April 2005

Gibernau on pole for China MotoGP

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 4/30/2005

in Motorcycle Racing

Tomorrow’s race is setting up to be really good. We don’t often get to see everyone thrown into a new environment at the same time. Everyone has to learn and come up to speed at the same pace, those who can’t adapt quickly, lose. Gibernau is on the pole, Rossi is 6th fastest, I really [...]

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China and motorcycles

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 4/29/2005

in China, Motorcycle Business

Recent moves by Harley Davidson, Aprilia and Ducati to make and sell motorcycles in China are interesting. I’ve been reading the book “The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century” by Tom Friedman and in it, he is interviewing a Chinese official who says: Chinese people first were the employees and working [...]

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Sunday sales and declining business

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 4/29/2005

in Motorcycle Business

When I noted a short while ago that auto dealers were fighting to keep the law that forbids Sunday sales in Michigan and then also Colorado, it was interesting that about the same time we get all of the reports of GM losing loads of money and other companies, too. I guess some dealers didn’t [...]

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V-Max by NLC

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 4/29/2005

in Motorcycle Builders

As I was poking around on the German custom bike sites I came across No Limit Customs and their V-Max called Asmodis. I saw a photo of this bike somewhere else and it was the engine that caught my attention so I figured I’d follow up. Interesting bike, almost nothing left of an original V-Max [...]

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