The Kneeslider

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Yes, Mladin again

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The combination of Mladin and the GSX-R1000 looks to be unbeatable unless there is a mechanical problem or huge mistake. Saturday's Infineon race began and Mladin had a 2.5 second lead over 2nd place after one lap. A red flag caused a restart and he had a 1 second lead after one lap. He was running 10 and 12 seconds ahead of second for most of the race. Someone had better think … [Read more...]

Another race, another Mladin pole

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Mat Mladin is once again on the pole for this weekend's race at Infineon Raceway. The Suzuki crew of Mladin, Yates and Spies are qualified 1,2,3. Hodgson is 4 on the Ducati and the times are not that far apart but the fact remains, the big Gixxers and their riders are hard to beat. Some of the other factories have to be wondering what they can do to stop the Mladin freight … [Read more...]

Star Motorcycles

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Yamaha has announced the creation of a new brand, Star Motorcyces, which will basically be all of their cruiser motorcycles split off from the Yamaha brand. Seems the cruisers have been popular and have attained their own identitiy so Yamaha decided they could stand on their own. What I don't get is that they will not have their own dealers, they'll just have some different … [Read more...]

Dead battery winners

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I've mentioned Make magazine several times before, if you don't read it, you're missing out, really. They had a neat challenge, Makeshift, that set out a situation where you were camping and after one of the your cohorts leaves the lights on in your car you're stranded with a dead battery 50 miles from anywhere and bad weather closing in. They listed what you had on hand, so … [Read more...]