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DP1 Update – Hayabusa V8 only

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Thought I would drop in and see how the DP1 was coming along and there was this new CAD image showing the placement of the Hayabusa V8. Dennis has decided that the car will most likely only be available with the Hayabusa V8 instead of as an option to the Hayabusa 4 cylinder. He also said the car will have a sequential gearbox with a real reverse gear. Looking at the drawing … [Read more...]

Buell XBRR Racing at Daytona

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Cycle News is reporting that Buell will be racing in this year's Daytona 200 with as many as four dealer supported teams on the all new Buell XBRR. When introduced, many comments were made about whether the XBRR was actually legal for the Formula Xtreme class. Well, Buell certainly is acting as though it is and somehow I think the AMA would have mentioned something if they were … [Read more...]

World’s Fastest Indian T Shirt Giveaway

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The Kneeslider has managed to get two t shirts for The World's Fastest Indian movie that is opening in the U.S. nationwide this Friday, February 3rd. Nice guys that we are, we're going to give those shirts away. All you have to do is send an email with your first and last name and zipcode to the special address set up for this contest. We'll gather names for the next four days … [Read more...]

TECA Concept enclosed motorcycle

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Here's an interesting design, the TECA concept vehicle has an aerodynamic carbon fiber composite shell that should, according to their website, give performance improvements of about 35% and save fuel as well. Enclosed motorcycles are neat. Next question, as everyone who has seen this quickly asks, ... what happens when you stop? Just curious. I usually put my feet down. Hmm … [Read more...]

Pro Italia giving away MotoGP tickets

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The folks over at Pro Italia are giving away a pair of tickets to the MotoGP final in Valencia, Spain. Press release follows: Glendale, CA (PRWEB) January 30, 2006 – Pro Italia, the nation's top seller of Italian motorcycles from Ducati and MV Agusta is proud to announce a contest for 2006 with the winner receiving a trip for two to attend the final MotoGP event of this … [Read more...]

Bimota in MotoGP for 2006

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Looks like Bimota will be racing MotoGP this year. The list of entrants is out and if you notice entrants 25 and 99, they are on Bimota. I hadn't noticed that before. MotoGP via Motoblog.it … [Read more...]