Everything You Learn Fixing A $300 Craiglist Bike From Hell

Yes, folks, I bought a $300 motorcycle off Craigslist. It was a risky move, and one that required nearly an entire year worth of wrenchin’. It was a trying ordeal, and I wouldn’t recommend it to the faint-of-heart, but what I learned from this junker I wouldn’t trade for...

Apr 10, 2026

Watch The Manchurian Candidate With A Military Brainwashing Expert

We’re screening (the good one) tomorrow night at the in Brooklyn as part of our Joining us to talk after the film is none other than , whose job for the military was to help soldiers soldiers endure torture and not get turned into brainwashed assassins for the enemy. Malcolm...

Apr 10, 2026

F-35 Pilot Seems Unimpressed With Jet's X-Ray-Like Vision

F-35 pilot Maj. John Wilson is back in the second part of his interview with our friends at . This time the conversation moved from the F-35’s capabilities, , to the jet’s much-touted half a million dollar helmet with quasi-X-Ray vision, a feature the Major seems less than impressed with....

Apr 10, 2026

Rambo Will Not Fight ISIS In His Next And Last Movie (UPDATED)

Don’t worry, everyone. Rambo’s got this. Rambo’s real-life alter ego Sylvester Stallone, announced at Comic-Con that the final Rambo movie will pitt Rambo against ISIS. The film will apparently be called “Last Blood,” and the Islamic State is the enemy. This is a change from Stallone’s previous plan of ....

Apr 10, 2026

Barracuda Is Supposedly The Stealthy Interceptor Boat The World Needs

makes boats that can go where few others can. From Pilot Tenders to Rescue Boats that can overturn in high surf and keep on going, their products are truly hardcore. Now, the famed boat builder is setting its eyes on the law enforcement and military market with their stealthy Barracuda...

Apr 10, 2026

This Is What You'd See If You Were On The Probe That Just Buzzed Pluto

The probe just came within spitting distance of Pluto. And while it’s still in data-gathering mode, we’re hoping to see the best-ever images of the frozen dwarf planet. But that doesn’t mean the probe hasn’t been gathering images the whole nine years it’s been flying. Here’s all of those images,...

Apr 10, 2026

Did We Just Give Iran The Bomb Or Did We Usher In A New Era Of Peace?

Earlier today the world’s leaders announced a historic nuclear agreement with Iran that could block the country’s path to developing nuclear weapons for more than a decade. like any agreement crafted over years and led by a windsurfing diplomat, it’s not perfect. Just getting to the point of being able...

Apr 10, 2026

How Honda Botched Its $184,000 Motorcycle

Rumors of an honest-to-god MotoGP bike for the street have been swirling for years. Imagine Red Bull making a Formula One car for the road and you can understand the level of anticipation. And, you can also imagine the level of embarrassment that would result in that vehicle flopping. Which...

Apr 10, 2026

Motorcyclist Forced To Take Down This Road Raging Vigilante

Reports are coming out of Yuma, Arizona that a motorcycle rider may have cut off this motorist, who then worked up enough anger to attack the rider and his passenger at a stoplight. Violence escalated to the point where the biker put the road rager on the ground and hold...

Apr 10, 2026

Can You Put Out A Fire With A Motorcycle?

I think it’s the way we hear the intrepid anti-fire motorcyclist state that he “guarantees” that he can put out the fire with the motorcycle that makes this so appealing. The confidence, the casual bravado, one man, one motorcycle, one fire! It’s the stuff of dreams! And, he’s victorious! Almost....

Apr 10, 2026

Here's A Rare Glimpse Of The F-35A's Internal 25mm Cannon Firing

This is not a view you get very often. It’s the F-35A’s GAU-22/A 25mm internal cannon opened up for the world to see its mechanical firing process, including the barrels hydraulically spinning up, the low-observable gun door and the vent door popping open. And of course lots of smoke and...

Apr 10, 2026

Watch A 'Scared Shitless' Tom Cruise Dangle Off The End Of An A400M

Tom Cruise is now a well-known stunt junkie and his addiction is on full display in Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation. In the scene, Ethan Hunt (played by Cruise) hitches a ride on the outside of an Airbus A400M transport that quickly leaves the ground. Sure, there were safety harnesses, but...

Apr 10, 2026

What Do You Ride And Why?

So you found Lanesplitter, the new motorcycle blog on Jalopnik. Welcome! We’re happy to have you here. Have a seat, pour yourself a cup of coffee, and tell us about what kind of motorcycle you ride. And hey, why’d you go for that one? There are a few great things...

Apr 10, 2026

Blue Angel #5's Near-Supersonic Sneak Pass Sent Beach Umbrellas Flying

A beloved part of any demonstration is #5’s sneak pass at near supersonic speeds. Because Blue Angel #6 is distracting you, you don’t see it coming, and you definitely don’t hear it... Until it’s too late! Here you can see the Hornet’s at work as it creates a mini tornado...

Apr 10, 2026

You Can Now Get An Apollo-Edition Mustang Because The World Is Great

Special edition cars are often just motorized platforms to test the limits of human eye-rolling. There’s something about those Harley Davidson-edition F150s or the Fiat 500 Gucci cars that just feels like shameless brand-whoring. But not this one. Not these Mustangs made to honor the Apollo moon missions. These are...

Apr 10, 2026