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Vintage Dirt Track School

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This year, with the return of the Indy Mile during the Indianapolis MotoGP weekend, we might start to see an uptick in interest in dirt track racing. Metro Racing, the folks that make a lot of those cool vintage T Shirts, thought it might be a good time to sponsor a vintage dirt track race and bring in Jay Springsteen for a Vintage Dirt Track School. They brought in Woody Kyle, … [Read more...]

Jerez MotoGP

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It was good to see Nicky Hayden performing so much better with a 4th place finish in Jerez, especially since he was running on pace with Lorenzo and Rossi, though Pedrosa, running way out in front, seems to be a better fit on the Honda. But MotoGP has a great way of showing that a great performance one race does not make a trend. Stoner had 2 off track excursions and a bad day … [Read more...]

Brittown – Review

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Had a chance to sit down and watch the documentary, Brittown, over the weekend and it was interesting. The movie revolves around "Meatball," the owner of the Hell on Wheels motorcycle shop in Anaheim, California, a place devoted to rebuilding and repairing all sorts of old British iron and he seems to be pretty good at it. As you watch the movie, Meatball and friends, work … [Read more...]

Honda Driving Safety Support Systems

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Honda is testing what it calls its Driving Safety Support Systems (DSSS). 2 vehicles, a Honda Odyssey, Advanced Safety Vehicle (ASV-4) and a Honda Forza scooter, are equipped with inter-vehicle and road-to-vehicle communications capabilities, plus other scooters will be used for camera detection purposes. The purpose of the project is to utilize positional information … [Read more...]

Buell 1125R Takes 2nd and 5th in German Debut

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For those of you wondering if the new Buell 1125R was going to perform on the track, the answer seems to be yes. In its first time out at Hockenheim, the only 2 Buell 1125R racers in the 32 bike lineup placed 2nd and 5th. In the field were Ducatis and Aprilias plus four BMW HP2 Sports and five KTM RC 8s. Correction: Actually, the Moto-ST was the first race for the 1125R as … [Read more...]