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Unsold Proton MotoGP auction bike back to racing

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A few days ago, KTM, who have been supplying engines to the Kenny Roberts Proton MotoGP team, decided to end that relationship and Kenny Roberts is now struggling to come up with parts, pieces and bikes to get on the grid. If you recall, last month there was an auction at Monterey in conjunction with the U.S. MotoGP at Laguna Seca. One of the bikes up for auction was last … [Read more...]

Custom Bike Builders Bootcamp

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Ever look at custom bikes and say, "I could do that," some of you might even think you could do better or at least you could if you had a shot at learning some of the inside knowledge of how the whole process works. You could get on "Build or Bust" and show those guys a thing or two if just once, someone showed you how the pros do it. Well, here's your chance to learn, at least … [Read more...]

Factory Tours

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If you're a tech guy like me, seeing how things go together is fascinating. Since we're still in the summer vacation season, why not invest a few hours in a factory tour when you're out of town? There might be a cool tour on the way to some other destination or you could make the tour the destination all by itself. You can watch them make Harley Davidsons (engines and … [Read more...]

Rossi to race Rally cars?

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Last week everyone was reporting on Valentino Rossi's 2 day test session in a Ferrari Formula 1 car. Now he is set to test the Fiat Punto 'Super 2000' prototype pro rally car as early as this week. Rossi actually did a little racing in the World Rally Championship in 2002. Though confirmed to race MotoGP next year his options afterwards are open and he has shown great interest … [Read more...]

F500 Ducati powered Fiat

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The motorcycle powered car is popping up all over. The latest version with plans for an actual production run of 500 is this Fiat 500 converted to Ducati power, the F500. Being built in the U.K. by Hartham, the first ones will run Ducati 996 power though there will be the option of 999R power and eventually they will also offer the fitting of a 'World Superbike'-specification … [Read more...]