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Early production for Ducati Sport Classics

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From Ducati Press Release: Ducati will begin producing the Sportclassics in September 2005 At the opening of the classic motorcycle road race, the Motogiro d'Italia, Ducati gave a surprise preview of two of its three new SportClassic motorcycles. This unique 70's-inspired range of Ducati motorcycles reflects the beauty, timeless style and sporting roots of the Borgo Panigale … [Read more...]

More motorcycle powered cars

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Several times I've mentioned the shops building cars powered by motorcycle engines because the engines are just so powerful and their size so compact. I dropped by Z Cars and now I notice their Tiger Z100WR that is powered by two ZX12R engines and manages 0-60 in a mere 2.9 seconds. That's as fast or faster than most bikes. The plain old Z100 uses two ZX9 engines so it only … [Read more...]

Bricklin not impressed with GM lawsuit

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Malcolm Bricklin is defying GM and their threats of lawsuits over the Chery name when he imports the Chinese car beginning in 2007. According to Bricklin: General Motors must resort to unfounded legal attacks to make up for their declining sales and unimaginative product line This from the fellow importing a car that is a direct copy of the Daewoo Matiz. Now that's … [Read more...]

The “Buy American” problem

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Last week, the House of Representatives passed a "Buy American" bill to require the Department of Homeland Security to only buy products with more than 50% of their components mined, produced or manufactured in the United States. As one tech trade representative said, they won't be using computers or cell phones since none meet that standard. One more example of blunt force … [Read more...]

Bostrom wins Pikes Peak

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Mat Mladin can be beaten by a combination of a track that abuses tires and great riding by some other riders. Eric Bostrom has something going at Pikes Peak, today's win is number 6 for him at the track. He followed Aaron Yates for quite a few laps and made a last lap pass for the win after being passed earlier by Yates. Mladin had to pit for a rear tire as did several others … [Read more...]

Autobahn speed limits?

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Bureaucrats: a particular variant of the human species not happy unless they are meddling in things, especially when their meddling involves placing limits on others. The European Union's energy commissioner has proposed a 100kph (62mph) speed limit throughout Europe, including Germany where the famous Autobahn runs wide open. The European economic and social committee (the … [Read more...]