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TreMoto Monstrosity – Ducati Monster Leaning Reverse Trike

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TreMoto is a startup company with a mission to take the developing leaning reverse trike technology and apply it to something with a bit more performance than what you usually see in the scooter world. Their Monstrosity prototype, shown here, is based on a Ducati 620. They developed a patented leaning suspension system using a composite monoleaf spring and Kayaba rotary … [Read more...]

Finding Customers Among the Dreamers – What’s a Motorcycle Company to Do?

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You build it, I'll buy it. ... Really? It's that simple? I can't imagine why motorcycle manufacturers aren't packing the showrooms just listening to the virtual suggestion box found on hundreds of web sites. Log in, check the comments, send the specs to engineering, start taking orders. In the virtual world of computers, there's little need for raw materials, maybe a bit of … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson Tries Crowdsourcing Their Advertising

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Well here's something, Harley Davidson, as you may know, recently fired was dropped by its longtime advertising agency Carmichael Lynch. But instead of just hiring another conventional agency, they've decided to crowdsource, getting ideas from many directions from thousands of people to set the tone for their future advertising and marketing campaigns. It's all explained in the … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson Will Build Assembly Plant in India

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As reported in July, Harley Davidson was considering building an assembly plant in India and they have now confirmed that they will be opening a factory there in the first half of 2011. Harley-Davidson India has been importing completely assembled motorcycles from the Company’s U.S. final assembly plants. Once the Indian CKD assembly facility in the Indian State of … [Read more...]

Honda NR750 Oval Piston 32 Valve V4 for Sale

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You don't see many oval piston sport bikes for sale these days, or any other days, for that matter. The Honda NR750, an outgrowth of the NR500 GP bike, was a rare specimen back in the early 1990s when it was new and I just got a note from Tim, one of our regulars here, that he spotted one of these exotic machines for sale on eBay over in the UK. The NR750 has four oval … [Read more...]

More Owner Modified Off Road Sportsters – Is Harley Davidson Going to Get on Board? – Updated

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We've pointed out off road Sportsters before and this one looks ready for dirt duty complete with knobby tires and long travel suspension. Bob, one of our regular readers, was cruising the Interwebs and spotted this one in Japan. There are only a few photos and a walk around video with a couple of fellows speaking Japanese, but it looks capable of taking the road less traveled. … [Read more...]