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YAMAHA World Technician Grand Prix 2005

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Yamaha just held the YAMAHA World Technician Grand Prix 2005, where technicians from 23 countries competed against one another to see who fared best. From the news release: The contents of this year' s contest included (1) a written test of technology, product and motorcycle industry knowledge (60 min.), (2) a practical skills test of pre-delivery machine preparation, … [Read more...]

Bad Brothers YSR Jetbike

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When many of us hear the words jetbike or turbine powered bike, we think of Jay Leno riding around on his megabuck two wheeler powered by a helicopter turbine. Now that's a very neat bike and given the opportunity, I'd love to ride it. Most of us, though, have far less money but some guys have lots of ingenuity, and that's when interesting things start to happen. Quite a while … [Read more...]

Ducati 999R XEROX and ST3S ABS Preview at Birmingham

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Ducati is previewing two new motorcycles at Birmingham. From the press release: In the run-up to the presentation of its complete Model Year 2006 range at EICMA in Milan from 15 to 20 November, Ducati chose the prestigious Motorcycle and Scooter Show in Birmingham (UK) to preview two of its new models due out next year. The first is an exclusive version of the 999R, in the … [Read more...]

Neodymics bike to moped conversion unit – BMU

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Got an email the other day from Jeff Radtke. Jeff has a company up in Madison, Wisconsin called Neodymics and he's been busy designing and building a bike to moped conversion unit (a BMU), that quickly converts a standard bicycle into a moped. When I say quickly, I mean in seconds. All you do is flip your quick release lever and drop out the front wheel, put the BMU in its … [Read more...]

MMI – Motorcycle Mechanics Institute

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Many of us have had the experience. You have a problem with your bike, it's a tough job, you don't have the tools or the time, the know-how or perhaps you just would rather have it done for you because there are other things you need to do. You get to the bike shop, probably your dealer but maybe an independent shop and you go to the service department. You start explaining … [Read more...]