Curt Winter's big twin racer sparked a discussion about big twin racing in general, it seems quite a few folks think it would be a Harley Davidson series and of no interest to anyone else. Doug dropped a link in a comment to this sweet looking machine from Japan's Over Racing, it's the OV-23XV, built around the 1670cc air cooled V-Twin from the Yamaha Warrior and MT-01. To me, … [Read more...]
Confederate X132 Hellcat Combat Sets Bonneville Record
There's been a rush of emails in my inbox lately announcing lots of new motorcycle speed records, it must have been a good year for the salt. This one just came in and it's actually pretty impressive. The new Confederate X132 Hellcat Combat set a record of 172.211mph in the APF3000 category (unfaired, naturally aspirated, pushrod v-twin, over 2000cc). What that means is it's … [Read more...]
Is Road Racing Part of Harley Davidson’s Core?
Harley, as we all know, returned to focusing on the core of the HD brand when they discontinued Buell and sold MV Agusta. The debate, especially about Buell, has been long and loud ever since. But while dumping Buell, everyone said it's now crusiers, all day, everyday, but it would be easy for the Motor Company to do a lot more racing while still focusing on the core brand. … [Read more...]
Gasoline Engines Make Bicycle Racing More Fun
As soon as there were internal combustion engines, someone was looking at his bicycle and wondering how to fit the two together. In recent years, there have been quite a few builders making kits to transform bicycles into motorized commuters and some have built bikes emulating the style of those very early years. But, as long as you have wheels and an engine, the obvious next … [Read more...]
How the Motorcycle Gods Ride
While looking through the latest Motorcyclist magazine, I came across this image from the Ducati MotoGP test session at Sepang. It shows Valentino Rossi entering a turn at speed with the bike pointed in a seemingly impossible direction, impossible, at any rate, for mere mortals. Most of us, if placing our bikes in this exact same spot, would be about to make our way across the … [Read more...]
Erik Buell Racing Partners with Hero MotoCorp
Hero MotoCorp has entered into a partnership with Erik Buell Racing with the intention of going racing. Hero will sponsor two teams in the AMA Pro Racing National Guard Superbikes Championship. As a part of the partnership, Hero will receive technology inputs and design cues for their future models from EBR. Hero is also looking at bringing to India some of Buell’s … [Read more...]
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