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2 Wheel Passport Motorcycle Travel TV Series

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2 Wheel Passport is a new motorcycle travel show coming to the U.S. next year, based on a show by the same name shown in Europe in 2003. Each one hour episode will take a group of motorcyclists on a ride to and through a destination in the U.S. like Deals Gap, the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Pacific Coast Highway and many more. Each episode is designed to make the most of … [Read more...]

1937 Crocker Brings Big Dollars at Auction

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The weekend auction of Steve McQueen's memorabilia brought some high bidders out, a pair of his sunglasses went for $70,000, his 1956 GMC pickup went for $110,000 plus taxes and fees and the 1937 Crocker, at the motorcycle auction immediately following the McQueen auction, brought $245,000 and with all of the fees added on that's about $270,000. The Crocker has been growing … [Read more...]

Ducati 1098 Introduced

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Ducati has come out with their new superbike, the Ducati 1098. One quick glance shows a lot of styling cues going back to the very successful 916 design that many missed these last few years. Power output is said to be 160 horsepower with a weight of 381 pounds, very nice if those figures hold up. Suggested retail price is $14,995. The 1098 S will be priced at $19,995 while the … [Read more...]

BMW Clever One of Time’s Best of 2006

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The BMW Clever 3 wheeler that we wrote about is one of Time magazine's best of 2006 award winners. It's very similar to the Carver which we covered in the same article. The Clever's performance is acceptable for this type of vehicle and mileage numbers cited are pretty impressive but I think some independent confirmation of those numbers would be a good thing. The tilting 3 … [Read more...]

Steve McQueen Auction This Weekend

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Just a reminder to those of you who might be interested in picking up some Steve McQueen memorabilia, the auction we mentioned quite a while back will run this Saturday, November 11th, at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. There is a lot of "stuff" on the block, photos, books, signs, movie posters, a little bit of everything. In among all of it are a few … [Read more...]

Fischer MRX Update

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Since we last mentioned the Fischer MRX just as it went into production, we've received several comments here and there is now an article about it in the December 2006 Motorcyclist magazine, the cover story, actually. In our first article, we noted it wasn't clear where the MRX was actually built and it is now clear that the production is at their factory in Maryland. Engines … [Read more...]