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Honda Fury Chopper Rumors

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These spy photos, from the Spanish website, Solomoto, have been running all over the web and are supposedly the test mule for a new Honda chopper called the Fury. It's a V-Twin with displacement guesses running from 1300cc to 2000cc. Honda dealers were shown a video and rumor has it, the bike will debut at the Long Beach International Motorcycle Show and be introduced next … [Read more...]

BMW LoRider Custom Concept Survey Online

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When the BMW LoRider was first revealed, everyone seemed to like it a lot. BMW says they want to hear from you and they have an online survey I didn't notice before where you can tell them what you're thinking. You get to choose your favorite configuration from a whole series and give them your input on things like price, horsepower and various other custom options. Head on … [Read more...]

Massimo Tamburini Retires from MV Agusta

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Massimo Tamburini will be retiring from his position of design chief at MV Agusta on December 31st. It will be interesting to see who steps in to fill his shoes. MV Agusta press release: VARESE, ITALY, Dec. 3, 2008 - MV Agusta today announced that Design Chief Massimo Tamburini will retire from the company, effective Dec. 31, 2008. Tamburini has been with Cagiva since … [Read more...]

Start a Motorcycle Company – Part 2 – Bootstrapping

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The "Time to Start a New Motorcycle Company" series was all set to continue with a short article on bootstrapping when I see Guy Kawasaki just addressed that subject. He sums up a lot in a short piece, some of his ideas may need to be modified a bit for a motorcycle company startup but it's well worth reading. Many comments on my first post mentioned the huge dollars needed … [Read more...]

Norton Kawasaki 2 Stroke Cafe Racer – Norasaki

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After my review a few weeks ago of Cafe Racer: the Motorcycle, Kim Scholer, one of our regulars, sent along this photo of a featherbed framed Kawasaki triple. The featherbed frame has seen a lot of engine transplants, singles, twins of all types and Triumph triples, among others, but I can't recall ever seeing a Kawasaki 2 stroke triple. The Kawasaki triples were not known for … [Read more...]