2011 permanently raised the bar in the world of Moto. Compact, wearable cameras captured never-before-seen angles and high-speed cameras slowed down the action to reveal never-before-seen details. But we didn’t just capture more of the action in 2011, there was more of it. We drove faster, jumped farther and all around, went bigger. We saw things we simply haven’t seen before. We sifted through thousands of videos to find the eleven finalists, so sit-back, relax and enjoy the Best Moto Videos of 2011.
Hoon is a derogatory term used in Australia and New Zealand that refers to anyone who drives in an aggressive, antisocial manner. These revelers in Saudi Arabia have taken hooning to the furthest extreme, firing machine guns out of their windows and doing 360s in front of gas tanker trucks.
With an empty airstrip and eleven of the best drivers cars in the world, Motor Trend put on the world’s greatest drag race.
Stockholm has held a professionally organized, yet highly illegal, street drag race for the past 30 years. To watch the action, you have to know the secret locations. To win, you’ll need a 1,000+ HP drag car on racing slicks.
Heavy met with Casey Ketterhagan over the Summer to lean about the design process behind the Harley-Davidson Blackline. We were happy to see him featured in this short that looks at their design group, who under the guidance of Willie G. Davidson, is building a new generation of motorcycles.
A Dodge Viper ACR set a Nürburgring record of 7:22.1 in 2008 making it the fastest production car round the ‘Ring. The record was toppled in 2011 by Chevrolet then Porsche then Lexus, but the Dodge is back on top.
Audi won the 2011 24 hours of Le Mans by 13.854 seconds – a thin line between triumph and defeat. Watch this behind-the-scenes look at the drama that lead to their 10th Le Mans victory in 12 races.
Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima completed the Pikes Peak race course in under 10 minutes for the first time ever. Sit in the drivers seat of his 910 horsepower Suzuki and experience this epic moment in auto racing firsthand.
The BBC was allowed unprecedented access to McLaren‘s secret facility to document the development of the McLaren MP4-12C supercar. Watch the entire hour long documentary.
In a crowded Philadelphia garage, Adam Cramer revives vintage motorcycles and the American tradition of grease-stained self-reliance.
Tanner Foust, three-time X Games gold medalist, sets a new four-wheeled vehicle distance jump record at 332 feet.
Ken Block‘s Gymkhana videos have racked up over 100 million views on YouTube. The big question on everyone’s mind was how would he outdo himself in Gymkhana 4? He went Hollywood.
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