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Ducati setting up in China

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This just in, Ducati will be exporting motorcycles, parts and accessories to China, setting up two retail stores and conducting riding schools. They have partnered with Three on the Bund. The Kneeslider: Ducati Motorcycles for sale … [Read more...]

Nozzle Condoms

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Very cool. Called Little Red Caps, these have lots of uses out in the shop, sealing open tubes of most anything, sealing the opening of pneumatic tools, covering the ends of gas and hydraulic lines, they have a lot more listed on their site and I bet you can think of about 50 more uses yourself. (Gotta wonder about just when the guy thought this up) They're available at … [Read more...]

Rowing for conditioning

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Early season riding is often a mix of the urge to get back up to your old smooth and quick riding style combined with the realization that your body hasn't been on a bike for a while and you're a little sluggish. Better condition makes for a quicker and easier return to form. Motorcyclist has a short article in their May issue commenting on various types of exercises and … [Read more...]

Chinese MotoGP circuit

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The website for the new Shanghai race track has a lot of photos of the facilities and a track layout. Wow! The place looks amazing, not to mention two straights where the bikes should top 200mph, the kind of straights where you look for another upshift or an extra 1000 rpms. How do you set up a bike for a track like that? Lots of turns and very high speed. This is going to be … [Read more...]

Chinese Rolls Royce?

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Think I'm kidding? Check this out. And I bet it costs a lot less. Suppose they start building Harley knock offs. Also, read this. I'm old enough to remember when the Honda 600 came over to the U.S. There were a lot of jokes about it, too small, low power, lousy quality, etc. A few years later, the jokes stopped. Honda makes a great car and motorcycle and we're better … [Read more...]