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Carberry Enfield Double Barrel V-Twin

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The Royal Enfield as currently produced is a throwback to the mid 1950s, same style and engineering as the original with very little change until just this past year. The 500cc thumper is a very basic machine with British bloodlines and pretty much the performance you would expect from a mid 50s half liter single, which is to say, it could use a boost. Paul Carberry, down in … [Read more...]

Radix and Rogue – SnowBikes

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Looking out my window at the falling snow reminded me of this tip I received a few days ago. 2Moto, in Nampa, Idaho wants you to keep riding even when the weather outside is frightful. So they offer the Radix, a kit to convert your dirtbike to a snowbike and the Rogue, a complete 650cc snowbike ready to ride. The Radix kit is available for a wide variety of applications: … [Read more...]

2009 Harley Davidson FXD FXDB FXDC FXDF FXDL Recall

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Harley Davidson has issued a recall for the 2009 FXD, FXDB, FXDC, FXDF, AND FXDL models for a problem with the jiffy stand not retracting properly. Please read below for further details. Manufacturer: Harley Davidson Model Year: 2009 Models affected: FXD, FXDB, FXDC, FXDF, AND FXDL NHTSA Campaign Number: 08V659000 Potential Units Affected: 3285 Problem: … [Read more...]

Twist The Throttle Moves to Discovery HD Theater

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Twist The Throttle, which we told you about in March, is making the move from the web to the TV screen. Dylan Weiss, our buddy over at Twisting Asphalt is pretty excited since he's been working hard to put this thing together. Dylan says the web portion of the project was built on a matrix of four films that ran roughly four or five minutes each — The Discovery HD … [Read more...]

Two Stroke Shop Sets Pricing for Kits

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Got a note from Stephen Rothwell and Wayne Wright of the Two Stroke Shop in Australia that things are pretty much ready to go. When we mentioned them a couple of months ago, prices weren't set but now they have things all arranged into parts lists and kits with the appropriate pricing. Shipping of the first TSS500GP engine kits and complete engines will begin in February and … [Read more...]