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Run Silent, Run Fast
The more gas prices climb, the more attractive motorcycles and scooters become to many people. Comparing 45 or 50, on up to as much as 90 or more miles per gallon of gas to a piddling 25 or so with many cars and you’ve got a genuine no-brainer. And that ... -
Saying Goodbye to Potato-Potato
Is it still a motorcycle if it doesn’t make noise? Old ways die hard and I’m betting a lot of today’s motorcyclists will go to their grave unaccepting of the changes that electric motorcycles will bring. And make no mistake, they are coming, just as ... -
Yanking the Fun Cord
As cars go hybrid and fully electric ones loom on the horizon, motorcycles lead the way. Manufacturers such as Zero and Brammo are already selling electric bikes and customers are laying down the cash. But what is it like to ride one? A Zero crew was in ... -
Finding Victory
One way motorcycle manufacturers seek to gain competitive advantage against their rivals is to offer something no one else has. Bombardier took this approach with their three-wheeled Can-Am Spyder. And Polaris is following suit, offering up its ... -
Are Motorcycles Greener than Cars?
Riding a motorcycle is fun. Plus, it's nice to know that you're helping the environment when you ride one, instead of driving a car, right? I mean, motorcycles go a lot farther on a gallon of gas, so obviously they're a very green alternative to cars, ... -
They. Are. Here.
As hybrid and even full-out electric cars make inroads in the marketplace, electric motorcycles may be nearing their day in the sun as well. In a movement reminiscent of the early days of cars, when hundreds of companies offered their models to the public, ... -
Preparation Makes All the Difference
Mythical is the idea of mounting your steed and riding off into the sunset. And when you make the myth a reality and find it's better than your dreams, you don't ever look back. You only look farther down the road. Welcome to motorcycle touring, a modern-day ... -
Rum Bum Comes Close in Vegas
They say what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas… but that motto shouldn’t apply to Rum Bum Racer Shawn Gann. In the home stretch of the NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals on Sunday, Gann put on a performance worthy of bragging rights. And he ... -
Spirits on the Strip
Devils and ninjas in the Halloween spirit zipped around the Las Vegas Speedway on the crucial day two of the NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals. If Rum Bum racer Shawn Gann felt inspired to dress up, his martial arts background would compel him to choose the ... -
Rum Bum Hits the Vegas Strip
Las Vegas is a-rumblin’ this weekend and not just on the Strip. The other strip – the drag strip at the Las Vegas Speedway – sits just 20 minutes northeast of the slots, craps tables, and Circus Circus. Friday, Rum Bum racers Shawn Gann and ... -
Gearing Up for the Big Race
Wednesday afternoon at North Carolina's Mountainside Restaurant, Rum Bum racer, and local celebrity, Shawn Gann, tries to keep his toddler's intent fingers off his daddy-sized pulled pork BBQ. "He's got his own grilled cheese, but whatever he has is never as ... -
The Rum Bum Racers Hit Small Town USA
There’s a WalMart in Ennis, a small town about eight miles east of Waxahachie near Dallas, TX. That’s where Rum Bum racer Shawn Gann and his crew found themselves Thursday evening for some grub before the next big race Friday. ... -
Chicks on Bikes (And on Film)
Christina Shook was a newcomer to San Francisco and she didn't know anyone. Meeting men was no problem but she wasn't meeting any women. She had also just learned to ride a motorcycle. As an aspiring photographer, it all fit together: She would shoot ... -
Gann Wins Big in Carolina
Enough points rained on RumBum Racer Shawn Gann this weekend that he could have splashed in their puddles. After the Carolina Nationals in Concord, NC wrapped up Sunday, the National Hot Rod Association results page was doused with Gann's name adjacent to ... -
Hungry to Race
On Thursday night, Shawn Gann's tummy's had to be growling louder than his Buell revving at the start line. With no breakfast, at the crack of 7:00 a.m. the Rum Bum race team hopped over to Concord, NC for the NHRA Carolinas Nationals. By the time they hit ... -
HelmetSecure Secures Your Expensive Lid
Time was when you bought a motorcycle, it came from the factory with a helmet lock as standard equipment. This is no longer the case with many bikes. But when a top quality helmet with custom paint job can easily run you $500, $600, or even more, you're not ... -
Indy Race Calls For Cake
Sunday night at the track, Rum Bum Racer Shawn Gann did something he does only on the bluest of moons: he ate cake. And not just any cake; this health nut of a racer was scarfing what he called a "crunchie munchie cinnamon bunch". Unusual, yes – but you'd ... -
Indy Drag Days
Just about 30 minutes outside the home of Rum Bum Racer Shawn Gann in Stoneville, North Carolina lies Pilot Mountain – a.k.a. “Mt. Pilot,” a town near Andy Griffith’s fictional Mayberry – complete with Aunt Bea’s Diner. That’s ... -
Drag Racers Flying High into Big Race
After racing their bikes at a campground and in Amish town, the Rum Bum Pro Stock Motorcycle Race Team has been gearing up in a big way for their biggest race of the year. Two weeks ago at Minnesota's Brainerd International Speedway, a track ... -
Rum Bum Racing Brings the Thunder to NorCal
About 30 minutes north of Northern California's Alcatraz and Golden Gate lies the vast, lush, and serene wine country of Sonoma. Last weekend though, the enophiles' sips and spits were riddled with thunder ... not the kind that accompanied lightning, ...
