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Japanese Customs by Gravel Crew

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A comment on another post led me to Gravel Crew Custom Service. These bikes are stunning. After looking at some of the new bikes coming out this year and then looking at these, there's just no comparison. (Like, for instance, the Ducati streetfighter, ...) Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, these are absolutely beautiful. Clean, simple, functional, just plain nice. With the cold weather … [Read more...]

2009 Ducati Streetfighter and Streetfighter S

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As promised a few days ago, Ducati has officially released photos and specifications for their new 2009 Ducati Streetfighter and Streetfighter S. Powered by the watercooled engine from the 1098, it weighs 368 pounds with 155 horsepower and 87.5 foot pounds of torque. With an upright seating position and the naked, no bodywork look, the streetfighter should attract a lot of … [Read more...]

MSF Military SportBike Rider Course

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There's been a rise in accidents among our military personnel while riding motorcycles and especially sportbikes. The Motorcycle Safety Foundation has developed a Military SportBike RiderCourse to address the problem and help keep our soldiers, sailors and airmen safe. The course is advanced training taken after completion of the basic safety course and it sounds like a great … [Read more...]

REDZ Motorcycle Company Japanese Customs

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Another custom builder just popped up on our radar, it's REDZ Motorcycle Company over in The Netherlands. Remember Bratstyle? Well REDZ builds custom bikes along those lines, based on the Yamaha SR400/SR500/TW200, the Kawasaki W400/W650 and other small displacement Japanese bikes. They also offer all of the parts you might need to put one of these together yourself. Their … [Read more...]

Ridley Sport Design Concept by Oberdan Bezzi

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Most of you are familiar with the Ridley line of automatic shift motorcycles. They're a slightly smaller dimensioned bike built with a cruiser look. Oberdan Bezzi was wondering if it might be time for something a little more sport oriented. These designs have a semi street tracker look and could bring a rider looking for a sporty ride into the auto shift cruiser world of … [Read more...]

Paramount Buell SASS Bicycle For Sale

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Not too many folks (other than real Buell fans) know that Erik Buell worked on a bicycle project with Schwinn Bicycles back in 1991. Chris Fiorini, a product designer at Schwinn's Paramount Design Group, wanted to design a mountain bike for downhill racing with long travel suspension. He contacted Buell because he had heard about the suspension system they were using and … [Read more...]