The new statistics for vehicle accidents were released a few days ago and the roads are getting safer for all vehicles except motorcycles. Vehicle fatalities declined for all vehicle types except motorcycles which increased. Everyone has their own idea of why fatalities increased, but until an actual study is conducted we won’t know for sure. [...]
From the monthly archives:
August 2008
Ducati’s ever changing ownership is once again in play. According to Dealernews, Performance Motorcycles S.p.A. a new group formed in April made up of the 3 largest shareholders of Ducati, Investindustrial, BS Investimenti and Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan (HOPP) will be the new owners.
Ducati leadership says a draft of the merger plan will be [...]
S&S Cycle of Viola, Wisconsin announced layoffs due to declining sales. A total of 60 employees were either laid off or offered voluntary separation, a total of 195 employees remain at the company’s 2 locations in Viola and LaCrosse.
Company President Brett Smith announced Friday that 60 workers have been cut this month through voluntary [...]
Harley Davidson has issued a recall for many of the 2008 FLH models for a problem with their fuel filters. Please read the details below for specific models.
Manufacturer: Harley Davidson
Model Year: 2008
Models affected: FLHP, FLHPE, FLHR, FLHRC, FLHRSE4, FLHT, FLHTC, FLHTCU, FLHTCUSE3, FLHTP, FLHX, AND FLTR
NHTSA Campaign Number: 08V357000
Potential Units Affected: 47579
Problem: [...]
Every sport has its share of controversy, whether it involves a human athlete like the Olympics or motorsports like auto or motorcycle racing. Those controversies usually center around the rule book, in the Olympics it’s age rules or doping rules, they’re too young or they took some performance enhancing drugs, and in motorsports it might [...]
You often see RVs rolling down the highway with a small motorcycle strapped to the back, after all, once you park the land yacht, you don’t want to use it for every short trip at your destination but what if your RV is an airplane? If you land at some out of the way country [...]
Look at your average MotoGP bike and you’ll see lots of titanium and carbon fiber pieces, same goes for high end bikes like the Ducati Desmosedici or any motorcycle needing the strongest and lightest materials. Unfortunately, all of those exotic bits mean high prices, but, we could see more of those materials used in the [...]
Goldmember by Roger Goldammer – 2008 Freestyle 1st place
The results are in for the 2008 AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building held this past week in Sturgis. Some very familiar faces and names are trophy winners, foremost among them, Roger Goldammer with Goldmember took top honors in the freestyle class. Coming in 2nd was [...]
Kickboxer Subaru WRX Powered Motorcycle Concept
