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March 18, 2011
Harley CEO awards self $6.4 million bonus
Potato, potato, potato. That’s the sound of Keith Wandell paying himself a $6.4 million bonus for Harley's worst sales year since 1999, a year in which it was also disclosed that The Motor Company accepted a secret $2.3 billion bailout in 2008. HD actually turned a $146.5 million profit in 2010, up from a $55.1 million loss in 2009. 2010 was a big year for Harley, new union contracts saw a total...
Rossi’s Qatar colors
Valentino Rossi debuted his new helmet today at practice for the Qatar GP. The AGV GP-Tech incorporates his number 46 on the rear, surrounded by a crescent moon in Italian flag tricolore, also notable is the inclusion of sponsor Monster Energy’s logo. But the most interesting new graphic isn’t on the helmet itself, it’s a new graphic element on the Desmosedici GP11 that’s a possible nod to...
A Swiss Army knife with wheels
You probably can’t fit the 40lbs (without battery) Voltitude on your keychain, but something tells me Wes might try anyways. The Swiss inventors behind it want to create a vehicle with the same near-universal utility of their country’s famous knife, providing commuters with a practical moped they can fold and then roll into their apartment or office. You don’t even need to carry it, once fol...
This is MotoGP’s new safety car
The problem with safety cars is that they need to be extraordinarily fast just to pace MotoGP bikes at a speed high enough so they won’t overheat or stall. Enter this specially modified BMW 1-series M Coupe. It’s lost weight, been equipped with advanced aerodynamics and has been fitted with track-focussed suspension, all in an effort to keep up with 800cc motorcycles running in 1st and 2nd gea...