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Hill Climber Sculpture For Harley-Davidson Museum

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Final preparations are being made for the opening of the Harley Davidson Museum, July 12th. Willie G. Davidson's family donated a sculpture of a hill climber to catch your eye as you approached the museum. This museum sounds like a must see exhibit for anyone interested in motorcycling. If you plan on being anywhere near Milwaukee, you probably should fit it into your schedule, … [Read more...]

MZ Motorcycles Scheduled to Close This Year

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MZ Motorcycles (Motorcycle Works Zschopau), the long standing but now long troubled motorcycle manufacturer from East Germany will be closing its doors at the end of this year. Hong Leong Industries, which has owned the company since 1996 has been incurring losses on the MZ operation since that time. According to the Freie Presse newspaper from the nearby city of Chemnitz, MZ … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson Buying MV Agusta?

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There was talk a while back about Harley and Ducati getting cozy, looks like another Italian marque is in their sights. Forbes Magazine is reporting that Harley Davidson is in advanced talks to buy Italy's MV Agusta! the deal would see Harley-Davidson buy out most of the debt of MV Agusta, currently at around 200 million euros -- 130 million euros held by banks and 70 … [Read more...]

2009 Vmax Official Photos and Specifications

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The 2009 V-max is finally here. From 1985 until now, the V-max has been almost unchanged and despite the hopes and dreams of so many owners, each year brought a new color and not much else, ... until now. The new 2009 V-max has evolved, the appearance will never be mistaken for any other motorcycle with strong ties to the past but it's decidedly a break from the old Max, … [Read more...]

2009 Vmax – More Photos

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Here are more views and engine closeups of the new 2009 Vmax. The tach is now in the proper place, instead of the speedometer as in the original. These photos come from MotoRevue where they are citing specs of 1800cc and 210 horsepower, though until Yamaha releases the info, I can't say those are official but they sound about right from what has been leaked so far. Thanks … [Read more...]

American Ironhorse Has A New Owner

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Scott Meyers, who has IronHorse dealerships in Montana and Minnesota, bought the bankrupt company for $6.7 million. Meyers said he will be moving to Fort Worth to run the company. Total cost is going to be around $8 million since Meyers plans to pay back rent still owed on buildings plus cover warranty expenses dealers have not been reimbursed for. It's nice to see someone … [Read more...]