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Buell XBRR

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Buell is building a factory racer for Formula Xtreme. The non street legal racer has been designed and purpose built to compete with the other teams at the highest levels. Specs are 150 horsepower from the 1339cc V twin, 362 pounds, five speed, chain drive on 17 inch wheels. The carbon fiber bodywork was refined in the wind tunnel and it looks good. Stopping chores performed by … [Read more...]

Camel Yamaha

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The new Camel Yamaha team of Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards rolled out their new colors at the Sepang test. The dominant bright yellow color will be very recognizable and is quite a contrast to the former blue theme. I guess that Rossi replica suit will have to be redesigned. Camel is the new sponsor as a result of the agreement that displaced Altadis/Seita and their … [Read more...]

Mat Mladin at Phillip Island

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Mat Mladin has been testing at Philip Island for the last few days along with a few of the World Superbike racers, including Troy Corser, and the results don't look good, ... for the AMA Superbike racers. Mladin is coming back from some off season surgery and even had a 160mph crash during testing and the end result is he was the fastest rider on the track. Faster than all of … [Read more...]

Honda Motorcycle Racing 2006

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Honda officially announced the final plans for all of the motorcycle classes it will compete in during 2006. Press release follows: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has finalized its Motorcycle Racing Plans for 2006, as outlined below. Honda’s spirit of challenge is rooted in its motorsport activities. By constantly striving to fulfill its own dreams and aspirations through the … [Read more...]

Camel Yamaha Factory Racing?

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Just the other day, we mentioned Yamaha had dropped Altadis/Seita and their Fortuna and Gauloises brands of cigarettes as a sponsor for their MotoGP racing team. Now in a bit of off season intrigue, rumor has it that Camel is stepping in as the replacement. What's cool about this is the appearance, at least for a short while, on the Yamaha MotoGP media web site of the line … [Read more...]

Cagiva Raptor Race Bike Giveaway

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If you're one of our many readers over in the U.K., listen up! How would you like to win a Cagiva Raptor 650 race bike, spare wheels and discs, spare tires including a set of rain tires and race entries for one of the MiniTwins series in 2006. GiveMeTheKeys.com is selling 1000 tickets at 20 pounds each and if you want, you can buy more than one ticket. Looks like the odds are … [Read more...]