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Triumph Small Displacement Single Cylinder Rumors

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As noted the other day in comments on the post about Triumph heading to India, there are rumors of Triumph planning a new street single in the 350cc range. I notice the August issue of Motorcyclist picked up on an article from Motociclismo, reporting on plans to assemble a motorcycle in Manuas, Brazil from knock down kits manufactured in Thailand. It would show up sometime in … [Read more...]

Motus American V4 Sport Tour Hits the Road

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What better way to test a brand new motorcycle than to ride it across the country in all kinds of weather and riding conditions? That's the idea behind the Motus American Sport Tour. From July 11th to July 30th, Motus will be on the road, riding the Motus MST and MST-R from Birmingham, Alabama to Laguna Seca and back, with visits to locations all along the way where you will be … [Read more...]

Triumph Motorcycles Heading to India

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In a move that joins other companies already planning to sell there, Triumph Motorcycles announced it will be entering India's motorcycle market. Royal Enfield's ex-Europe head, Ashish Joshi, will be the Managing Director for India. Triumph did not say when it would begin selling in India nor whether the bikes would be imported or assembled in India. It does strike me … [Read more...]

How About a V-Rod Glide?

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In the comments on the post about the water cooled Harley Davidson heads, one of our readers, todd8080, pointed to a few Photoshop images he put together with the Revolution engine in a variety of other big Harleys. Though the Harley faithful might object they certainly look good to me. I wonder if any of the designers at the Motor Company ever do anything like this when no … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson Water Cooled Heads Patent – Updated

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Everyone keeps talking about Harley Davidson making the move to water cooling, but there's nothing like a patent to show us what they're up to. Charles from Strasbourg sent me a note about this patent they just turned up, and sure enough, it's Harley Davidson's plans to water cool the heads on their touring models by hiding the cooling system within the leg shield portions of … [Read more...]

2012 Erik Buell Racing 1190RS – No Wonder Harley Shut Him Down

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A few days ago, Christian sent me a note to be sure to check out the new Erik Buell Racing 1190RS now available for pre-orders. After all of the drama of the closure of Buell and Erik's resurfacing with his own company, we now have the first fruits of that effort, a full on and, it appears, a rather brutally capable, sport bike. The specs are impressive: 175 … [Read more...]