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Cyclone Y40R 2.0 liter V8

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Here's a sweet looking 2 liter V8 called the Cyclone Y40R. Specs on the website are 302 horsepower, 167 foot pounds at 8500rpm and 108 foot pounds at only 2000 rpm. This is with a standard carb setup and they have photos of a fuel injected version but no power figures yet. It looks similar in size to the Hayabusa V8 with a bit less power. The web site has very little … [Read more...]

Custom Vmax with R1 Ducati and Triumph parts

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With all of the new Vmax talk, it's interesting to see what current owners are doing to the originals. Cruising through the ebay listings I came across this custom Yamaha Vmax and I kinda like it. The owner installed a Triumph single sided swingarm along with the Triumph wheel and connected it to a chain drive conversion. A Ducati Monster tank was reshaped so the Vmax scoops … [Read more...]

Mat Mladin at Phillip Island

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Mat Mladin has been testing at Philip Island for the last few days along with a few of the World Superbike racers, including Troy Corser, and the results don't look good, ... for the AMA Superbike racers. Mladin is coming back from some off season surgery and even had a 160mph crash during testing and the end result is he was the fastest rider on the track. Faster than all of … [Read more...]

Car Market Always Changing – How About Motorcycles?

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If you follow automotive trends, you know SUVs have peaked and we're now heading at high speed for what are called crossover vehicles, which is a sort of return to the minivan but with a longer nose to make it look like what used to be called a station wagon, ... sort of. The carmakers will pour them into the dealers with lots of very forgettable names or alphabets like RDX or … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson going retail in China

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Harley Davidson is heading to China where they plan to announce by this summer the opening of a retail outlet for their big V-twins. But an article yesterday mentioned a few of the drawbacks to cruising the open roads over there. A Hong Kong dentist wanted to ride with a group of 35 bikers to Guilin city. They finally did, but only after paying $1,290 per bike in escort and … [Read more...]