Lin Jarvis on Lorenzo – “It’s Business, Not Charity” Ever since we found out that Yamaha was only going to release Jorge Lorenzo from his contract to test at Valencia after the last race, but not at a private test at Jerez a week later, there has been much speculation as to the cause. Had growing […]

Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid Brings Its High-Tech Features to Paris Unveiled earlier in September 2016, the brand-new just made its official public debut at the Based on the redesigned, s new arrived in France with several new features, state-of-the-art and a more powerful drivetrain. Having already seen the standard earlier in 2016, the hybrid’s exterior […]

MotoGP: Michelin flexes its industrial muscle French tire manufacturer worked round the clock to make enough new tires for the Austin GP Michelin worked 24-hour shifts over four days to manufacture enough correct specification tires in time for the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas… MotoGP: Michelin flexes its industrial muscle (image) French […]

KTM Pulling Its Shares off the Public Market News out of Austria says that KTM is gearing up to pull its shares off the public stock market. The move comes from a request by Cross Industries, which is run by Stefan Pierer and is the largest shareholder of KTM’s stock, with 51.4% of the shares. […]

The Motorcycle Safety Foundation Wants You To Know What It’s Like To Ride a Motorcycle While High We really don’t talk about marijuana enough on Asphalt & Rubber. With the drug gaining acceptance around the country as having legitimate medical uses, and stigmas about its recreational use changing, we are seeing numerous states re-evaluating their policies regarding […]

START SLIDIN’ TODAY: Building a Honda CRF450R Flat Tracker It’s cheap and easy to go flat-tracking. Here’s how. RELATED LINKS FIRST RIDE: 2016 Honda CRF450R Subtle suspension improvements make the new CRF450R from Honda a much better motocrosser. Flat Track is a hot commodity right now in the motorcycling community. Thanks to events like the […]