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Motogiro America 2008

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In the week leading up to the MotoGP at Laguna Seca they're going to be running the Motogiro America, an American version of the classic Italian motorcycle rally. If you have a nice vintage machine and you would like to participate, you might want to head over to their website and sign up, space is limited. There are both competitive and non competitive classes but whichever … [Read more...]

Daytona Motorsports Group Buys AMA Racing

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As mentioned in rumors and reports over the last few weeks, the AMA has sold its sanctioning, promotional and management rights for the AMA Pro Racing properties to the Daytona Motorsports Group. Led by Roger Edmondson, the founder of the CCS motorcycle racing series and currently the President of the Grand American Road Race Series LLC, and Jim France, Vice … [Read more...]

Six Brittens at 25th Sound of Thunder Anniversary

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It isn't every day you see 6 Britten motorcycles lined up together, in fact, you simply never see that, period. Well, maybe just this once. Last weekend was the 25th anniversary meeting of the Sound of Thunder - BEARS racing (British European American Racing Society) in New Zealand. Tim, one of our Kiwi readers, mentioned the gathering in a comment on another post and I asked … [Read more...]

Roland Sands 450 SuperSingle

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We first mentioned Roland Sands' dirt bike based road racer last year and after several months of work it looks like they're almost ready for prime time. There are 3 versions, a Yamaha, Honda and Kawasaki, each based on a 450cc dirt bike and then reskinned and reequipped for road racing. Sands will be offering the Yamaha as a complete ready to race motorcycle, the Honda and … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Hill Climb Racing – A Look Up

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Your Honda CBR 1000RR is frighteningly fast down the back straight of your local roadrace track, isn’t it? The rev-happy motor is thrilling as the tach needle points further to the right. What about putting that motor in a dirt bike chassis with an extended swingarm and riding it straight-up a hillside? Hillsides so steep, track staff use ropes to help them climb the hill … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson VR1000 for sale

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There's a Harley Davidson VR1000 for sale on eBay, something you don't see very often. Harley built 50 of these for homologation requirements to run in AMA Superbike. The VR1000 also has the very cool Jekyll and Hyde orange and black paint job on opposite sides which I think is pretty neat. If you like Harley Davidson history and you're looking for something to park next to … [Read more...]