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2009 Ducati Monster 696 Wiring Harness Recall

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Ducati has issued a recall for the 2009 Monster 696 for a problem with the main wiring harness. Please read the details below. Manufacturer: Ducati North America Model Year: 2009 Models affected: Monster 696 NHTSA Campaign Number: 09V142000 Potential Units Affected: 1755 Problem: Ducati is recalling 1,755 model year 2009 Monster 696 motorcycles. The main wiring … [Read more...]

Jay Gleason Rides 2009 Vmax to 9.513 at 143.70

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Remember when Jay Gleason rode that 1986 Vmax into the nines for Cycle World? (Yes, some of us do.) Once he did that, lots of guys hustled over to their Yamaha dealers with their checkbooks wide open. Fast forward to 2009 and Tim Nash, over at VmaxGuru.com, went to work on his new Vmax. After everything was ready, he asked Jay if he might like to run it down the strip. Jay … [Read more...]

Royal Enfield Bullet Classic C5 – More Retro – More Reliable – More Refined

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Royal Enfield has a new Bullet, the Bullet Classic C5, and unless you're familiar with these bikes you might miss the changes at first, but they're substantial. This brand new Bullet, arriving next month in the U.S., looks pretty good and, more amazing, it looks even more retro than before. The old Bullet 500 has been pretty much unchanged since 1955, model years didn't mean … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Builders Continue to Evolve and Adapt

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Last weekend, a new Ducati dealer opened in New York, Ducati Hudson Valley, the owner, Orange County Choppers. No matter what you think of OCC bikes or the dysfunctional family act they put on for the benefit of the TV cameras, I think it's a smart move. Custom bikes, especially of the high dollar sort they are famous for, are not moving so well and getting into a dealership … [Read more...]

The Grand Prix Motorcycle: The Official Technical History by Kevin Cameron – Review

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Some folks follow MotoGP racing because of the personalities involved, others, and I have a hunch that would be many of you, are more interested in the tech side of things, it's not who is riding what, it's what are they riding. If you count yourself among the latter group, Kevin Cameron's new book, The Grand Prix Motorcycle: The Official Technical History, is something you'll … [Read more...]