Thursday, December 8, 2011

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Spartan: The Ducati Car plus 3 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Spartan: The Ducati Car plus 3 more

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Spartan: The Ducati Car

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 08:00 AM PST

Ducati Spartan sports car
Australian Spartan Motor Company are making a super fast, and ultra light sports car, based on the Ducati 1198 engine, the same one that gave Carlos Checa the world title SuperBike.

The little sportscar (red of course) does 0-100 kph in 3 seconds, and has a top speed of 260 kph.

Its price is steep too.... US$112K... gulp. ...


Xmas2011: Motorcycle Mailbox

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 06:00 AM PST

Motorcycle MailBox
Christmas Shiny Ball 2011
If you're a proud motorcycle owner, you might as well show it to the world.... by placing this motorcycle shaped mailbox instead of one of those boring US Postal Service mailboxes.

Don't worry, it's approved, so now anyone and his dog will know you're into motorcycles.

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Dakar 2012: The Figures

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:00 AM PST

Dakar logo
The world famous, or notorious, race, the Dakar, is a few weeks from starting. It's probably the most famous rally race, for cars, motorcycles and trucks. Video and photos of the incredibly tough race are seen throughout the world. The race is still being held in South America, despite calls of many to return to its roots in Africa. But the South American race holds many supporters, particularly the locals in Argentina who are all race mad.

Here are some of the figures and statistics of the Dakar, race. Notably is that there are a lot less KTM motorcycle taking part.

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France: Motorcycle Thefts 2011

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:00 PM PST

Stolen Motorcycle Just Chain left
Theft of motorcycles and scooters in France is getting to be bad. Statistics for the last 12 months, show that 8 motorcycles get stolen every hour!

95% are stolen the classic way (though 50% get taken from garages), while bike jacking has increased to 5%.

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