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Buell XBRR Production On Again

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After delaying production of the Buell XBRR due to component failures at Daytona, Buell engineers are confident the problems have been corrected and production is rolling again. Buell news release: EAST TROY, Wis. -- (Thursday, May 04, 2006) Buell Motorcycle Company announced today that the production of XBRR race bikes, based on the Firebolt XB12R, has begun. A total of … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Art Sculpture

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After all of the motorcycle jewelry we've been seeing lately, this pewter and bronze sculpture fits right in. Compulsion Gallery has a whole host of different items in a range of subject areas, one of which is motorcycles plus another for scooters. The image here is a front image wall sculpture of the engine from a Kawasaki Z1. They have a side image, too, plus lots of bikes … [Read more...]

Supercharged Scott Two Stroke

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Here's an interesting vintage racer for sale, though, seeing it's the only one ever made, you probably wouldn't want to thrash it at the track. It's a 1936 Supercharged Scott T.T. racer. It has a 500cc 2 cylinder, 2 stroke and according to the description was found on a dock in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England where the owner left it while he was spending time in a Japanese POW … [Read more...]

Ducati Desmosedici GP7 on Track

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Ducati's entry in next year's MotoGP, the 800cc Desmosedici GP7 was at Mugello for its initial shakedown testing. All of the rest of the teams should be coming out with their entries shortly and this just gets me thinking, where will all of the old 990cc bikes go? Auctions? Someone with deep pockets might be itching to get his hands on one of those old "obsolete" racers. How … [Read more...]

Ural Motorcycles – Another Retro

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If you think you're seeing a lot of ads for Ural Motorcycles lately, you're not alone. They seem to be advertising in all of the motorcycle mags, perhaps trying to get a bit of the retro market that Ducati, Triumph and many other companies are capitalizing on. Ural motorcycles were essentially Russian copies of the BMW R71. They have a couple of different stories on their … [Read more...]