Coast to Coast in Five Days (in a Suzuki Cappuccino): Part 2
Welcome back to Part 2 of our epic Summer roadtrip! If you missed Part 1, you can go read it here. The quick and dirty summary is this: we sold…
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Coast to Coast in Five Days (in a Suzuki Cappuccino): Part 1
If you’re a fan of our Project VehiCross, you might remember that around 2 years ago, we installed a towing hitch for the sole purpose of towing a 240SX to…
Project VehiCross Goes Gambling
Project VehiCross Goes Gambling by: David Zipf Photo Credits: David Zipf & Jon Bradley Regular MotoIQ readers will be very familiar with the 24 Hours of Lemons. Hell, most car…
Curly’s Corner: 2018 Canadian & French Grand Prixs
Welcome back to our post-race breakdown of Formula 1! MotoIQ is bringing you its own particular nerdtastic take on the latest news and developments in F1. Impress your neighbors, stun…
Project Vehicross Part 9: Beefing Up the Brakes
Project Vehicross Part 9: Beefing Up the Brakes by: David Zipf I’m not going to bullshit here: The Isuzu VehiCross’s brakes suck. They are by far the worst part…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – Spain & Monaco Grand Prix
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 Spanish & Monaco Grand Prix by: David Zipf Welcome back to our post-race breakdown of Formula 1! MotoIQ is bringing you its own particular…
Event Coverage: 2018 Indianapolis 500 in Photos
Longtime readers should know by now that I have a love affair with the Indy 500. I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: the Indianapolis 500 is the race…
Event Coverage: 2018 IndyCar Grand Prix
Event Coverage: 2018 IndyCar Grand Prix By David Zipf It’s May! And that means MotoIQ is back at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, covering the IndyCar Grand Prix and the Indy…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Curly’s Corner: 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix By David Zipf Welcome back to our post-race breakdown of Formula 1! MotoIQ is bringing you its own particular nerdtastic take on the latest…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – Bahrain & Chinese Grands Prix
Curly’s Corner: 2018 Bahrain & Chinese Grands Prix by David Zipf Welcome back to our post-race breakdown of Formula 1! MotoIQ is bringing you its own particular nerdtastic take on…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – Australian Grand Prix
Curly's Corner: A Nerd's Eye on Formula 1 – Australian Grand Prix by David Zipf It’s been five months since we got to talk Formula 1…and quite frankly, that’s five…
Squirrel Power: Making a Minibear Part 1
Squirrel Power: Making a Minibear Part 1 by David Zipf It’s been a while since we talked about our little Suzuki FA50 runabout. You’d be forgiven for thinking it had been abandoned…
Doodlebug of Doom Part 2: Taming The Beast
Doodlebug of Doom Part 2: Taming The Beast by David Zipf I have a confession to make about the Doodlebug of Doom. Between resurrecting it and…well now…I’ve rode it exactly once. This thing is…
Nerd’s Eye View: The Cars of PRI
Nerd’s Eye View: The Cars of PRI by David Zipf PRI is full of cool and new speed parts, which the rest of the MotoIQ team is showing you. But for…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Curly's Corner: A Nerd's Eye on Formula 1 – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix by David Zipf Welcome back to our post-race breakdown of Formula 1! In case you missed it, MotoIQ…
Project Vehicross Part 8: Pinion Angle 101
Project Vehicross Part 8: Pinion Angle 101 by David Zipf It’s been awhile since we’ve done anything with our funky Isuzu project. There’s a simple reason for that: I was planning…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – Brazilian Grand Prix
Curly's Corner: A Nerd's Eye on Formula 1 – Brazilian Grand Prix by David Zipf Welcome back to our post-race breakdown of Formula 1! In case you missed it, MotoIQ will…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – Mexican Grand Prix
Curly's Corner: A Nerd's Eye on Formula 1 – Mexican Grand Prix by David Zipf Welcome back to our post-race breakdown of Formula 1! In case you missed it, MotoIQ will…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – United States Grand Prix
Curly's Corner: A Nerd's Eye on Formula 1 – United States Grand Prix by David Zipf Welcome back to our post-race breakdown of Formula 1! In case you missed it, MotoIQ will…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – Japanese Grand Prix
Curly's Corner: A Nerd's Eye on Formula 1 – Japanese Grand Prix by David Zipf Welcome back to our post-race breakdown of Formula 1! In case you missed it, MotoIQ…
Curly’s Corner: A Nerd’s Eye on Formula 1 – Malaysian Grand Prix
Curly's Corner: A Nerd's Eye on Formula 1 – Malaysian Grand Prix by David Zipf Regular MotoIQ readers will know that I have a particular fondness for IndyCar racing. However, I…
Event Coverage: Red Bull Global Rallycross Indianapolis
Event Coverage: Red Bull Global Rallycross Indianapolis by David Zipf MotoIQ and Global Rallycross go quite a way back. In fact, all the way back in 2009 Dave Coleman gave us a peek…
Event Coverage: 2017 Indianapolis 500 Presented by PennGrade Oil, Part 2
Event Coverage: 2017 Indianapolis 500 Presented by PennGrade Oil, Part 2 by Dave Zipf We follow up after Dixon's mindblowing crash from Part 1 and continue to break down each…
Event Coverage: 2017 Indianapolis 500 Presented by PennGrade Oil, Part 1
Event Coverage: 2017 Indianapolis 500 Presented by PennGrade Oil, Part 1 by David Zipf There is no place like Indy. You can feel it when you drive up to it…
Event Coverage: 2017 Indianapolis 500 Carb & Legends Day
Event Coverage: 2017 Indianapolis 500 Carb & Legends Day by David Zipf If you’ve followed our coverage of the Indy 500 here for the last couple years, you may have…
Event Coverage: 2017 Indianapolis 500 Qualifying
Event Coverage: 2017 Indianapolis 500 Qualifying by David Zipf Week one of “The Greatest Month in Racing” started with left and right turns, kicking off with the IndyCar Grand Prix…
Event Coverage: 2017 IndyCar Grand Prix
Event Coverage: 2017 IndyCar Grand Prix by David Zipf It’s May! That can only mean two things: flowers blooming and racecars racing. Well I don't know about you, but I…
Tech Tip: How to Fix a Broken Mazda Door Handle
Tech Tip: How to Fix a Broken Mazda Door Handle by David Zipf It is important that we start off this Tech Tip noting that it mostly applies to Mazda 3…
Wrench Tip: The Ultimate Oil Filter Wrench That You Need to Buy Right Now!
Wrench Tip: The Ultimate Oil Filter Wrench that You Need to Buy Right Now! by David Zipf Aside from checking tire pressures, an oil change is the most basic automotive…
Project Mazdaspeed3: Building a Stock Class Cone Killer- Introduction and Installing Koni Shocks
Project Mazdaspeed3: Building a Stock Class Cone Killer- Introduction and Installing Koni Shocks by David Zipf Autocrossing is a ton of fun. It’s super cheap, you can take almost any car…
Doodlebug of Doom: Saving a Superpowered Minibike
Doodlebug of Doom: Saving a Superpowered Minibike by David Zipf If you’re already planning to skip this article because it includes the word “Doodlebug” in the title, then I implore…
Effort Equals Results: 50 Years of Penske Racing
Effort Equals Results: 50 Years of Penske Racing by David Zipf America is home to the two greatest names in racing: Foyt and Penske. There is nobody who could drive…