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Supercharged Scott Two Stroke

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Here's an interesting vintage racer for sale, though, seeing it's the only one ever made, you probably wouldn't want to thrash it at the track. It's a 1936 Supercharged Scott T.T. racer. It has a 500cc 2 cylinder, 2 stroke and according to the description was found on a dock in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England where the owner left it while he was spending time in a Japanese POW … [Read more...]

Ducati Desmosedici GP7 on Track

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Ducati's entry in next year's MotoGP, the 800cc Desmosedici GP7 was at Mugello for its initial shakedown testing. All of the rest of the teams should be coming out with their entries shortly and this just gets me thinking, where will all of the old 990cc bikes go? Auctions? Someone with deep pockets might be itching to get his hands on one of those old "obsolete" racers. How … [Read more...]

Ural Motorcycles – Another Retro

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If you think you're seeing a lot of ads for Ural Motorcycles lately, you're not alone. They seem to be advertising in all of the motorcycle mags, perhaps trying to get a bit of the retro market that Ducati, Triumph and many other companies are capitalizing on. Ural motorcycles were essentially Russian copies of the BMW R71. They have a couple of different stories on their … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Racing’s New Winners

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If you missed the races this past weekend, you might want to tune in for the rest of the season. The new faces at the front are refreshing. In MotoGP, Rossi is definitely having problems this year and Melandri and Stoner are taking maximum advantage along with Chris Vermeulen who was on the pole for the race, it was great. New faces going fast. Then in the AMA Superbike, … [Read more...]

Fake Ferrari – Watch Out Harley!

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Harley Davidson is all set up with a dealer in China, but, as we've said before, they need to be very careful. A news story is out that a fake Ferrari has turned up. On the difficulty scale, a Ferrari is a lot harder to copy than a Harley Davidson or most any other motorcycle. Blata, the pocket bike company, has had huge problems with fakes being made in China and sold in other … [Read more...]