The Kneeslider

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Foreign perspectives

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Elena, has another motorcycle tour. Well scooter tour actually. Elena is the Russian who took us for a ride through Chernobyl. Now she has a tour of The Serpent's Wall, an area around Kiev where a huge Russian/German battle took place in WWII. She rides the trails on her Scooturo, her ZX11 isn't exactly a trail bike, and gives us a glimpse of what it was like. Personally, I … [Read more...]

Vintage Motorcycle Days

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AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days 2005 celebrate Ducati (Thanks to Roadracing World Magazine for the pointer). Ducati will be featured July 15-17, 2005 at the Mid-Ohio Roadracing Course in Lexington, Ohio. We'll be there, will you? … [Read more...]

Aussie racers

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Our Australian readers like to keep us up to date on goings on down under. John Scerri sent us a few photos of the old machines they've been riding and racing. His Triumph racer has gone 147mph at Phillip Island. It looks great. John also has a Matchless street bike project under way. John makes replacement primary belt drives for several different machines, his racer has … [Read more...]

Old Ducati info

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The Search For The Lost Bike is another Ducati effort to fill in the blanks in the company history as far as examples of past motorcycles and other information. If you have a Ducati that is a little out of the ordinary or advertising, manuals or other literature from the years 1946 to 1970, let them know. You may play a part in the reconstruction. … [Read more...]

Monster challenge 1

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The Monster Challenge Round 1 has a winner. The first winner was announced in California for the Monster Challenge which is running in conjunction with the Int'l Motorcycle Shows. The winners show a variety of interpretations of their own special vision. The coverage shows all of the winners for this first show, next one is in Texas. … [Read more...]

Keep them on the road

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1947 Royal Enfield. Yes, some guys have the old ones and ride them. The owner of this bike says it goes about 3000 miles per annum. It looks absolutely stunning. The picture is from the group ride in California. Follow the link and scroll down to see more of this bike and the others on the ride. Looks like great riding country, you fellows out in California have it pretty … [Read more...]