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Buell Motorcycles 25th Anniversary

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Has it been 25 years already? Buell Motorcycles is getting ready to celebrate their first quarter century of building "World Class American" sportbikes. Erik Buell had a dream of putting something together just a little different and he's done a helluva job of doing just that. Starting out as essentially a handbuilt motorcycle with its share of teething pains they've come a … [Read more...]

Ducati Monster Terra Mostro in Production

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We showed you a couple of early photos of the Terra Mostro last year, a Ducati Monster based dual sport motorcycle. The bike is now in production, so if your riding tends to be a bit more adventurous than your sportbike riding friends would like, this might be you. Long travel suspension, dual sport tires, spark arrester on the pipe, all of the things you would expect of a … [Read more...]

Ridley Automatic Trike

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There are a lot of trike conversions and kits available for almost every motorcycle out there but Ridley, the company that makes a line of automatic transmission motorcycles with slightly smaller dimensions, is now producing the Auto-Glide Trike as one of their 2008 models. Like their other motorcycles, the trike has a CVT transmission so you're pretty much twist and go. … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson Wisconsin Employees Ratify Contract

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Harley Davidson and their employees in Wisconsin ratified a new labor contract covering the next 4 years. Now everyone can get down to the business of building motorcycles instead of wondering about strikes and similar interruptions. From the press release: Milwaukee, WI -- All three unions representing Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG) employees in Wisconsin voted to ratify … [Read more...]

Buell 1125R Takes 2nd and 5th in German Debut

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For those of you wondering if the new Buell 1125R was going to perform on the track, the answer seems to be yes. In its first time out at Hockenheim, the only 2 Buell 1125R racers in the 32 bike lineup placed 2nd and 5th. In the field were Ducatis and Aprilias plus four BMW HP2 Sports and five KTM RC 8s. Correction: Actually, the Moto-ST was the first race for the 1125R as … [Read more...]

Zero Motorcycles Takes Off

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Zero Motorcycles has a problem, they can't keep up with demand. Looking at them in August of last year, they seemed promising. Right now, the $7500 standard model is selling well enough to require expansion to meet all of the orders coming in. Neal Saiki, founder of the company, formerly worked for NASA and decided he wanted to create the world's highest performance electric … [Read more...]