Biggest motorcycle race of the year?! King Kenny Rides again at the AMAZING BARBER VINTAGE FESTIVAL!
Technical Editor Kevin Cameron and Editor-in-Chief visited Barber Vintage Festival and watched Kenny Roberts ride his world championship winning 0W48 Yamaha on some epic (and great smelling!) demonstr...
23 Okt 20241h 11min
FAVORITE TOOLS: The most INTERESTING and USEFUL tools in our shop!
Weird, wonderful, precise, strange, or brutal, these tools shared by Technical Editor Kevin Cameron and Mark Hoyer make working on motorcycles easier, more repeatable and more fun. How many do you own...
17 Okt 20241h 16min
STILL SMOKING! Yamaha’s RD350 Giant KILLER two-stroke of the 1970s
How many Yamaha RD350 crankshafts has Kevin Cameron rebuilt? How many cylinders ported? KC and Editor-in-Chief Mark Hoyer talk about Yamaha’s sporty and quick two-stroke twin, from its origins in the ...
9 Okt 20241h 11min
The (TWO)-STROKE of Genius: HONDA NSR500, BIG BANG, SCREAMER, the ultimate Grand Prix Bike.
The Honda NS500 and NSR500 two-stroke four-cylinder grand prix bikes were hotbeds of innovation and showed exceptional dominance in the hands of genius riders such as Freddie Spencer, Eddie Lawson and...
2 Okt 20241h 7min
OUTLAWED! The WHOLE story behind the Indian FTR750 flat-track racer.
75 percent Win Rate! From the first FTR750 engine to the final legal season for the bike and 8 championships, Cycle World was there. Technical Editor Kevin Cameron and Editor-in-Chief Mark Hoyer talk ...
25 Sep 202454min
What's up with SYNTHETIC fuels, ETHANOL and MOTORCYCLES?! (ENERGY STORAGE)
Gasoline has a lotta BANG per pound, making it pretty ideal fuel for the motorcycles we love. Technical Editor Kevin Cameron and Editor-in-Chief Mark Hoyer discuss the future of petroleum fuels, synth...
18 Sep 20241h 4min
THE FIRST ADVENTURE BIKE: Where'd the Legendary BMW GS come from and where's it going?
Can you imagine a motorcycle universe without the Adventure Bike? But before the 1980 BMW R 80 G/S (Gelände/Strasse) there really wasn't such a thing. Now ADVs have spawned an entire culture of two-wh...
11 Sep 20241h 5min
JUST HOT ENOUGH! Combustion heat to tire heat to radiators, oil cooling and more: Heat Management!
So much of great-working motorcycle comes down to precise heat management of the engine, tires, gears, brakes, and more. Technical Editor Kevin Cameron takes a deep dive with Editor-in-Chief Mark Hoye...
4 Sep 20241h 13min
