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Honda Recalls VT600 – VT750 – VTX1300

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Honda has issued a recall for several motorcycles. Please note the model years involved as they are different depending on model. Read below to see if you are affected. Manufacturer: Honda Model Year: 2006, 2007, 2008 Models affected: VT600 VT750 VTX1300 NHTSA Campaign Number: 08V141000 Potential Units Affected: 38934 Problem: Honda is recalling 38,934 2006-2007 VT600 … [Read more...]

Motorcycles Save Gas – Park Anywhere

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It's no surprise the save gas and park anywhere qualities of motorcycles might be highlighted now with today's pricey gas and traffic congestion but, as this ad shows, Harley Davidson was promoting those same ideas over 50 years ago. Once again, a selection from The Kneeslider research library shows how motorcycles answered the same needs back then. Like the ad … [Read more...]

Buell 1125R 2nd and 4th in French Top Twin Race

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All of the Ducati 1098R owners who think they're riding this year's bad boy racer, might want to make sure their skills are razor sharp because there seems to be a problem cropping up as Buell 1125Rs keep passing them on the track. Right on the heels of Buells doing very well in Germany, a couple more just placed 2nd and 4th in a French Top Twin race on March 30th. If you look … [Read more...]

Michael Schumacher – Motorcycle Racer

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Last year all of the talk was about Valentino Rossi going from MotoGP to Formula 1, which of course, never happened. This year, Michael Schumacher, retired 7 time Formula 1 World Champion, decided to get on a motorcycle and see what going fast on 2 wheels was like and he seems to like it and he's pretty good, too. First he got into an amateur race in Hungary with a couple of … [Read more...]

Vintage Dirt Track School

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This year, with the return of the Indy Mile during the Indianapolis MotoGP weekend, we might start to see an uptick in interest in dirt track racing. Metro Racing, the folks that make a lot of those cool vintage T Shirts, thought it might be a good time to sponsor a vintage dirt track race and bring in Jay Springsteen for a Vintage Dirt Track School. They brought in Woody Kyle, … [Read more...]

Jerez MotoGP

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It was good to see Nicky Hayden performing so much better with a 4th place finish in Jerez, especially since he was running on pace with Lorenzo and Rossi, though Pedrosa, running way out in front, seems to be a better fit on the Honda. But MotoGP has a great way of showing that a great performance one race does not make a trend. Stoner had 2 off track excursions and a bad day … [Read more...]