If the state police stop you and tell you that you were going at least 150 mph on the NY State Thruway while on your Suzuki motorcycle, would you tell the troopers that your ride can go easily top 190 mph? Well, that's allegedly what Nikkolaus V. McCarthy did yesterday. more ›

The Brooklyn mom who fatally hit a motorcyclist last year has been sentenced to just 60 days in jail. Naisha Sutton, 26, hit 27-year-old hedge fund executive Ronan Katz after making an illegal left turn off of Canal Street in September 2010. Although she made the illegal turn, had no driver's license, and admitted to fleeing the scene, she was spared a harsher sentence: “They realized that she actually got out of the car and asked that people call 911” before panicking and speeding away," defense lawyer Howard Simmons said. more ›

A NYPD captain was dragged six to eight feet by a motorcyclist when he tried to stop the motorcyclist from riding on the sidewalk on Wednesday evening. Captain Jose Navarro was leaving a community meeting when he saw 19-year-old Robert Casilla on his hog, going about 20 mph on West 182nd Street. according to the NY Post, "Navarro stepped in front of Casilla’s Yamaha motor cross bike and ordered him to stop. But Casilla kept going — so Navarro grabbed Casilla and the bike’s handlebars." more ›

Are taxis too slow for you? Are limos too much of a hassle? Are buses too crowded, and subways too dirty? Is the idea of riding a bike tantamount to slicing off a finger? Then we have just the perfect transportation for you: Motorcycle Taxis. more ›

An accident involving a motorcyclist and three buses has shut down most of the Manhattan-bound lanes in the Lincoln Tunnel. According to MyFoxNY, "The motorcycle driver has been critically injured and 28 people aboard the buses suffered non-life threatening injuries." more ›

Elmo sure does get around. The Sesame Street character is apparently much more complex than we thought—he's got an evil side, and a Katy Perry-loving side, and now he's getting in touch with his inner biker! Yojimbot over at Harlem Hybrid spotted the furry character popping wheelies on the streets of New York—what would the gang back at Sesame Street think of his new friends? more ›

The 27-year-old motorcyclist who was killed by a motorist on Sunday afternoon was an East Village resident who worked at a hedge fund. Ronan Katz had been riding his Ducati motorcycle north on West Street when Naisha Sutton was making an apparent illegal left turn from Canal Street and struck him. Katz's mother said, "It was a nice day. He went for a nice ride." more ›

A 27-year-old man riding a motorcycle on West Street was killed by a driver yesterday afternoon. According to the NY Post, "A maroon Nissan driven by Naisha Sutten, 25, of the Bronx, going east on Canal Street, clipped the victim's 2009 Ducati, heading north on West Street, at 5:10 p.m.., cops said." more ›

A man and a woman were taken to Morristown Memorial Hospital in NJ after hitting a bear while riding on a motorcycle around noon yesterday. According to the Daily Record, the Rockaway Township Police responded to the incident: "Joseph Haydu, 60 — the driver of the Yamaha motorcyle — and passenger Carrie Kifner, 51, were traveling north on Green Pond Road when the bear came out of the woods." Haydu is in serious condition while Kifner is in fair condition; "the condition of the bear is not known it was not at the scene when authorities arrived." Bears are commonly seen in increasingly-developed NJ, but usually rooting through people's trash or doing their business. more ›

In the span of two hours, two people were injured and two dead in three motorcycle accidents in three boroughs. According to the Post, the first was at 11:10 p.m., "when a 35-year-old man smacked into a car on Ocean Parkway near Avenue Y"; he is now in stable condition. Around 12:30 a.m., two people on one motorcycle more ›

A motorcycle driver was badly injured and his passenger killed when a van crashed into the bike on West End Avenue last night. Cops and a witness say the van sped through the intersection at W 65th Street at 10:30 p.m., hitting the couple and launching them into the air. Witness Kevin Chapman told the Daily News the motorcycle driver got up and saw his female passenger lying on the ground. "He was screaming and crying—yelling, 'No! No! No!' She was coughing up blood, and there was blood flowing down her hair. She was pronounced dead at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital. So far, police do not suspect criminality, and nobody is in custody. more ›

Earlier this morning Brownstoner posted some photos of the aftermath of a motorcycle accident on Atlantic Avenue and Hoyt Street in Boerum Hill. Now the Daily News provides some more details, confirming original reports that the driver was killed. more ›

An off-duty police officer died after crashing his motorcycle in Queens last night. The Daily News reports, "Phil Clemens, 27, was on his was to a biker party in Astoria Park when his 2001 Suzuki GSX R600 slammed into a guardrail on the Cross Island Pkwy. just before 10 p.m. Wednesday, police and his friends said. Clemens, who was assigned to the 100th Precinct and rode with the 'Street Assassins' motorcycle crew, tried to make a turn onto the Whitestone Expwy. moments before the crash." An investigator said, "He couldn't negotiate the turn. His front wheel locked up and he went into the guardrail." more ›

