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Ducati Powered Custom Choppers

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After our recent look at the Revelation Honda sport custom and a Buell sport chopper it seemed only right to go Italian and take a look at these Ducati powered choppers from 13 Choppers of Oceanside, Calilfornia. 13 Choppers has been around for a couple of years and received some attention when the choppers first appeared in a few shows and the motorcycle press picked them … [Read more...]

Ducati Hypermotard Available in Spring 2007

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Looks like a lot of the Ducati faithful get their wish, the Ducati Hypermotard is going into production and will be in dealers in the Spring of 2007. Ducati Press Release: After the success of the "concept" presentation in Milan and following the great response from fans, Ducati has decided to begin producing the Ducati Hypermotard. The announcement has been given online … [Read more...]

Blade Rod Honda Streetfighter

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Starting life as a fully faired Honda CBR900RR Fireblade, used as a stuntbike by Australian, Mark Boxer, this all black "Blade Rod" became a minimalist streetfighter that looks very cool and the best part is there was no exotic high tech work involved. Even better, as the series of photos on his website show, almost all of the work was done inside his apartment! There goes the … [Read more...]

Revelation – Honda Powered Sport Chopper

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At first glance you see a chopper of some sort, then you see an inline 4 cylinder engine. Instead of forward controls you have rearsets but you also see the extended front fork and chopper sized 300 rear tire. It's low and long but how many water cooled choppers have you seen lately? The riding position is actually more drag bike than chopper, so what exactly is this? This … [Read more...]

Technical Illustrations and Cutaway Drawings

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If you're like me, you like to see how things work, what's connected to what, what goes where, it all started when I was little and took apart any dead alarm clocks I found plus a few that were still showing signs of life. I never stopped wanting to see how things worked, but sometimes you can't take it apart ("Hey Buddy, what do you think you're doin?") so the next best thing … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Design Awards 2005

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We mentioned the Ducati Hypermotard the other day, winning the overall design award from the Motorcycle Design Association after being the winner in the open category. Some of the other winners were interesting, too. In the Supersports category, the winner was the Yamaha R6, runner up was the Motoczysz C1. Open category winner, Ducati Hypermotard, runner up was a tie … [Read more...]