This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things: How Ugly Motorcycles Come From Awesome Concepts

The lights, the hype, the acclaim, the champagne and glad-handing. Like a royal birth, concept bikes are lauded as the next big thing when they’re introduced. Then the time for production comes, design doldrums are readily apparent, enthusiasm wanes, and reality sets in. If it’s European, the bike will be...

Apr 14, 2026

The Stunning Beauty Of A Winter Motorcycle Trip Into The Mojave Desert

What happens when you throw a 500 pound motorcycle down a dirt road, way out in the desert? Fortunately, we humans have the capacity to improvise tools. This rock looks like a hammer to you too, right? (This story originally appeared on and has been republished here with permission —...

Apr 14, 2026

Historic Photo Shows 3rd, 4th and 5th Generation Combat Jets In Formation

Our good friend and was out in the Majove Desert at Edwards Air Force Base this week to take some shots of the F-35’s testing. In the end he ended up with something even more exciting — three consecutive generations of tactical combat jets in formation. The aircraft shown include...

Apr 14, 2026

Here's How Ludicrously Fast A Space Probe Is

Your regular commercial airliner, like a Boeing 747 is fast. A super-spy jet like the is much faster than that, traveling at over three times the speed of sound. So how does a deep-space probe like , which recently flew past Pluto, compare? Thanks to this animation, you can see...

Apr 14, 2026

Macklemore's Chariot Sets A New Insanity Standard For Music Video Vehicles

Macklemore’s “” track is apparently an amazing ode to mopeds. And the new music video for it, man, let’s just say I haven’t been this blown away by “cool vehicles set to song” since put a New Beetle and a Jaguar S-Type in the same entourage. The song’s kind of...

Apr 14, 2026

A Naked Version Of The R3 Is Coming And It's Going To Be Amazing

Hold the presses, Yamaha is coming out with a naked bike based on the R3?! For anyone who follows the motorcycle industry or new model releases, the only surprise here should be that this hadn’t actually been confirmed yet. For those of you who this is news for, let me...

Apr 14, 2026

Where Would You Ride Honda's Adventure Scooter?

Honda has always liked to be first, from the first modern superbike in the VFR750R to the first dual-clutch gearbox used in an adventure bike — the upcoming Africa Twin. Who knows, maybe even the will be the first of a new segment. Think off-road scootering will become a thing?...

Apr 14, 2026

South Korea's Massive Live Fire Exercise Is Overwhelmingly Intense On Purpose

South Korean and American forces are said to be at a readiness unlike any in the world, wound up to spring into all-out war if need be at the sound of a klaxon. This readiness in showcased during combined live fire drills, where the total force is brought together as...

Apr 14, 2026

Poland Is Pretty Convinced It Found A Buried Nazi Train, Maybe Full Of Gold

Two random guys said they’d found a last week, buried underground at the end of World War II. Local legends said that one matching the description went missing in the closing days of the war, and it was full of plundered gold. It sounded crazy, but the Polish government said...

Apr 14, 2026

My Plan To Make Motorcycle Journalism Not Suck Anymore

Last month, Jalopnik managing editor , acknowledging motorcycles are awesome, and that Lanesplitter is going to try to be the motorcycle site the world needs. This month, some idiot convinced them that in order to achieve this goal they needed to hire me. Patrick ranted about the current state of...

Apr 14, 2026

This Doc Shows Why Being A Fighter Pilot Can Actually Suck

900 pages must be memorized in three weeks. A passing grade on the subsequent test is 85 percent, and most score above a 95 percent. On just one section, a tiny mistake can result in instant failure. And that’s before you ever get in the jet. Most people think being...

Apr 14, 2026

F-22 Raptors Descend On Europe In Historic Deployment

Just days after , four F-22A Raptors of the 95th Fighter Squadron out Tyndall AFB in Florida arrived over Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany. This marked the first operational deployment of F-22s to Europe in its decade-old operational career. The four F-22s, along with a pair of spares that turned...

Apr 14, 2026

This Shot Of A P-8 Poseidon Dropping Three Harpoon Missiles Is Triumphant

Boeing’s P-8 Poseidon program has a lot to feel good about. Not only has the aircraft been , but Australia has just ordered four of the maritime patrol and surveillance aircraft, officially making them the third operator of the type. The U.S. Navy also put in an order for nine...

Apr 14, 2026

Go Dogfighting In An F-15 In This Crazy Video

Kingsley Air National Guard Base, located in Southern Oregon’s Klamath Falls, is home to America’s only F-15C/D training unit, the 173th Fighter Wing. It is sometimes referred to as “K-Falls,” or more often “the land of no slack” due to the incredibly hard curriculum would-be Eagle Drivers must go through...

Apr 14, 2026

This Famous P-51 Air Racer's Engine Test Is A Mechanical Thunder Storm

is a staple of the The highly modified P-51’s striking yellow and polished paint job and its contra-rotating propellers are features that make it stand out, but the sights and especially sounds of its supped Merlin engine during a test run equates to a visceral crescendo of delight and amazement...

Apr 14, 2026