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Professional Motorcycle Racer Driving a Race Bike on City Streets is Boring

Professional Motorcycle Racer Driving a Race Bike on City Streets is Boring

Jul 26 2012, 8:46am CDT | by

MotoGP racer on San Francisco's Lombard street not as cool as you might think

When you tell me that a professional motorcycle racer is going to ride his racing motorcycle down San Francisco's curvy and hilly Lombard Street, I get excited. When that professional motorcycle...

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Road test: Honda Jazz Hybrid has city smarts

Source: The Northern Record Echos   |   May 18 2013, 2:46pm CDT

HUG a tree. Recycle your newspapers, magazines, milk cartons and boxes. Read your information on screen rather than printing. And now you can drive to work with a little less guilt. Honda has released the most ...

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Report: Honda could halve its US lineup without crimping its sales much [w/video]

Source: Autoblog  |   May 18 2013, 2:24pm CDT

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Week in Review: GM SUVs, Big Benzes, and Honda Hits the Track

Source: Automotive Blogs  |   May 18 2013, 12:21pm CDT

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Varying post-crash results for Repsol Honda

Source: MotoGP.com  |   May 18 2013, 10:10am CDT

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Honda CBR500R Purchase | You Can Thank the Missus | Cook's Corner

Source: Motorcyclist  |   May 18 2013, 7:46am CDT

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Honda outshines Maruti with Amaze bookings

Source: Business Standard  |   May 18 2013, 6:39am CDT

Less than three weeks into its launch, Honda Cars India Ltd has got a little more than 22,000 bookings for the Amaze sedan, outshining the response Maruti Suzuki India received for the Swift Dzire, launched a year ago. The Am ...

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Honda CB Trigger launched in India at Rs 67,384

Source: IBN Live  |   May 18 2013, 5:59am CDT

Mumbai: The news of Honda launching a new 150cc streetbike had us expecting the CB150R launched in Thailand few months back. But the motorcycle turned out to be a face lift of the Unicorn. Honda had launched the CB Dazzler a couple of years ago, which ...

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Honda launches new variants of Brio; prices start at Rs 4.12 lakh

Source: IBN Live  |   May 18 2013, 5:59am CDT

New Delhi: Honda Cars India said it has launched new variants of its small car Brio, priced between Rs 4.12 lakh and Rs 6.13 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). In a statement, the company said it has "introduced new variants o ...

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Professional Motorcycle Racer Driving a Race Bike on City Streets is Boring

Jul 26 2012, 8:46am CDT | by

MotoGP racer on San Francisco's Lombard street not as cool as you might think

When you tell me that a professional motorcycle racer is going to ride his racing motorcycle down San Francisco's curvy and hilly Lombard Street, I get excited. When that professional motorcycle racer, none other than Stefan Bradl, then proceeds to apparently leave the bike in neutral and coast down the hill revving the engine I get rather irritated.

I expected some awesome spectacle of motorcycle riding skill and speed but the guy could just as well have been on a 10-speed. Then check out the lame POV video of the rather boring downhill stent here.

 

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Shane is a self described car aficionado. He loves muscle cars, but also knows how green cars work. He has years of experience in testing cars and writes about cars with deeply felt emotions.

 

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