Oishi Yoshio: A Ronin motorcycle for Pikes Peak

When we featured the Ronin 47 motorcycle a year ago, it quickly became one of the most popular bikes ever to appear on the site. So we've given it a starring role in the new book The Ride: 2nd Gear. Most builders would be happy to sit on their laurels after such a successful launch, but not Magpul. They decided to turn the Ronin into a race weapon, and set their sights on the Pikes Peak hillclimb—one of the most difficult and dangerous competitions in the motorsport world. A call was put in to Travis Newbold—a man who knows the...