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Italian rider Luca Colombo has beaten Aussie stunt rider Robbie Maddison’s world record on water by riding a motorcycle 1.9km across Lake Como in northern Italy. Robbie was the first to ride a motorcycle on water when he rode the waves off Tahiti in 2015 for his video “Pipe Dream”. Robbie later set a world record of …
Ducati has released a video of behind-the-scene stunt action in the new movie Venom featuring a customised Ducati Scrambler Full Throttle and Ducati Scrambler 1100 Special. Venom stunts Venom, an M-rated Spiderman spinoff, is now in cinemas starring actor Tom Hardy who personally rides a Triumph Thruxton R. While Tom rode in some Venom scenes, he doesn’t …
American stunt rider Travis Pastrana will attempt to recreate three of Evel Knievel’s most famous stunts, including the Caesars Palace fountain jump, not on modern motocross bikes with long-travel suspension, but bikes Evel used. The “Evel Live” event on July 8 in Las Vegas will be broadcast live by the History Channel in the US. …
Famed sexiest Russian motorcyclist, Olga Pronina, has died in a high-speed crash on her BMW S 1000 RR in Vladivostok. The 40-year-old Russian mother of one was known as the sexiest Russian motorcyclist through her @Monika9422 Instagram account which had more than 200,000 followers, including Australian stunt rider Lukey Luke. He says did not know Olga personally, …
Stunt rider Jamie Baker (JB) has revealed his highly modified Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 636 freestyle stunt machine aptly named “Carnage”. The conversion from a road-legal Ninja ZX-6R 636 to a fully equipped stunt bike took six weeks. “After the success of my last Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 636 build, The Deadpool, I decided to carry on …
Racing leathers and a diamond-encrusted walking stick claimed to have belonged to the godfather of stunt riders, Evel Knievel, have been auctioned online. The two items were sold over the weekend in a joint lot for $US78,000 (about $A101,000). The items, sold by Heritage Auctions of Dallas, are claimed to be original and were offered by …
One of Australia’s foremost motorcycle stunt riders, Matt Mingay, is recovering are being injured in a horrifying crash in a Stadium Super Trucks race in Detroit at the weekend. Wife Sheena and son Maddox have released a statement thanking the Detroit Grand Prix and Detroit Receiving Hospital medical staff for their fast actions, saving Matt’s life and their …
We’ve seen one great motorcycle stunt videos before, but never one featuring a male and female couple enjoying their craft together. This video comes from Czech Republic stunting couple Martin Krátký and his girlfriend Katka. Martin has been making stunt riding video each year for the past few years, but this is the first time …
Three motorcycles from the action blockbuster motion picture Mad Max ‘Fury Road’ will be on display at the Sydney Motorcycle Show on November 20-22 at Sydney Oympic Park. The specially modified Yamaha motorcycles featured in the movie that was shot on location in Namibia, Africa, with many of the stunts performed by Australia’s top FMX …
Aussie stunt rider Robbie Maddison has done it again, this time becoming the first man to surf a wave on a motorbike. Robbie, 34, uses a special bike with skis and a rear sand paddle tyre to ride our to the reef break off Tahiti and ride one of the enormous waves for his latest …