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Mat Mladin – What’s Next?

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Mat Mladin now has 6 AMA Championships in the bag and the question needs to be asked, what's next? He has already signed on for three more years so I guess he's going for 9 and that's surely up to him and Suzuki and beyond that, he's getting a little older and changing race series at this point may be something he simply doesn't want to do. I can appreciate that. I wonder, … [Read more...]

Confederate Motorcycles relocating

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The Confederate Motorcycles crew got out of New Orleans and is relocating to a new facility just south of Shreveport, Louisiana. More details as we get 'em. UPDATE: HellKat … [Read more...]

High gas prices mean more oil reserves

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When I posted about there being no need for higher fuel economy standards, I mentioned in a later comment how high gas prices do two things: alter people's behavior when it comes to choice of vehicles, change how much they drive, etc and new resources become economically feasible. I mentioned the tar sands in Alberta, Canada as an example, this article talks about Shell's work … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Racing this weekend on TV

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Saturday: Speed TV AMA Superbike Road Atlanta Race 1 - 9:00PM Eastern Sunday: Speed TV World Superbike Netherlands Race 1 - 11:00AM Eastern AMA Superbike Road Atlanta Race 2 - 8:00PM Eastern … [Read more...]

Ducati Monster Challenge 2006

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The Ducati Monster Challenge was a great success last year so Ducati is bringing it back for 2006. Monsters will be on display at certain Cycle World shows with winners declared until the final runoff competition declares the national winner. There was a lot of participation last year and some extremely cool bikes showed up. Think you're up to it? Download the rules and get … [Read more...]

Jay Leno sets speed records

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Jay Leno has all the fun. Everyone's favorite motorcycle and car guy who has the best damn collection of motor vehicles I have ever seen, went out setting records on the Talladega Speedway: Leno, an avid car enthusiast, drove a stock Porsche Carrera GT to a speed of 156.603 to establish the world record for the fastest lap ever run from a standing start on a closed course … [Read more...]