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Blata fights Chinese copies

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Blata, the maker of pocketbikes and now MotoGP racers, is fighting a huge number of cheap Chinese copies of its signature products. We keep mentioning this recurring problem while other companies keep rushing to set up shop in China. China has a large number of companies that seem to exist for the sole purpose of producing illegal knockoffs of successful products. This problem … [Read more...]

German MotoGP results

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Nicky Hayden didn't win the German MotoGP but he made the podium with a solid 3rd place. After leading from the start, a crash and red flag stopped the race and required a restart. On the restart, Nicky was again in the lead until Rossi and Gibernau both got by. Hayden repassed Rossi who, a little while later, returned the favor. The Gibernau, Rossi, Hayden trio raced that way … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Design and Technology

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Review: When you watch Biker Build Off or any similar TV show, the focus is on build speed, what the bike looks like and whether a person can actually sit on it and reach the various controls. The most technical detail to be worked out is how to keep the handle bars from hitting the tank. With 10 days to complete the job, there isn't much time to do any more. Winners are judged … [Read more...]

Nicky Hayden on pole for German MotoGP

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This is more like it. Nicky Hayden has clinched the pole position at Germany's Sachsenring race course for tomorrow's MotoGP. We just said a few days ago that doing well at the European tracks has been elusive for Hayden and until he could back up his Laguna Seca win and overall superb performance, everyone would think it was home track advantage. Now he's taking the battle to … [Read more...]

Yamaha paper motorcycle models

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Want your own 50th anniversary edition of the Yamaha MotoGP bike? Yamaha will give you one, sort of, at the Yamaha papercraft site. You can download a paper foldup model and build it yourself. Want a V-Max or an R1? You can have one. These look very cool. You might figure those folks from the land of origami might come up with something like this. You need the free Adobe … [Read more...]