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V-Max by NLC

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As I was poking around on the German custom bike sites I came across No Limit Customs and their V-Max called Asmodis. I saw a photo of this bike somewhere else and it was the engine that caught my attention so I figured I'd follow up. Interesting bike, almost nothing left of an original V-Max except for the engine. I notice it has the requisite huge rear tire and what looks … [Read more...]

Deep Bull CBR900RR

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Spaehn-Racing, a German custom bike shop, has taken a Honda CBR900RR and tweaked it a bit, the result is a bike they call the Deep Bull. Besides the handmade 4 into 1 into 4 stainless exhaust all exiting on the right, it has a big, ... um, large, ... enormous rear tire, a 10 inch wide rear wheel with a 280/35R-18 Metzler. They do this sort of thing to all sorts of current … [Read more...]

Ducati setting up in China

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This just in, Ducati will be exporting motorcycles, parts and accessories to China, setting up two retail stores and conducting riding schools. They have partnered with Three on the Bund. The Kneeslider: Ducati Motorcycles for sale … [Read more...]

Nozzle Condoms

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Very cool. Called Little Red Caps, these have lots of uses out in the shop, sealing open tubes of most anything, sealing the opening of pneumatic tools, covering the ends of gas and hydraulic lines, they have a lot more listed on their site and I bet you can think of about 50 more uses yourself. (Gotta wonder about just when the guy thought this up) They're available at … [Read more...]

Rowing for conditioning

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Early season riding is often a mix of the urge to get back up to your old smooth and quick riding style combined with the realization that your body hasn't been on a bike for a while and you're a little sluggish. Better condition makes for a quicker and easier return to form. Motorcyclist has a short article in their May issue commenting on various types of exercises and … [Read more...]

Chinese MotoGP circuit

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The website for the new Shanghai race track has a lot of photos of the facilities and a track layout. Wow! The place looks amazing, not to mention two straights where the bikes should top 200mph, the kind of straights where you look for another upshift or an extra 1000 rpms. How do you set up a bike for a track like that? Lots of turns and very high speed. This is going to be … [Read more...]