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September 21, 2010
The fabulous lifestyle of King Kenny Roberts
Kenny Roberts is selling his famous Modesto, California ranch, giving regular schmoes like you and me a rare look inside the training ground/private retreat to MotoGP gods like Wayne Rainey and Kenny Roberts Junior. Even Jorge Lorenzo has ridden the miles of dirt tracks and the oval at the ranch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lNle5FJAXE The Kenny Roberts Home is a 4,600 square foot custom log...
Bred obsolescence: why 2011 won’t be a bumper year for bikes
The Great Recession has hit the motorcycle industry hard, evaporating disposable income and cheap credit. In many Western markets, where motorcycles are seen as luxuries and toys, sales virtually disappeared, unsold stock piled up and dealers deeply discounted sales in efforts to stem the disaster. Predictably, new model launches were significantly reduced, postponed or canceled. Now with the worl... MINI Scooter e: finally, a mini MINI
Somehow managing to rip-off both Vespa and generic Chinese scooters at the same time, these are the concept sketches for the first new MINI that will actually be mini. Because it’s a scooter. Also, it’s electric. Scheduled for a debut at the Paris Motor Show in October, there’s no firm details on the MINI Scooter e concept bike yet aside from the existence of three unique models: MINI Sco... 2011 Suzuki GSR750: yet another middleweight naked for Europe
Like the 2011 Suzuki GSX-R600 and 2011 Suzuki GSX-R750, the 2011 Suzuki GSR750 is being previewed by this official sketch ahead of October’s Intermot Cologne motorcycle show. Unlike the two GSX-Rs, this is an all-new bike. The Suzuki GSR750 joins bikes like the Kawasaki Z750R, Yamaha FZ8, Aprilia Shiver and Triumph Street Triple in the practical, affordable middleweight naked class. Bikes like...