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Michelin Airless motorcycle tires

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Michelin has been working on their Tweel for some time now which is a tire and wheel ("tweel", get it?) technology that needs no air. They also have an airless tire that mounts on a separate wheel but uses plastic bands for the sides in place of the normal sidewall. You get the flex characteristics of a normal sidewall tire without any air required. Although I had heard of … [Read more...]

Yamaha suing Patriot Motorcycles over Yamoto

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There's an interesting lawsuit going on between Yamaha Motor Corporation and Patriot Motorcycles Corporation over the offroad motorcycles and ATVs sold by Patriot under the Yamoto brand name. Yamoto is a Chinese company making what is alleged to be a knockoff of Yamaha motorcycles, using both a similar name, design and color scheme that Yamaha says is intended to confuse the … [Read more...]

Wheels4Tots – motorcycle training wheels

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When I was really young and learning to ride a bicycle, my dad ran along behind me and kept the bike balanced with his hand and would release it after a bit, while I continued forward, hopefully upright. I learned balance pretty fast and it carried over to minibikes later and eventually motorcycles. These days kids start riding little motorcycles very young and along with … [Read more...]

Ducati Superbike 999R Xerox

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We previously mentioned this Xerox replica 999R, here are the full details just released: The 999R Xerox is a special series motorcycle with a wide range of features that distinguish it from the standard 999R model, such as Öhlins forks with black sleeves, anodised black footpegs and top yoke, Öhlins 'Racing' rear suspension with double damping adjuster in compression, … [Read more...]