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Buell XBRR Production On Again

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After delaying production of the Buell XBRR due to component failures at Daytona, Buell engineers are confident the problems have been corrected and production is rolling again. Buell news release: EAST TROY, Wis. -- (Thursday, May 04, 2006) Buell Motorcycle Company announced today that the production of XBRR race bikes, based on the Firebolt XB12R, has begun. A total of … [Read more...]

Ducati Desmosedici GP7 on Track

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Ducati's entry in next year's MotoGP, the 800cc Desmosedici GP7 was at Mugello for its initial shakedown testing. All of the rest of the teams should be coming out with their entries shortly and this just gets me thinking, where will all of the old 990cc bikes go? Auctions? Someone with deep pockets might be itching to get his hands on one of those old "obsolete" racers. How … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Racing’s New Winners

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If you missed the races this past weekend, you might want to tune in for the rest of the season. The new faces at the front are refreshing. In MotoGP, Rossi is definitely having problems this year and Melandri and Stoner are taking maximum advantage along with Chris Vermeulen who was on the pole for the race, it was great. New faces going fast. Then in the AMA Superbike, … [Read more...]

Racing on TV this weekend

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This year is getting interesting, Rossi has his hands full with a lot of quick guys and Ben Spies is giving Mat Mladin fits. Makes for good racing. MotoGP Sunday 4 PM eastern AMA Superbike race-1 Sunday 5 PM eastern AMA Superbike race-2 Sunday 6 PM eastern (live) … [Read more...]

AMA Superbikes – Filling the Grid

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Watching the AMA Superbike races at Barber Motorsports Park over the weekend brings up the question of how best to fill the starting grid. There were 34 bikes at the start of Saturday's race and just a few less on Sunday, so it didn't take a great deal of predictive skill to know there would be a lot of lapped traffic showing up fairly quickly. The difference in performance, … [Read more...]