The Kneeslider

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Motorcycle Magazines Online

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UPDATE: There seem to be a few issues with this service and I'm investigating now. Until then, I would suggest NOT ordering subscriptions through Zinio. I'll update further as I get more information. UPDATE 2: Things are working fine now, my magazines are arriving and I once again recommend the service. -------------------- Do you read a lot of motorcycle magazines … [Read more...]

Mike Hailwood Movie on the Way

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Another motorcycle movie is in the works, this one "Mike the Bike" named after the nickname given to Mike Hailwood, ten time World Champion, where between 1961 and 1967, he sometimes won the championship of two different classes in a single year. Mike switched to racing cars in Formula 2 and became the European Champion after which he moved to Formula 1. In 1973 Mike was … [Read more...]

Riding Season Officially Begins

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OK, riding season is really any day the temperature is high enough, but in the northern hemisphere and especially here in the U.S., the Memorial Day weekend is taken as the start of the summer season and riding is in full swing. Temperatures are doing their part with 80s even in the northern states and the roads are absolutely filled with motorcycles. Even those folks who … [Read more...]

World’s Fastest Indian DVD

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The World's Fastest Indian DVD will be coming out June 13, 2006. It's available now for preordering so you'll be able to see it as soon as it's released. As often happens with movies like this, they get distributed to a limited number of theaters and though most of us would happily pay at the box office to see it, we never get the chance. If you never saw the movie in your … [Read more...]

Mini Sized Ducati Monster

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Start them young, plant the seed in their mind and let it grow. That seems to be Ducati's idea with this little child's version of a Ducati Monster. Instead of little electric cars or trucks, why not start them right with a motorcycle? Ducati Press Release: The "street fighter" for children aged 3 and up Peg Perego, in close cooperation with Ducati, has reproduced a … [Read more...]

A New Steve McQueen Motorcycle Movie?

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Yes, Steve McQueen has been dead for 25 years, but while he was alive he gathered together notes, photos, clippings and he wrote detailed script ideas for an epic movie called "Yucatan." The material came to the attention of McQueen's son about 10 years ago and he has since put it into the hands of Lance Sloane, a producer who is working on the project with the intention of … [Read more...]