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What Are American Motorcycles?

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An interesting article on cars.com lists the top ten American made cars. The determining factor is the percentage of parts by cost in the finished vehicle coming from the U.S. and Canada. The list has many of the usual cars and trucks from Ford and Chevy but also includes the Toyota Camry and Sienna. American cars, from Toyota? I understand their reasoning but does it make … [Read more...]

2006 Biker Build Off

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There's nothing like being in the right place at the right time. Looks like Billy Bartels was at Willow Springs taking photos when the bikes and crew arrived for the showdown between Roland Sands and Jesse Rooke for the competition portion of the 2006 Biker Build Off. He posted some photos which show Jesse Rooke's KTM powered machine along with some of the other goings on, like … [Read more...]

MotoGP from Donington Park this weekend

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The MotoGP moves to Donington Park this weekend. Nicky Hayden has a nice 42 point lead in the championship race but every race is exciting because so many are racing well. Lots of injuries the last couple of weeks which may play a part but so far, even Rossi is running well in practice sessions. The race will be televised on SpeedTV as always. MotoGP from Donington … [Read more...]

MotoCzysz Unveiling Racebikes at Laguna Seca

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Michael Czysz is planning to publicly unveil the MotoCzysz C1 factory racebike at the 2006 Red Bull USGP, July 21-23. Deposits for the first 50 production bikes will also be taken on the MotoCzysz website, starting at midnight, July 23rd. Asking price is expected to be $100,000+. What the "production bike" will be exactly, isn't completely clear. According to a new and … [Read more...]

Super Bikes on SpeedTV

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As we noted last week, 2 Wheel Tuesday wrapped up and the SpeedTV program schedule was shuffled around a bit. A new program, Super Bikes, aired for the first time this week. It's aimed at the young male rider according to the SpeedTV web site. Here's how they describe it: Each episode of “Super Bikes!” is produced to mirror the edgy, fast paced lifestyle of … [Read more...]