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LoJack for motorcycles being introduced

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LoJack is introducing LoJack for motorcycles. LoJack For Motorcycles will be rolled out on a market-by-market basis in the United States, where motorcycle theft rates are highest. The product is available now at certified franchise dealers in Massachusetts and will be available in the greater Miami/Fort Lauderdale area by March 2005. LoJack For Motorcycles will also … [Read more...]

Motorcycle crate engines

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We need motorcycle crate engines. For quite a while now, if you got the urge to rebuild a car, all you had to do is pick up a catalog from any one of a lot of companies, choose the engine you want, displacement, horsepower, mild or wild and with the stroke of a check have a completely rebuilt, modified and guaranteed engine sitting in your driveway a few days later. Even the … [Read more...]

Make Magazine finally arrives

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Way back here I mentioned the upcoming release of Make Magazine, devoted to those of us who like tools and taking things apart and finding out how stuff works and most importantly, how to build neat new things to solve some problem or just to see if we could. My first issue finally arrived yesterday. It has all kinds of hacks, computer, electronic, mechanical, just a lot of … [Read more...]

S&S Cycle forbids internet sales

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S&S Cycle, Inc. has formulated a policy that forbids dealers from selling S&S products on the internet. S&S, as you probably know, sells V-Twin engines and components into the chopper, Harley and V twin racing markets. Resellers may advertise the fact that they have them, but they may not advertise the price or sell the products over the internet. This policy is intended to … [Read more...]

Triumph returning to flat track?

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Noticed a short piece in Motorcyclist about a Triumph flat tracker being prepared for the 2005 season by Doug Horner of VMC Frames. A twin from the Thruxton is bored and stroked to 988cc then gets the full engine mod treatment, reworked head, lightened crank, etc. The flat track scene used to be a Harley dominated series (with Rotax power) and it would be neat if this new bike … [Read more...]