If I Were Testing the Waters on a New Motorcycle?


Making a new motorcycle is a tricky business. Despite the image that motorcyclists are these rebels without a cause and offshoots from the so-called mainstream of society, the truth of the matter is that as a whole, motorcyclists are just about the most resistant group to change as you can find. When a manufacturer wants to release a new motorcycle, it has to take into account that if it strays too far away from what ...

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Darren Barton František Bartoš Günter Bartusch Eric Bataille

Photos: The Daytona 200 Thirty-Six Years Ago ? When Bikes Were Bikes & Men Were Men


Though it no longer quite stands as the international judge of motorcycle road racing that it once was, the Daytona 200 is still one of the last races where motorcycles require the spectacle of refueling and tire changes. Recent years have been marked by attempts at night racing and growing pains as DMG took over running the event and the AMA Pro Racing series. While many long for “the good ol’days,” these photographs from 35 ...

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Felice Agostini Giacomo Agostini Jack Ahearn Mitsuo Akamatsu

Roland Sands Design Ducati Desmo Tracker


Those boys in Southern California are at it again, as Roland Sands Design has taken on building a customer’s Ducati Desmosedici RR into a custom street tracker. According to RSD the lucky owner is Justyn Amstutz, and this zero miles Desmosedici RR is one of three in his stable. With 989cc 200+ hp V4 motor that revs to 16,000 rpm, RSD hopes to take Ducati’s beast of a street bike, and turn it into something that ...

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Gerhard Boll Jacques Bolle Pierre Bolle Maurice Bolwerk

HRC Press Release: Employees Unharmed In Quake

HRC issued the following press release after the Japanese earthquake which caused so much devastation:


HRC EMPLOYEES ESCAPE UNHARMED AFTER JAPAN QUAKE

As news broke around the World of Japan's biggest earthquake since records began, Honda Racing Corporation is very relieved to announce that all employees have escaped unharmed.

The HRC headquarters in Asaka (Saitama Prefecture in Tokyo area) suffered no structural damage and no injuries were reported.

HRC and the Repsol Honda Team's heartfelt wishes and condolences now lay with those that have been affected by this terrible tragedy.

Year: 
2011


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Franco Battaini Gerhard Bauer Manfred Baumann Alvaro Bautista