August 1, 2011
News
Introducing the HFL Shop
After way too long, I'm incredibly happy to present Hell For Leather's online store, the HFL Shop, which is officially open to the general public. Granted, right now our store is so tiny that it's more like a cubby hole and it's only selling a pair of small-batch-produced stickers, but just squint your eyes and see a bright future of wide aisles, subscriber specials and an upcoming platform for se...
01 August 2011
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Yamaha pulling out of WSBK in 2012
Earlier this morning Yamaha Motor Europe announced that they would be pulling out of World Superbike after the 2011 season. Ducati pulled it's factory efffort last year, Kawasaki quit MotoGP back in 2008 and Suzuki has been phoning it in for quite a long time now. It's sad and I hate to say it, but it looks like motorcycle racing isn't nearly as popular (and profitable) as it once was. Citing "se...
01 August 2011
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2012-2014 KTMs leak
This screen shot from the KTM North American dealer meeting lays out a promising future for KTM. Leaked way ahead of time, the lineup for the next three years is here for you to see. The big news here is the 2013 Duke 350. For a long time I've wondered why there are no fun, lightweight sub-500cc bikes for sale and the KTM Duke 350 is the answer to that. Since this shot is from the North American ...
01 August 2011
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Ducati 1199 spied on the road
This is the first photo of the Ducati 1199 shot on the road. What’s new here is that we’ve now got a good idea what the exhaust will look like and are seeing parts like the hugger, license plate bracket and turn signals for the first time. Previous spy photos of new Ducatis like the Diavel and Multistrada 1200 were snapped with a very small test rider, who appears to be riding here as well. ...
01 August 2011