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2007 Monterey Classic Bike Auction Postponed

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The Monterey Classic Bike Auction which runs each year during the US MotoGP weekend activities, will be postponed this year until 2008 due to the death of key partner Marcel Fortney. Press release follows: February 14, 2007 - Following two years of growth in establishing a new standard for the staging of a collectible motorcycle auction, the Monterey Classic Bike Auction … [Read more...]

Evel Knievel Skycycle Snake River Rocket For Sale

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About 30 years ago, Evel Knievel kept popping up with one wild motorcycle jump after another, buses, trucks, almost anything you could line up and precede with a ramp and finally, the Snake River Canyon. Many of his jumps were successful, some spectacular failures but you have to admit, he was a showman and promoter. Other jumpers have come since but everyone remembers the name … [Read more...]

Cleveland Motorcycle Show 2007

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A friend and I performed our late January ritual of attending the Cleveland Motorcycle Show yesterday. It's usually interesting, though show quality varies from year to year, this year was pretty good. Many motorcycles written about on The Kneeslider were there so we had the chance to see them close up. The new Victory Vision touring bikes were there and my impression was … [Read more...]

HD Sportster Featured at Vintage Days 2007

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The Harley Davidson Sportster will be the featured marque at Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid Ohio Race Course, July 27-29, 2007. Every year one marque is selected and for next year, just one model, the Sportster, will be on display. The Sportster takes a lot of criticism from many riders, it seems to get less than its full share of respect and yet it's been around for 50 … [Read more...]

LBF Cycles Metric Revolution Build Off Bike

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Dean Kawczak of LBF Cycles built a show stopper for the MetricTV Metric Revolution build off. Like all of the other participants, Dean was not given a choice in the bike he had 180 days to customize and what they rolled off the trailer was a brand new Suzuki GSX-R1000. Dean is only 24 years old but he certainly has a lot of ideas about custom sportbikes and he managed to get a … [Read more...]

Buell Lightning Super TT XB12STT

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Buell introduced their new Lightning Super TT in Milan today, it's a streetfighter, Supermoto combination which actually looks like it could be a lot of fun. The numbers are 103 horsepower, 84 foot pounds of torque and 400 pounds dry. It's similar to their other Lightning models but it has the raised front fender in the Supermoto style, plus number plates and either plain white … [Read more...]