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Moto Engineering Foundation MotoStudent Competition

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The Moto Engineering Foundation (MEF) has started the MotoStudent competition in Spain aimed at university students, where their goal is to design and build motorcycles leading to a competition against students from Spanish and other European universities and eventually worldwide. The students will use their engineering skills to build motorcycles under the real restrictions of … [Read more...]

IRS1000 Tilting Reverse Trike

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Two years ago when the Piaggio MP3 was getting all of the attention as the new tilting 3 wheeler, lots of other companies were trying to adapt the technology for use on motorcycles. Harley Davidson had their idea, the Brudeli Leanster showed up and more recently, Tilting Motor Works put a 2 wheel front end on a Vmax. The IRS1000 was another attempt that appeared back then. It … [Read more...]

D1200R – BMW Based Concept Motorcycle

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Every now and then, one of the many emails we receive from designers and builders stands out from the crowd, and this project, the BMW D1200R by Pablo Gonzalez de Chaves and Carlos Beltran, is one of the best to come along in quite some time. Pablo started with the idea of improving and transforming the BMW R1200R into a new motorcycle, with a new front suspension, a new … [Read more...]

2009 Confederate C120 Renaissance Fighter

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Confederate Motors has put more photos of their new Confederate Fighter up on their web site, or more accurately the "C120 Renaissance Fighter." It's a much better look at how everything goes together, it was difficult to get an idea of proportions from the single perspective of the catalog shot. One thing that would be helpful is a photo of a rider on the bike to get an … [Read more...]

2009 Confederate Fighter from Neiman Marcus

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The Neiman Marcus Christmas book has a little something you might be interested in, it's called the Confederate Fighter from the Confederate Motor Company. They're making just 45 and you can have yours for only $110,000. If you want to blend in, this is not your bike. The catalog makes it seem they have a special edition of some sort but there are specs for a 2009 … [Read more...]

Ducati SportClassic GT 1000 Touring

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Ducati has just introduced the latest version of their SportClassic line, the GT 1000 Touring. It has all of the 1970s flavor you could want and to my eyes, it looks pretty sweet. A 2 valve, 992 cc, fuel injected, desmo L-twin with 92 hp and 67 foot pounds of torque runs through a 6 speed box. The bike weighs 407 pounds. The bike is black with a white stripe, there are … [Read more...]