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Moto Paton 500cc Racer Continuation

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Giuseppe Pattoni built a few race bikes back in the early 1960s. They were parallel twin 4 strokes beginning at 250cc and eventually growing to 500cc. To say production was limited is an understatement, only 10 bikes were built over 10 years. Between 1966 and 1975, the bikes raced over 150 times to some success and whatever the case, they looked great! Roberto Pattoni, … [Read more...]

Dirt Bike Based 450cc Single Cylinder Road Racer

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Gavin Trippe is at it again. Gavin is the man behind Supermoto and prior to that, played a huge role in AMA Superbike and Motocross racing as well as promoting racing in many other venues. Recently he had the idea of converting a 450cc 4 stroke single cylinder dirt bike into a road racer. Using a standard Honda CRF450X frame, sub-frame and swingarm, without any cutting or … [Read more...]

Delaware American Motors Tech Twin American 13c

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An east coast motorcycle company is bringing out an all new bike. This is the Tech Twin American 13c from Delaware American Motors of Paterson, New Jersey. The 13c is a hand built, all American motorcycle. Power comes from a 140 horsepower, 127 cubic inch R&R 2 cam V-twin. It features a 6 speed transmission, single sided swingarm, girder fork, oil in frame and dual front … [Read more...]

Ron Wood BMW F 800 Flat Tracker

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A BMW flat tracker? It looks like Ron Wood has taken the 798cc twin found in the BMW F 800 series and dropped it into one of his gorgeous flat track frames. The bike had its first outing at the fairgrounds in West Liberty, Iowa running in an AMA race. It looks like BMW is going to get into competition wherever it can and I have little doubt they'll be a contender. As I … [Read more...]

MotoGP – Like Formula 1 or NASCAR or Neither?

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Is MotoGP more like Formula 1 auto racing or NASCAR? Is it the riders or the machines? I just noticed an article over at Popular Mechanics where they spent the weekend at Laguna Seca and made this observation: for many fans the sport is more like NASCAR, because it’s all about the racers: Valentino Rossi and his Yamaha M1 have expanded the sport’s appeal with his seven … [Read more...]

VD Classic Cafe Racers

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Jean Francois Vicente, of VD Classic in Strasbourg, France, began modifying motorcycles over 20 years ago and over the years started creating a few accessories of his own for various models from Triumph, Ducati, Voxan, MZ and many more. The results he achieves are really great looking bikes in the cafe tradition, classic lines, subtle and clean. This is the kind of modification … [Read more...]