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Motorcycle Racing

Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000RR

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 7/23/2009

in Motorcycle Builders, Motorcycle Racing

Yoshimura is opening up their race shop to everyone, just bring your money and step right up. If you think you can handle the same bike that Mat Mladin races, just build your own GSX-R1000RR from off the shelf parts. Even better, it seems we’ll see a ready made bike showing up in, or at [...]

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Buell 1125RR Race Only Motorcycle

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 7/15/2009

in Motorcycle Business, Motorcycle Racing

When Buell introduced the 1125, there were questions about when, or if, Buell would take the gloves off with a race only version. The 1125 has been raced with some success already and now, the Buell 1125RR comes straight from the factory ready for the track. It is available only to licensed pro racers.
Hmm, … [...]

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The lineup of things to see and do at this year’s Vintage Days keeps getting better. Bikes we’ve written about on The Kneeslider will be there, but the weekend will be filled with a growing list of people and motorcycles for almost everyone’s interest.
There will be a presentation of “Birth of the First Superbike” detailing [...]

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Team Agni and rider Rob Barber won the inaugural TTXGP. Second place was Thomas Schoenfelder, on the Team XXL entry, Mark Buckley on the Team Brammo entry took third.
MotoCzysz was a DNF.
TTXGP 2009

PRO
 
 
 
 

Pos
Team 
Rider
Time 
Speed

1
AGNI X01 
Rob Barber
25:53:50 
87.434

2
XXL Racing Team
Thomas Schoenfelder
29:04:93
77.841

3
Brammo 
Mark Buckley
30:02:64
75.350

4
Mission Motors
Thomas Montano
30:33:26
74.091

5
Htblauva 
Paul Dobbs
36.10.63
62.575

6
Brunel X-team
Stephen Harper
56:27:89
40.092

OPEN
 
 
 
 

1
Electric Motorsport
Chris Heath
34:17:30
66.022

2
Barefoot Motors
Chris Petty
36:23:06
62.219

3
TORK 
John [...]

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Just caught a short spot on Fox Business with Craig Bramscher, CEO/Chairman of Brammo, manufacturer of the Enertia electric motorcycle. At the end of the interview, Craig was asked about the speed of the Enertia, which is listed as 50 mph for the street bike, but he went on to say that the racer, currently [...]

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Mission One TTXGP Racer in Race Colors

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 6/8/2009

in Electric motorcycles, Motorcycle Racing

The Mission One electric TTXGP race bike was unveiled in full race colors yesterday. One more for the lineup. Everyone has been keeping the final look of their respective bikes under wraps but they’re all showing up now. The Mission One racer looks pretty good and quite a bit different than the images of the [...]

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Team TORK – All India TTXGP Entry

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 6/5/2009

in Electric motorcycles, Motorcycle Racing

As already shown, teams racing in the TTXGP are truly an international group and not everyone is as well funded as some of the pro teams. Kapil Shelke, team leader of Team TORK, which will be competing in the Open class, wanted us to know about their efforts, which consists of four students all in [...]

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MotoCzysz E1pc – Digital Superbike

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 6/4/2009

in Electric motorcycles, Motorcycle Racing

The MotoCzysz E1pc Digital Superbike is on the way to the Isle of Man, from idea to finished electric racer in less than 5 months. As Michael Czysz notes on his blog, this will be the first MotoCzysz motorcycle to compete in an FIM sanctioned event.
Using the MotoCzysz C1 as a starting point, they tossed [...]

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