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Motorcycle Auctions

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This weekend, the Monterey Classic Bike Auction will be held in conjunction with the U.S. Grand Prix at Laguna Seca. After all, if you have a huge crowd of motorcycle enthusiasts all revved up and gathered together, why not give them a chance to spend a little money and buy the bike of their dreams? The lineup is pretty amazing as we've mentioned before, including the Ducati … [Read more...]

Superbikes on SpeedTV Much Improved

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What a difference a couple of weeks make. After the first show two weeks ago which was pretty bad, I missed it last week, (July 4th, was it on?) but last night I watched Superbikes and it was quite an improvement over their premiere show. There was a segment at Roland Sands' shop where they showed a couple of his bikes including "No Regrets" the 2006 Biker Build Off winner, … [Read more...]

AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid-Ohio

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Vintage Motorcycle Days returns to Mid Ohio July 28th to 30th and if you like anything involving vintage motorcycles, you'll want to be there. The swap meet is superb and you'll find almost everything imaginable, the AHRMA vintage races have all old marques out on the track and this year's Marque of the Year is MV Agusta. Bring a camera and make sure the batteries are fully … [Read more...]

Iola Vintage Motorcycle Show & Swap Meet

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The Vintage Japanese and European Motorcycle Club of North America, is holding their 3rd annual motorcycle show and swap meet, August 18-20, 2006 in Iola, Wisconsin. This is a pretty big meet, with space for 4200 vendors, held on the Iola Old Car Show Grounds. There's a motorcycle show, charity rides, a bike corral for those selling motorcycles, it sounds like an interesting … [Read more...]

Capirossi Ducati For Auction at Monterey

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The Monterey Classic Bike Auction is only in its second year and they are looking to become the big boys in the motorcycle auction arena. The list of motorcycles going on the block this year is growing rapidly and they've just added Loris Capirossi's MotoGP winning Ducati to the list. The bike he rode to victory last year in Sepang is available to the highest bidder, which is … [Read more...]

2006 Biker Build Off

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There's nothing like being in the right place at the right time. Looks like Billy Bartels was at Willow Springs taking photos when the bikes and crew arrived for the showdown between Roland Sands and Jesse Rooke for the competition portion of the 2006 Biker Build Off. He posted some photos which show Jesse Rooke's KTM powered machine along with some of the other goings on, like … [Read more...]