July 2007

U.S. MotoGP 2007

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 7/23/2007

in Motorcycle Racing

Casey Stoner rode from the pole to the finish line and never looked back after passing Pedrosa on the first lap. Last year, Stoner often rode very well, contending for the top positions but ending his races early with a crash. This year, he is just riding extremely well, period. Nicky Hayden did the bump [...]

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BMW Buys Husqvarna Motorcycles

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 7/20/2007

in Motorcycle Business

BMW has purchased Husqvarna motorcycles from MV Agusta. Price of the sale was not disclosed. Husqvarna will continue to operate as an independent unit and will continue operations in northern Italy. ‘With the Husqvarna models, which are focused on sports competitions, we can expand the range of BMW Motorrad to younger target groups as well [...]

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Moving the MotoGP From Race to Race

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 7/20/2007

in Motorcycle Racing

When everyone shows up at the U.S. Grand Prix this weekend, few will even think about how all of the race bikes and equipment managed to show up so quickly after being in Germany just last week. My wife sent along these photos of the move which was handled by some of the other folks [...]

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Ducati and SanDisk have teamed up for this Ducati Edition line of compact flash cards and USB drives. They focus on the extreme performance of the flash memory to make the Ducati connection but it’s really all about people who like thiings with the Ducati brand all over it. There you are in that business [...]

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