Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Bikes in the Fast Lane: 10 Wheels On A Hayabusa Motorcycle plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: 10 Wheels On A Hayabusa Motorcycle plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

10 Wheels On A Hayabusa Motorcycle

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:45 AM PDT

Hayabusa Roller Blade
Looks like this guy didn't think there were enough wheels on his Hayabusa motorcycle.

Two aren't enough, 10 are better....

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Strange Ads: Hero Honda Motorcycles - Get There Faster

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 04:00 AM PDT

Ad Hero Honda Faster India
Hero Honda logo
Three print ads from India's Hero Honda that just do not make any sense.

Why would one of world's biggest motorcycle manufacturers make ads that you can not understand. Someone understand this?

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India: Unusual Security Agent On Motorcycle

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT

Monkey On Bike India
This is not what it may seem. No, it's not a monkey riding on a motorcycle (as pillion), but it's a security agent.

Honest.

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Intermot 2010: KTM 125 Duke plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Intermot 2010: KTM 125 Duke plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Intermot 2010: KTM 125 Duke

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 06:00 AM PDT

KTM 125 Duke
KTM logo
KTM release the specs and photos of their "starter" motorcycle, the 125 Duke.

Looks great .... wish I was younger.

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Intermot 2010: BMW K1600GT and K1600GTL

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:15 AM PDT

BMW K1600GT and GTL
BMW logo
BMW officially launched their flagship touring motorcycle today at the German Intermot motorcycle exhibition. The K1600GT and K1600GTL are all you hoped for ... and more.

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Motorcycle Rally: Is This Aprilia’s Year?

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT

Francisco “Chaleco” Lopez on his Aprilia
Aprilia logo
After a great 2010 Dakar result, and now leading the Pharaons motorcycle rally, Aprilia is showing that they can taken KTM on in a fair fight in the rally stages.

Chaleco is an amazing racer, but the Aprilia motorcycle is pretty awesome as well. First day of the Pharaons, and Chaleco already has a 5 minute lead over the number 2.

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Monday, October 4, 2010

Bikes in the Fast Lane: European Union Angry With France Because Of Motorcycle Politics plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: European Union Angry With France Because Of Motorcycle Politics plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

European Union Angry With France Because Of Motorcycle Politics

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT

100HP-Limit sign
The European Commission is up in arms against France's 100 hp restriction for motorcycles.

Brought into law in 1984 to reduce road deaths among motorcyclists, it has been proven that there is no correlation between horsepower and road fatalities. So Europe is telling France to remove the law.

But will they listen? Do they ever?

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46 Dakar Motorcycles Over The Years

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:00 AM PDT

Dakar 1980 Vespa
Dakar 1980 KTM 240
46 motorcycles that have participated in the famous Dakar rally, from the very first year until 2011 (okay, the last one still has to race).

Some of them are very special, like the Vespa scooter. They're not all KTMs, believe it or not, KTM do not hold the number of victories.

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Video: Kawasaki ZX-14 Promo

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT

Video clip
Kawasaki logo
With Kawasaki being the motorcycle flavor of the day, here's a commercial, more a promo, of the Kawasaki ZX-14 motorcycle.

Nice, lots of CGI and fast action. Not like the ads they used to make, but still pretty good. From 2007.

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Friday, October 1, 2010

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Stories - 1 October 2010 plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Stories - 1 October 2010 plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Top Internet Stories - 1 October 2010

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT

Web Article
Here's the motorcycle stories I've been reading over the last 2 weeks.

- SPOT 2 Satellite Messenger Review
- Two Stroke Vs. Four Stroke Engines
- Top 5 Mistakes: Motorcycles

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Dakar 2011: A Lonely Bultaco Motorcycle Joins The Fun

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 04:00 AM PDT

Bultaco Dakar 2011 Ignacio
Bultaco Dakar 2011 Ignacio
Believe it or not, but a 1978 Bultaco 2-stroke Pursang 370 is going to take part in the 2011 Dakar rally. This old motorcycle has already seen quite some action in its life time, and now it has been entered by a Spanish racer, into world's toughest motorcycle race.

That takes guts!

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Video: Making Of The SBK BMW Umbrella Girls At Misano

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 11:00 PM PDT

Video clip
Nice video with catchy tune, on the "Making of" the BMW Umbrella girls at the recent Misano SBK motorcycle race.

It's not easy being an umbrella girl, you can see that for the video. Always smiling, always being pretty while 1000's gawk at you.

Interesting video.

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