The Last Word Archives - Motorcycle Mojo https://motorcyclemojo.com/category/archives/the-vault/the-last-word/ Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:04:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://motorcyclemojo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/favicon.png The Last Word Archives - Motorcycle Mojo https://motorcyclemojo.com/category/archives/the-vault/the-last-word/ 32 32 Increase Your Riding Time https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/09/increase-your-riding-time/ Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:31:34 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=63939 I think I’ve hit the trifecta. No, not the horses. Nor have I surreptitiously won the MotoGP championship, the WSBK title and Daytona 200. I’m a never-was when it comes to racing and I’d sooner...

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]]> BMW in MotoGP https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/07/bmw-in-motogp/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 18:52:57 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=63279 As MotoGP “silly seasons” go, the last few days before we went to press have been the silliest we’ve seen in some time. Jorge Martin, fed up with Ducati’s dithering about who will join Pecco...

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]]> There Is No Autopilot https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/07/there-is-no-autopilot/ https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/07/there-is-no-autopilot/#respond Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:27:32 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=62504 On April 19th, another “self-driving” Tesla killed someone. A Tesla Model S, whose owner, Carl Hunter, from Snohomish, Washington, had engaged Autopilot, failed to see a motorcyclist in front of...

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]]> https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/07/there-is-no-autopilot/feed/ 0 Embrace Safety Technology https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/04/embrace-safety-technology/ https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/04/embrace-safety-technology/#respond Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:49:17 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=62296 We motorcyclists are a hoary old lot. Oh, we revel in the latest outrageous designs and, my God, some of the graphics on helmets these days are worthy of George Clinton, funk impresario...

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]]> https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/04/embrace-safety-technology/feed/ 0 The Future of MotoGP? https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/03/the-future-of-motogp/ https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/03/the-future-of-motogp/#respond Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:11:55 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=62173 Last year, I created something of a hullabaloo when I postulated that Honda or Yamaha — or, in a worst-case scenario, both — might quit MotoGP. Both had seemingly given up on racing, barely...

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]]> https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/03/the-future-of-motogp/feed/ 0 Electric Vehicle Ban https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/02/electric-vehicle-ban/ https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/02/electric-vehicle-ban/#respond Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:04:21 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=61989 A racetrack in rural Wales, the Anglesey Trac Môn Circuit, just became the first in the United Kingdom to ban electric vehicles. More important, at least to this column, is that Anglesey’s ban...

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]]> https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/02/electric-vehicle-ban/feed/ 0 Superbike History https://motorcyclemojo.com/2023/12/superbike-history/ https://motorcyclemojo.com/2023/12/superbike-history/#respond Tue, 12 Dec 2023 14:35:45 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=61582 It is almost axiomatic that the heyday of any technology dependent sport, particularly any form of motorsport that involves internal combustion, is its very beginning. No one, not even the most...

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]]> https://motorcyclemojo.com/2023/12/superbike-history/feed/ 0 Out With The Old, In With The New? https://motorcyclemojo.com/2023/10/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new/ https://motorcyclemojo.com/2023/10/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new/#respond Tue, 31 Oct 2023 14:52:48 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=61268 It turns out that middleweight sport bikes didn’t die. They just got boring. To those of us bikers long in our years, one of the most glaring changes — besides the advent of 170-horsepower dirt...

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]]> https://motorcyclemojo.com/2023/10/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new/feed/ 0 Morality Play https://motorcyclemojo.com/2023/08/morality-play/ https://motorcyclemojo.com/2023/08/morality-play/#respond Tue, 29 Aug 2023 13:57:52 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=61048 So sorry to do this to you, but this month’s column will be a morality play. Like so much of today’s politics, sports are being divided by conflicting calls for equality and equity. Now, one...

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]]> https://motorcyclemojo.com/2023/08/morality-play/feed/ 0 Ego and Strife in MotoGP https://motorcyclemojo.com/2023/07/ego-and-strife-in-motogp/ https://motorcyclemojo.com/2023/07/ego-and-strife-in-motogp/#respond Tue, 04 Jul 2023 13:47:43 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=60759 It’s hard not to notice how badly Japanese manufacturers are doing in MotoGP of late. Suzuki, of course, has already abandoned ship, Honda has a motorcycle no one but Marc Marquez — and he, only...

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