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THE “OTHER” PIKES PEAK HILL-CLIMB Well, almost everyone has heard of the Pikes Peak Hill-Climb, which involves motorcycles and automobiles racing up the peak. But, they don’t realize that there is another race up Pikes Peak, and it is…

THE NEW WORLD OF E-MOTO HAS ARRIVED

A few years ago a startup company called Alta Motors made headlines with its Redshift MX bike that made some racing and performance headlines before sadly falling victim to corporate/finance issues. With Alta’s demise came a fresh wave of…

Check Out The Super73 C1X Electric Motorcycle

Super73 really has a knack for making cool electric bicycles. You've no doubt seen them, the retro-70s mini bikes, the kind you'd order out of the classified ads in a magazine and have to add your own Briggs & Stratton lawnmower engine…

OSSBY CURVE

Action Photos: Pat Carrigan The Ossby Curve folding electric bike showed up at the office, looking unlike any folding bike we’ve ever seen. And, as we’ve learned from previous encounters with odd-looking bikes, that may or may not be a…

How To Get The Most From Your E-Mountain Bike

Even though all eMTBs come with various assist settings that can be changed on the fly, not everyone uses them to their full potential. It’s not uncommon for first-time users to just put them in Boost, Turbo, Ludicrous or whatever the…

SUPER73-ZX

Starting back in the late ’60s and running well into the ’70s, mini bikes were all the rage in America. As the name implies, these were shrunk-down motorcycles (most famously the Yamaha JT-1 Mini Enduro and the Honda XR75) that helped fuel…

TARFORM’S NEW ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES

Tarform, a Brooklyn, NY-based startup company, has two new motorcycles for 2022. They are the Scrambler and the Racer, and both share the same specs, including the motor. They boast a 120 mph top speed, 120 mile range, a 0-60 time of 3.8…

SIMON COWELL CRASHES ON E-BIKE, AGAIN

Simon Cowell crashed on an e-bike, again. This time, it was an M1 Sporttechnik Das Spitzing Evolution S-Pedelec, a Class 3 e-bike. He was riding it near his home in West London when he hit a wet patch of pavement and the bike came out from…