Okay Toy, that was funny, I have to admit. But, it would cost too much to pull off. So, check this one out. Totally do-able.

Only thing needed is a smoke bomb!

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What’s up people? Not to be outdone by Irene’s video, I scoured YouTube and found you guys this. It’s not in English, but comedy is universal. Check it out.

A mechanical skeleton on a remote-controlled-motorcycle scares the shit out of people on the street with loud yells on a dark street beside a cemetery. Hilarious!

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IPM was going to forgo Daytona this year so we could bring you a quality kick-ass annual issue. Can you believe it? It was to good fortune then that my good friend Jonsey got in touch with me recently.

Seems he has a pair tickets for the upcoming AMA Super Bike championship at Laguna Seca and he can’t make the trip from Australia this year. Knowing my rabid, rabid interest in motorcycles, he thought I could use them. With IPM’s blessing of course, this will be my first experience covering this type of event and I’m stoked to immerse myself into the scene.

I’m taking my friend Dave along with me for the two hour drive (Drive?!? -Ed) South to catch the race. I wish my schedule was wider so I could pitch a tent and spend the full weekend by the track, but so be it, I’ll be there on Sunday to catch the main event along with Tony as well. I’ll be sure to bring a camera so I can get the closer to the action. Until then, I’m pretty riveted to experience the pinnacle of performance motorcycle racing.

So, all those going, if you see me, come up and say hello! Looking forward to meeting everyone.

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Ah, it was bound to happen. Big Matt felt it here first after getting pulled over on the Ducati 848. I’ll let you determine if this is a good thing. In some cases, sure: excessively loud straight pipes are pretty pointless. But what about an aftermarket race exhaust that mildly breaches the noise ceiling?

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International has produced a simple, consistent and economical sound test standard that can be used to determine whether a streetbike (on-highway motorcycle) exhaust system emits excessive sound, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports.

The J2825 “Measurement of Exhaust Sound Pressure Levels of Stationary On-Highway Motorcycles,” issued by the SAE in May, establishes instrumentation, test site, test conditions, procedures, measurements and sound level limits. According to the SAE, the J2825 standard is based on a comprehensive study of a wide variety of on-highway motorcycles.

“The motorcycling community and law enforcement have long sought a practical field test for measuring street motorcycle exhaust sound,” said Ed Moreland, AMA vice president for government relations. “Thanks to the hard work of the Motorcycle Industry Council, and the SAE engineers involved in the project, for the first time a simple field test is now available.

“The AMA maintains that few factors contribute more to misunderstanding and prejudice against street riders than excessively noisy motorcycles,” Moreland continued. “With the new SAE J2825 standard, street motorcyclists can now determine how quiet, or loud, their bikes really are.”

Moreland added that the new standard follows a template established years ago with the SAE J1287 off-highway motorcycle sound test, a standard recommended by the AMA wherever off-highway motorcycles are operated.

The SAE J2825 on-highway motorcycle sound test procedure is similar to the one used for the SAE J1287 off-highway motorcycle test. The streetbike measurement requires holding a calibrated sound meter at a 45-degree angle 20 inches from the exhaust pipe of a running engine. The procedure spells out how to do the test with the bike at idle, at a predetermined engine speed (”Set RPM Test”), or by slowly increasing the engine speed of the bike, known as the “Swept RPM Test.”

The SAE J2825 standard, prepared by the SAE Motorcycle Technical Steering Committee, recommends a decibel limit of 92 dBA at idle for all machines or — using the Set RPM or Swept RPM Test — 100 dBA for three- or four-cylinder machines, and 96 dBA for bikes with fewer than three or more than four cylinders.

The creation of a new street motorcycle sound measurement procedure was a top recommendation of the 2003 National Summit on Motorcycle Sound, expressed by its Motorcycle Sound Working Group. The AMA organized the National Summit on Motorcycle Sound to pull together riders and user organizations, representatives of the motorcycle manufacturers, the aftermarket industry, racing promoters, government agencies, and others to develop proposals regarding the increasingly controversial issue of excessive motorcycle sound.

Bad news for a lot of people, if you ask me. Especially exhaust manufacturers that already are hurting due to the poor economy. Survival of the fittest I guess…

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Hey, what’s going on guys. If you are like me, a child of the 80s and 90s, all these big cinematic remakes are getting me all nostalgic and junk. Just kidding, I actually just feel obligated to watch these movies since they were all obviously made for people of my generation.

For those of you who haven’t seen the new Transformers movie, or have put it off due to lukewarm reviews, please reconsider. There are at least five motorcycles featured in the film, with at least four being Autobots.

Not to give anything away but Megan Fox is seen riding around an Aprilia RS125, which isn’t street legal here in California. Too bad. Sexy bike.

In addition, the is a red Ducati 848 Transformer, a MV Agusta, and even a Suzuki B-King. Even though I didn’t notice it in the movie, there is a pink Buell Firebolt as seen here.

So, get off your but and go riding! Better yet, ride to the movies and watch Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen.

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