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95Racer Project – 3Up Racing

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Team 3Up-Racing, a group of club racers in the north east of England, decided to build a new racebike under the code name 95Racer. The idea was to build the 4 stroke equivalent of a 250cc GP machine similar to a Honda RS-250. The code name 95Racer means a racing motorcycle with a dry weight of 95 kg and 95 rear wheel horsepower, 1 hp per kg, an ambitious goal but likely to … [Read more...]

Lucas Oil Indy Mile Tickets on Sale

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The Indy Mile is coming back and advance sale tickets are available now. MotoGP and Flat Track both on the same weekend, very cool! Press release follows: Advance sale discount tickets are now on sale for the long-awaited return of the Lucas Oil Indy Mile AMA Flat Track Grand National on the legendary one-mile dirt oval at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, 1202 East 38th … [Read more...]

Dakar Rally Canceled on Terrorism Concerns

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The 2008 running of the Dakar Rally has been canceled due to terrorism concerns: The Dakar Rally was canceled Friday on the eve of the race due to safety concerns after the slaying of a French family in Mauritania was blamed on al-Qaida-linked militants. Many of you who follow the off road events know what a big deal the Dakar Rally is. This is not good. Thanks … [Read more...]

Indy Mile Flat Track Motorcycle Race Returns in 2008

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The Indy Mile will run again at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in 2008, the night before the Indianapolis GP race. The Indy Mile hasn't run since 1999 and what a perfect time to bring it back when so many will be in attendance for the MotoGP. Flat Track is about as American as it gets in motorcycle racing yet it doesn't get the coverage of many other racing formats nor is it … [Read more...]

KAlex AV1 Prototype Motorcycle by Kalex Engineering

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Alex Baumgartel and Klaus Hirsekorn decided to build a motorcycle to compete in the 2008 European Sound of Thunder race series. The rules for this series seem quite open and encourage the development of one off race bikes, there's no need for any production based racer. Alex and Klaus, who both work for a the German racecar tuning consultancy, Holzer, doing fabrication and … [Read more...]

MotoGP Technology

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MotoGP is like Formula One, extremely expensive, high tech and secret. Everyone wants to know what the other guys are doing but unless you're part of the team, you only see the results on the track, the inner workings of the engine and chassis are kept under wraps. When the allowed engine displacements were reduced from 990cc to 800cc, we were given an unusual opportunity to … [Read more...]