Earlier this morning, a motorcyclist crashed near the Route 46 approach to the George Washington Bridge and was killed. Apparently NJ police had been chasing two motorcycles from Ridgefield Park before 4 a.m. WABC reports, "The chase continued into Fort Lee, where one of the motorcycle riders lost control, possibly after hitting a vehicle, at the lower level inbound approach to the George Washington Bridge. The motorcyclist flipped off the bicycle, slamming onto the ground. The rider sustained serious head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene." The other motorcyclist was injured. Because the investigation is still continuing, the inbound approach to the upper level is closed, causing delays. more ›

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said that the 31-year-old police officer who was struck by a motorcycle while chasing stolen car suspects in Bensonhurst is "still in extremely critical condition... The situation has not changed." Carlos Olmedo, a four-year veteran of the force and father of three, suffered serious brain injuries since being hit on Sunday, and his family and colleagues have been keeping a bedside vigil at the hospital. Kelly added, "He's a terrific young police officer and was extremely well respected. This underscores the dangers of the job." more ›

A police officer who was chasing after possible suspects was struck by a motorcyclist and is now in grave condition. Officer Carlos Olmedo was hit at 20th Avenue and 84th Street in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn around 1 a.m. The driver of the motorcycle was also injured. more ›

A recent city report revealed that traffic fatalities were down to the lowest they've been in a century—not only that, but bikers fared the best of everyone. The stats show that more than 50 percent fewer cyclists were killed last year than in 2008—12 died last year, down from 26 in '08, according to the DOT. Motorcyclists came in next, down 30 percent, and motorists died 20 percent less often, in spite of those faulty Toyotas. Poor pedestrians were the only group not to improve: 155 people died on foot in New York in 2009, four more than the year before. more ›

A motorcyclist caught driving with a suspended license at the Bronx-side entrance to the Throgs Neck Bridge decided to jump rather than face arrest yesterday. Rocky Sanchez, 43, has had his license suspended 17 times, and when MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer Charles Luce pulled him over by the toll plaza, Sanchez wasn't about to go down without a fight. First he sped away from Luce, then abandoned his motorcycle, ran across six lanes of traffic, climbed over the wall and jumped about 30 feet! more ›

The accident occurred at the corner of Greene Avenue and Washington Avenue in Fort Greene. The rapper Common's cousin, Ajile Turner, allegedly hit cyclist Julian C. Miller with his Kawasaki, and both were pronounced DOA at Brooklyn Hospital. more ›

While aliens are being spotted in New Jersey, there have been some out-of-this-world car sightings right in downtown New York recently. The NY Post reports on the mysterious Jeston-like car that many pedestrians have been intrigued by, but it turns out it's only making a rare East Coast appearance. The Aptera 2e, a 1700-lb, 3-wheeled electric car set to hit the market later this year (here's a video showing it in action), will only be sold in California at first. It's classified as a motorcycle, but if you have the $25-40K to hand over for one, you won't need the proper license because it operates like an automobile (even containing a trunk and airbags). The car can drive on both city streets and highways, and one Wired writer just sat shotgun for a ride, saying of his driver, "he suddenly gunned it at a green light, turned right on a dime, faded three lanes to his left while outrunning a cab turning left from the opposing lane and came to a comfortable stop perhaps 50 yards later." The car 200 miles per gallon, meaning you could drive 100 miles for less than it would cost to take one trip on the subway. more ›

A 21-year-old man riding his motorcycle was killed by a driver in Brooklyn around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday. Brian Sitarevich, who was riding with other friends, was on Humboldt Street when he was hit by Daniel Levens's SUV; Levens had tried to make a left turn onto Greenpoint Avenue. Levens, of Massapequa, was charged with drunk driving and the Brooklyn DA's office is investigating whether to press more charges. Sitarevich's father wouldn't blame Levens yet, "I can't point the finger at someone that might be innocent," but added, "There is a hole in your heart and I hope one day it will close. I keep looking at the door and hoping he is going to walk through the door for dinner or something." more ›

In a well-coordinated publicity stunt, the first cases of Georges Duboeuf 2008 Beaujolais Nouveau arrived in New York City yesterday via Harley-Davidson motorcade, with Franck Duboeuf (Georges Duboeuf’s son) holding it triumphantly aloft from a motorcycle sidecar. According to the Times, some 20 chefs, including David Bouley and Francois Payard, sommeliers, and a posse of Harley-Davidson Hog Club members chaperoned the wine from Battery Park to David Bouley’s new restaurant Secession, where lunch was served. more ›

A reader sent us the above photos, taken around 3 p.m. today on Spring Street near Varick. As you can see, someone lost a motorcycle today. No one was harmed, the fire was put out and here's to hoping the owner had insurance. Read more at The Abbeville blog. more ›

Police believe two members of the Crips killed an off-duty corrections officer yesterday morning in order to steal his motorcycle. Kenneth Duncan, who had worked for the city's correction department for 17 years, was found shot in the head outside his Remsen Village home. more ›