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Mike Hailwood Movie on the Way

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Another motorcycle movie is in the works, this one "Mike the Bike" named after the nickname given to Mike Hailwood, ten time World Champion, where between 1961 and 1967, he sometimes won the championship of two different classes in a single year. Mike switched to racing cars in Formula 2 and became the European Champion after which he moved to Formula 1. In 1973 Mike was … [Read more...]

Ducati Desmosedici RR Photos

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Ducati took a lot of photos at the track when the new Desmosedici RR was introduced to the public so we thought we would share a few more. The closeup of the vertical exhaust exit is interesting. More photos below: … [Read more...]

Smartuki Rebuild Almost Complete

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Ever since introducing Smartuki in June of last year, it's been one of our most popular stories here at The Kneeslider. For those of you who have been following along, you'll know it was originally built over in England by Z Cars and Peter Bee who thought a 180hp Suzuki GSX-R1000 engine might be a good fit for the little Smart. He was right and he had quite a bit of fun with … [Read more...]

Moto Carrera Street Trackers

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One of the commenters on our Ron Wood Flat Tracker post wanted to point out the Moto Carrera company, makers of two stroke street legal dirt track replicas. Like the Ron Wood designs, these are light, powerful, minimal motorcycles that will most likely put a lot of other speedy looking motorcycles to shame. Most are based on Yamaha R5/RD350/400/RZ350s and have all of the … [Read more...]

Affordable Classic Motorcycles

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Is there a difference between a "collectible motorcycle" and an "affordable classic?" Well, if there wasn't one before, I'll make a distinction right now. Let's see if you agree. A collectible motorcycle is one where the buyer is looking at the bike and seeing dollar signs (or euros or whatever your currency) and deciding to buy or not based on whether he sees a huge profit. … [Read more...]

Steve McQueen Auction in November

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Steve McQueen, who made the best known movie motorcycle jump ever (actually performed by Bud Ekins) in The Great Escape, had a lifelong passion for motorcycles and cars. Much of his collection has been auctioned before but many of the remaining items from his collection will be auctioned this coming November 11th at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. The auction … [Read more...]