts to the flat track deaths with a scathing FaceBook post about track conditions around the motorcycle racing circuit this year. Check out his remarks about the AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Championship here.

Huge news in the Motocross and Supercross racing world. Ken Roczen is now riding Big Red! That is right Ken and Cole Sealy are now teammates at HRC Honda. With the first Supercross race towards the end of October this could be a very interesting season! I bet Fox Sports is looking forward to the new Supercross season!

We also discuss the results from MOTOGP, MOTO2 and MOTO3 crowns a champion. Moto2 leaders are separated by the thinnest of margins and Marquez continues to roll in a season marked with parity.

DawgHouse Motorcycle Radio Show #376

Posted: August 25, 2016 in custom motorcycle, Motorcycle, Motorcycle advocacy, Motorcycle news, Motorcycle racing, Motorcycle radio, Uncategorized
Tags: AMA Pro Racing, Budds Creek Motocross Park, Harley-Davidson Australia, marvel motorcycle, MotoGP, Norton Motorcycles Harley-Davidson Australia, podcast, Pro Motocross, Super hero motorcycle

The DawgHouse Motorcycle Radio…News Rants & Racing

This week on the DawgHouse Motorcycle News Rants & Racing… http://tinyurl.com/zpzc58l

Norton to deliver V4-based Superbike to market.
HD & Marvel team up to build Super Hero bikes.
Block the road, lose your bike.…
The last 911 ride.
MotoGP/Moto2 from Brno.
AMA Pro Motocross from Budds Creek.

5 Motorcycle Things that interested me this week!

Posted: May 24, 2016 in custom motorcycle, Motorcycle, Motorcycle racing, Motorcycle Rides, motorcycle touring
Tags: Harley Davidson, Motorcycle, motorcycle blog, motorcycle history, Motorcycle Ride, smallest motorcycle, wall of death, yvonne stagg

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Britain’s First Female Motorcycle Wall of Death Star Yvonne Stagg

Smallest motorcycle in the world?

Bike Shed Motorcycle Club Paris 2016

A town’s forgotten motorcycle history!

Ride 50 at 50! 3 Amigos from Britain go to the US to ride the Lonely Road!

Motorcycle Racing… I am a fan now!

Posted: May 10, 2016 in Motorcycle, Motorcycle racing
Tags: Harley Davidson, Indian motorcycle, MotoGP, Motorcycle, Motorcycle racing, supercross, v-twin, victory, WBSK, World Superbike

OK… the boys at Dawghouse Radio have made me a fan of motorcycle racing.

A while back I wrote a post regarding how I was not a fan motorcycle racing and why I did not care for it. That post got me an interview on the DawgHouse which led to a hosting spot. My view on road racing began to change the more I began to pay attention to the racing in order to be better prepared for the podcast.

It really started during the MOTOGP and World Superbike 2015 racing seasons. There was a lot excitement all season long. Mark Marquez and Valentino Rossi feuding, Jorge Lorenzo working hard to be the champ was engrossing. Combine that with World Superbikes Johnathan Rea’s utter domination of that series and the motorcycle racing world just pulled me in.

Motorcycle racing also pulled my wife in as well. The bug did not bite her for road racing but for Supercross and to a lesser extent Motocross. She and I have sat on the couch and watched the 2016 Champ Ryan Dungey and the rest give it their all every weekend. This year Debbie and I have watched all of the Supercross events and have even discussed going to one next year.

I still hold to some of my original thoughts about motorcycle racing in the US. One of the reasons, I think, that Supercross is so popular is that all the spectators can see all (or almost all) the track at one time something you can’t do at motocross and road racing events.

I also think a racing series limited to V-twins running on some of the NASCAR short track would take off in short amount of time. This would be a little reminiscent of the old board track days. Harley, Indians, Victory, Star and all the others going at it on a short oval would be a lot of fun to watch.

In addition to the MotoGP and World Superbike I have also been viewing MotoAmerica. Even though I have only been watching for the last year, I can tell that a high level American series is really needed to help propel American racers to the world stage. The racing on the American circuit has been fun to watch and I hope they will be able to expand their reach soon.