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A Thousand New Motorcycle Companies

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The headline might read, "One Thousand Motorcycle Companies Opening Soon!" Would you believe it? You should, because it's already happening. All over the world, individuals, small partnerships and small to medium sized companies are building custom motorcycles and it doesn't require venture capital or thousands of employees. Start Your Own Motorcycle Company If you're … [Read more...]

Tourist Trophy for PS2 Available Now

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Last November we mentioned the Spring 2006 release of Tourist Trophy for the PS2. In case you lost track of time, the release was yesterday and it looks very impressive. The graphics are unbelievable and if you're a gamer, you need to take a look at this. I have no proficiency in the game world so I'll take the word of those who have the fingers and thumbs for it to comment on … [Read more...]

Kit Sport Standard Motorcycles – Finally

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The term "kit bike" has come to mean "chopper kit" for the most part, since with all of the chopper building TV shows and build offs, the chopper shops began putting boxes of parts together to give the home builder a chance to roll his own, just like on TV. We've been questioning for some time the single minded concentration on choppers and asking why not build a sport bike or … [Read more...]

Ducati T-Bob Bobber

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Here's another Ducati powered bobber, it kind of looks like this is getting to be a trend of some sort. This one is the work of Allmond Cycle Design over in the U.K. It's powered by a 996 from an S4R. After our Ducati chopper post the other day, it seems like all kinds of alternate power choppers are showing up. Thanks, Doug! Link: T-Bob Related: Ducati Custom Choppers … [Read more...]

Alonso to Rossi – I’m Busy

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As we already reported, after F1 champ Fernando Alonso brushed off Valentino Rossi's performance in F1 practice and said he could podium a MotoGP bike with a little practice, Rossi challenged Alonso to a three way race, F1, WRC and MotoGP, add the lap times and see who's faster. The challenge was so cool it got F1 head honcho Bernie Ecclestone grinning and scrambling for rights … [Read more...]

Paper Motorcycle Art

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Some people are far more attentive in art class than others and Mitsuo Ohkuma displays an incredible combination of talent and imagination. His motorcycle themed paper art is complex, detailed and original. If you visit his site you can page though his creations and there are so many it's hard to pick just one or two to give you a flavor of what he does, you have to see them … [Read more...]