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Delaware American Motors Tech Twin American 13c

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An east coast motorcycle company is bringing out an all new bike. This is the Tech Twin American 13c from Delaware American Motors of Paterson, New Jersey. The 13c is a hand built, all American motorcycle. Power comes from a 140 horsepower, 127 cubic inch R&R 2 cam V-twin. It features a 6 speed transmission, single sided swingarm, girder fork, oil in frame and dual front … [Read more...]

Ron Wood BMW F 800 Flat Tracker

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A BMW flat tracker? It looks like Ron Wood has taken the 798cc twin found in the BMW F 800 series and dropped it into one of his gorgeous flat track frames. The bike had its first outing at the fairgrounds in West Liberty, Iowa running in an AMA race. It looks like BMW is going to get into competition wherever it can and I have little doubt they'll be a contender. As I … [Read more...]

MotoGP – Like Formula 1 or NASCAR or Neither?

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Is MotoGP more like Formula 1 auto racing or NASCAR? Is it the riders or the machines? I just noticed an article over at Popular Mechanics where they spent the weekend at Laguna Seca and made this observation: for many fans the sport is more like NASCAR, because it’s all about the racers: Valentino Rossi and his Yamaha M1 have expanded the sport’s appeal with his seven … [Read more...]

VD Classic Cafe Racers

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Jean Francois Vicente, of VD Classic in Strasbourg, France, began modifying motorcycles over 20 years ago and over the years started creating a few accessories of his own for various models from Triumph, Ducati, Voxan, MZ and many more. The results he achieves are really great looking bikes in the cafe tradition, classic lines, subtle and clean. This is the kind of modification … [Read more...]

The Chopper Industry is Dead – Jesse James

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If you pick up the latest issue of Jesse James' Garage magazine, a pretty neat publication, there's an insert specifically directed at West Coast Choppers and all of their products. They are coming out with a new frame, the CFL2, constructed by bending steel into a sort of monocoque chassis instead of the usual tube construction, something I'll take a look at soon. But the … [Read more...]