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Indy Mile Flat Track Motorcycle Race Returns in 2008

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The Indy Mile will run again at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in 2008, the night before the Indianapolis GP race. The Indy Mile hasn't run since 1999 and what a perfect time to bring it back when so many will be in attendance for the MotoGP. Flat Track is about as American as it gets in motorcycle racing yet it doesn't get the coverage of many other racing formats nor is it … [Read more...]

Veloce3 – CBR1000RR Powered 3 Wheeler

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Wayne Fjerstad of Rochester, Minnesota likes motorcycles, his girlfriend likes her vehicles a little more stable, so Wayne figures why not modify his Honda CBR1000RR? Wayne fired up SolidWorks and designed this 3 wheeler he calls, Veloce3. With the automotive seats, seatbelts and rollbar, his girlfriend is happy which, of course, means Wayne is pretty pleased himself. He … [Read more...]

ASI Customs Street Bob for sale

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We wrote up one of these Street Bob Customs back in June and I just noticed there's another one for sale. This is a brand new Harley Davidson Street Bobmodified by ASI Customs of Racine, Wisconsin. It has a pretty cool look, subtle, nothing crazy but a lot of very neat features. American Racing Torq Thrust wheels give it the automotive look with Wilwood sprint car brakes and … [Read more...]

Ducati Financial Roller Coaster

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There's an interesting story on Portfolio.com about Ducati that follows the company from Cagiva to the purchase by the Texas Pacific Group and the eventual sale to the Italian Investindustrial Holdings equity group. The differing ideas about how to market the brand and what styling best suits the taste of buyers of this particular marque and how exclusivity affects who … [Read more...]

KAlex AV1 Prototype Motorcycle by Kalex Engineering

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Alex Baumgartel and Klaus Hirsekorn decided to build a motorcycle to compete in the 2008 European Sound of Thunder race series. The rules for this series seem quite open and encourage the development of one off race bikes, there's no need for any production based racer. Alex and Klaus, who both work for a the German racecar tuning consultancy, Holzer, doing fabrication and … [Read more...]

ShocKing Electric Motorcycle by Patterson Cycles

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Jeff Patterson runs Patterson Cycles where he builds custom bikes of the conventional variety but after seeing "Who Killed the Electric Car" he decided to try a full size electric motorcycle. The end result is ShocKing. The handbuilt hardtail frame has an aftermarket springer fork and Road King wheels. 6 batteries in series yield 72 volts driving the DC motor out back. A … [Read more...]