Oregon Enters the Great Debate ? Considers Lane Splitting


As a motorcyclists in California, we honestly don’t understand how the other 49 states get along without having lane splitting laws on the books, yet that is the case (for now at least). Although recently Texas and Arizona declined to adopt such provisions for their own motorcyclists, our cousins to the north in Oregon are contemplating allowing lane splitting. Holding an open forum at 6:30 PM tonight in Portland, the Oregon Governor’s Advisory Committee for ...

Noriyuki Haga Tetsuya Harada Nicky Hayden Roger Lee Hayden Neil Hodgson

Ride Review: 2012 Yamaha Super Ténéré


Asphalt & Rubber was recently one of a few blogs, along with the usual suspects from the American media, to be invited out to Arizona for Yamaha’s press launch of the Super Ténéré adventure-tourer motorcycle (because we know Americans have no idea what to do with an accented “e?, think “tay-nay-ray” for pronunciation?or just cheat like us and say ?ten-air-ray?). The earth is orange here in Arizona, and between the mesas and evergreen forests, Sedona ...

Youichi Ui Tohru Ukawa Chris Vermeulen Anthony West Ruben Xaus