A Domino’s Pizza delivery rider in London may be looking for a new job after his wheelie was caught on video.

The rider clearly shows he can get the front wheel up, even on a scooter. Maybe the weight of the pizzas on the back helps? Onlookers cheer — then laugh when the wheelie goes bad. The video was posted by Twitter user MYST and was retweeted thousands of times.

I’m betting some pizza toppings may have shifted in flight during that delivery.

Britain’s Sky News quoted a Domino’s spokeswoman as saying the behavior is “totally unacceptable” and the company will “take appropriate action.”




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Connecticut-based startup LiquidPiston announced today that they have built a small, compact engine that is powerful enough to drive a go-kart. Their X-mini engine weighs just 4 pounds and has three moving parts, and yet can produce 3 horsepower, enough to replace the default 40-pound piston engine that normally powers the go-kart.

LiquidPiston says that their X-mini is still in a testing phase, and they hope to get the weight down to 3 pounds and the power up to 5 hp. (The 40-pound piston engine produces about 6.5 hp.) In the meantime, their little engine already packs a punch, as you can see in the video below.

LiquidPiston announced last year that they received a $1 million DARPA grant to develop their X-mini engine, and it appears that they've succeeded. The 4-pound, 3-hp engine is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, yet it can power everything from vehicles to generators to drones. The X-mini uses LiquidPiston's proprietary rotary engine design and thermodynamic cycle which offer vast improvements over both a traditional Wankel rotary engine and common piston engines.

LiquidPiston says the X-mini can run on Jet Propellant 8, the military's fuel of choice, making it an ideal candidate for all sorts of military applications. For instance, the X-mini is small and light enough to power a UAV, it can be part of a generator that can be carried in a backpack, or it can even be used to power military robotics. According to Alec Shkolnik, LiquidPiston's co-founder and president, "[DARPA] is kinda agnostic as to the actual application … they have so many different applications that need power."

Shkolnik said that the X-mini is still early in testing, and they have only just built their first working prototype, but he's hopeful that the engine could see a commercial release sometime in the next few years. When that happens, the X-mini could find its way into lawnmowers, emergency generators, and even small vehicles like mopeds. 

We don't know much about the events leading up to this video, but whatever went on between this pair of motorists seems to have flicked a 'must destroy' switch on in the car driver's head

The video uploader and guy on the bike had this to say:


Please understand everyone, that I’m not an experienced rider, I will admit when I am wrong. all of this stuff wasn’t on purpose but an attempt to get away, I didn’t chose to get on to on coming traffic, he blocked my path on both lanes, I didn’t want to harm myself or other people, which is exactly what happened, no one got hurt, everyone, even the guy goes home. a police report is the most I will do. no one got hurt everyone goes home. that’s the end goal. if I was more experienced then yes it could have been differently. but I was in fear of my life, and panicking.


Obviously, there are two sides to every story, and the truth will eventually come out about what really happened leading up to this shocking sequence of events.

What’s your theory?

Brandon Jenkins was just a few blocks from home on an ordinary afternoon commute on his Suzuki in Mesa, Ariz., when he was violently attacked from behind with no warning.

What Jenkins didn't know was that his attacker, identified by police as Joshua Monigold, was fleeing police in a stolen truck. He apparently decided he'd have a better chance if he took Jenkins' sport bike.

The good news: Jenkins was able to fight off the attack. The bad news: when he gave up and drove off in the pickup truck, the assailant ran over the motorcycle, likely destroying it. The entire episode was caught on video from the air.

A motorcyclist in the U.S. named Laney just uploaded heart-stopping footage of a kitten stuck on a busy road whose life she saved by driving into the intersection and grabbing her.

As soon as the motorcyclist noticed the kitten (which didn’t happen immediately), she gestured at passing vehicles to stop traffic and grabbed the kitten. Now, the kitten is living safe with heart home and has a new name – Skidmark (presumably what he might have become had his new owner not been more vigilant).

Within just a few short months Austin Stroupe rocketed back into the spotlight of the sport and then, almost as quickly as he returned, has disappeared. The former Supercross racer started with appearances at random East Coast independent events, then lined up for the AMSOIL Arenacross Series as a privateer before joining the Rockstar Energy FMC Racing OTSFF Husqvarna as a fill-in rider. Stroupe had success in the short stint with the Husqvarna crew, including a podium finish in Birmingham, but a few weeks ago word spread that he and the team had parted ways for unclear reasons.

Stroupe spoke on the matter with an appearance on the PulpMX Show on March 7th, where he stated that he was a bit overwhelmed by the return and voluntarily stepped away from the spot with the team midway through the year. In the same interview, Stroupe said he hoped to race again in some capacity.

On Monday afternoon, a member of VitalMX posted an arrest report and mug shot of Stroupe from the state of North Carolina dated March 10, 2016. According to the report, Stroupe was arrested in Wingate, North Carolina, and charged with a litany of offenses, including Failure to Maintain Lane Control (misdemeanor), Fictitious/Expired Registration Plate (misdemeanor), Possession of Marijuana Paraphernalia (misdemeanor), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Marijuana Up To 1/2 Oz (misdemeanor), and Possession of Heroin (felony).

