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Kawasaki Factory Auto Racing

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Do you remember the Kawasaki race car? No, I didn’t either. Kawasaki makes powersports products, … motorcycles, personal watercraft, ATVs, they make small engines and power products, industrial equipment, too, … but when did they ever build a race car? Kawasaki’s Early Years Few seem to know very much about Kawasaki’s early years in the States. Entering the U.S. … [Read more...]

Buell XBRR

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Buell is building a factory racer for Formula Xtreme. The non street legal racer has been designed and purpose built to compete with the other teams at the highest levels. Specs are 150 horsepower from the 1339cc V twin, 362 pounds, five speed, chain drive on 17 inch wheels. The carbon fiber bodywork was refined in the wind tunnel and it looks good. Stopping chores performed by … [Read more...]

Honda Monpal ML200 4-Wheel Scooter

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Honda has just introduced a 4 wheel electric scooter, a personal mobility vehicle for those who have a difficult time getting around. If you'll recall, we mentioned Yamaha was going into the electric wheelchair market because of its potential for huge profits but it looks like Honda has an entry ready to go now. As Yamaha said earlier, the motorcycle market in Japan is actually … [Read more...]

Car Market Always Changing – How About Motorcycles?

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If you follow automotive trends, you know SUVs have peaked and we're now heading at high speed for what are called crossover vehicles, which is a sort of return to the minivan but with a longer nose to make it look like what used to be called a station wagon, ... sort of. The carmakers will pour them into the dealers with lots of very forgettable names or alphabets like RDX or … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson going retail in China

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Harley Davidson is heading to China where they plan to announce by this summer the opening of a retail outlet for their big V-twins. But an article yesterday mentioned a few of the drawbacks to cruising the open roads over there. A Hong Kong dentist wanted to ride with a group of 35 bikers to Guilin city. They finally did, but only after paying $1,290 per bike in escort and … [Read more...]

Motorcycles For Sale on The Kneeslider

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You and your next motorcycle just got a little closer together. We've added a new section, "motorcycles for sale." We've pulled all of the listings from ebay motors together in one place so you can do a little shopping while you're here for the motorcycle news. Aprilia, BMW, Ducati, Triumph, Harley Davidson, basically everything. We have a few more brands to add yet but when … [Read more...]