This is a major blow to Stroupe, not as a racer, but most importantly as a person. Rumors of drug use have long circled Stroupe throughout his career and his first disappearance from racing in 2011 only intensified the speculation. Sadly, this seems to confirm the matter.

MULHOLLAND HIGHWAY IS an amazing road, a ribbon of blacktop that meanders through the Santa Monica mountains overlooking Los Angeles. It’s a popular destination for anyone who loves to drive or ride. But one section is revered above all: The Snake, a two-mile stretch that ends with what could be the most crashed corner in Southern California.

On any given Sunday, The Snake is overrun by drivers and motorcyclists. They’ve been hitting this spot 30 miles northwest of Hollywood for decades, but it became a hot destination in the 1960s when Steve McQueen started blasting through Mulholland on his Triumph. The road’s popularity grew over the years, and even an aggressive crackdown on speeding and a temporary shuttering of the road in the 1990s did little to slow the The Snake’s popularity. These days it isn’t uncommon to see celebrities like Jay Leno motoring through in six-figure cars. But it’s the motorcyclists you’ll see most often.

And see most often crashing, particularly at Edwards Corner.

The 180-degree hairpin is the unofficial finish line of The Snake. You’ll find a contingent of spectators there each weekend, most of them with cameras. That encourages showboating and unchecked ego. And that means countless crashes. Last year, the California Highway Patrol responded to 43 crashes in the 300-square-mile area that includes The Snake, but that number doesn’t even begin to tell the story. For that, you need to check out YouTube.

A search of “motorcycle crash” with “Edwards Corner” or “The Snake” brings up thousands of hits. Most of them involve rookies with more ego than skill, who quickly find themselves in over their heads.

“Riders treat The Snake like a skate park for motorcycles,” says Ken Snyder, a frequent rider who shoots video at Edwards Corner on Sundays during the summer. “Most who crash are inexperienced and pushing themselves. Even though they have seen countless crashes, it seems everyone learns the hard way.”

Snyder has been filming at Edwards Corner for more than four years, posting videos that highlight brilliant riders and hamfisted n00bs. His videos, under the handleRNickeyMouse on YouTube, have garnered tens of millions of views, but the ones that attract the most eyeballs are the most chilling, including a terrifying crash involving a Suzuki rider and two cyclists last year.

But the irony is that Edwards Corner is a piece of cake — assuming you’re not an idiot.

“There are trickier sections,” says Adey Bennett, a regular known among riders as The King of the Hill. “But [Edwards Corner] is where people push it — in front of the bystanders. They pussy-foot it through the rest of The Snake and then showboat through that last corner.”

Bennett says Edwards Corner is not a tough one. It’s an uphill bend with a constant radius and positive camber, meaning the road’s angle is steady and the surface is tilted inward. The riders who go down tend to hit the corner way too fast, realize they’re in over their heads, fixate on the guard rail, and slam right into it. Just as often, though, riders get too greedy with the throttle on the way out, causing the rear end to slide. Beginners and squids tend to jump off the throttle or lay on the brakes, causing the bike to go wide and forge a trail into the hillside. The skilled riders come down from speed before the turn, lean in, and roll on the gas after the apex — keeping their eyes on the exit the entire time.

“The reason why most people crash on this turn is because they don’t know how to assess the type of corner they’re riding on,” says Bennett. “It’s such a simple turn when you see it done well, but people make it so complicated.”Snyder’s videos show exactly how, in excruciating detail. A playlist of 79 clips shows every type of rider imaginable making every type of mistake imaginable. Lowsides on Harleys, highsides on Ducatis, and the occasional car crash. But through it all, there’s an air of camaraderie, with riders helping each other pull bikes from ditches as others slow incoming traffic and even sweep up dirt and debris to prevent another crash.

Most of these crashes are never officially recorded. For every motorcycle crash in the CHP’s log, another half dozen never come to their attention — until they see them on YouTube.

“We estimate that at least 60 to 70 percent of [motorcycle crashes] are unreported,” says Officer Leland Tang of the CHP’s public information office. “We look at the videos ourselves, and there were two months where I saw bunch of crashes on YouTube and looked at our collision stats and didn’t see any reported.”

It’s not as if the troopers and the local sheriff’s deputies don’t know Edwards is a hot corner, or The Snake a popular destination. They’re often out there, patrolling the road, waiting for riders to cross the center line or go off road. But the sheer size of the area they patrol means they have to limit the amount of time they spend on any one section of road.

As special as The Snake is to riders, crashes happen along all of Mulholland. And despite the road’s propensity for eating machines, people continue to come back.

“A fast one-way lap from the bottom up takes about two minutes and 15 seconds,” says Bennett. “That’s fast. And it’s very, very entertaining.”

Can't wait to see where people take those YETI SNOW MX's in upcoming years