HANG ON!—The Holidays are fast approaching. Hell, Thanksgiving is next Thursday. And a new Panhead project just landed in the shop. We are ready for a speed run with the Salt Torpedo, but Micah is or was trying to escape Los Angeles and California. He looked in Prescott, Arizona, but didn’t find what he needed.
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by Sabrina Giacomini from https://www.rideapart.com When we think of a Ducati sportbike, chances are our minds default to the Panigale. It’s no wonder since, after all, the name is a bit of an icon in the segment and the bike showcased some of the sexiest, most elegant sportbike designs in recent history, culminating with the
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by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com The world’s best-known motorcycle company, Harley-Davidson, is not exactly enjoying its best of times. It’s been a rough run for the bike maker these past few years, and chances are the trend will continue to manifest itself in the near future as well. But Harley had it rough before, and
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Hey, I tore into an S&S Super E carb this week to make my ’46 Dicey Knucklehead live again. The Morris automatic advance distributor has been in place, untouched, for 25 years, since Dave Morris helped me install and tune it. It fired right up after getting the ethanol out of the carb. Whatta mess.
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from https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com Wine joined Polaris in 2008 as CEO and was elected as Chairman of the Board in 2013. Polaris Inc on Wednesday announced that Chairman and CEO Scott Wine will leave the company to assume the CEO role at CNH Industrial, the maker of Case and New Holland agricultural equipment. Wine joined Polaris in
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by Sabrina Giacomini from https://www.rideapart.com On November 17, 2020, Yamaha flooded our inboxes with announcements. Between rebranding, racing programs, and final street lineup confirmations, it’s almost like the company made a lot of noise to try to hide the really bad news. At the bottom of the press release confirming which models are returning for
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by Jahla Seppanen from https://www.themanual.com When you’re a retired Formula One driver, what else can you do in your free time except build mind-bending concept motorcycles? In the case of Tarso Marques of Brazil, that’s exactly what he’s doing with the insane TMC Dumont motorcycle. Yes, it’s still a concept so, no, you can’t drive
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Triumph Motorcycles Announces New Bike ACCESSIBLE ROAD-FOCUSED ADVENTURE VERSATILITY New from Triumph Motorcycles, the perfect combination of dedicated 850 Tiger triple engine set-up, and tailor-made high specification equipment and technology, for intuitive and all-day easy riding capability. Developed from the latest generation Tiger platform, with all of the dynamic poise and agile handling that the
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TELL CONGRESS TO SUPPORT YOUR RIGHT TO RACE The Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act (RPM Act, H.R. 5434 and S. 2602) has one more chance to pass both chambers of Congress before the end of the legislative session. Lawmakers must hear from supporters of the RPM Act before they decide which issues will be
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My FXR chopper needed tools for the Bandit’s day roll and I checked with Cruz Tools. I don’t think this chopper has any metric fasteners except for the 10mm battery bolts. As you will see, there are a few metric tools in the Cruz Tools Speedkit for Harley-Davidsons. On the other hand, this kit did
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by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com There are presently four roadster motorcycles in BMW Motorrad’s lineup for the U.S. market: the R 1250 R, the S 1000 R, the F 900 R, and the G 310 R. As of later this week, that number will grow, as the Bavarians are getting ready to present two new
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Trackside Support and Technical Assistance Will be Available to SCORPION™ MX Riders Throughout the Week ROME, Ga. (November 17, 2020) – Pirelli has announced its plans to return for the 49th annual Thor Mini O’s amateur motocross national at Gatorback Cycle Park on November 22-28, 2020. With the event featuring both motocross and supercross-style tracks
Road Glide CVO on the road with Koz Mraz Harley-Davidson Custom Vehicle Operations has always set the gold standard of style and luxury. Because they are manufactured in a limited quantity, they always sell out. 2020 CVO ROAD GLIDE Sand Dune monotone with pearl topcoat Starting at $40,999 Click Here to see this Bike Review
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by Mircea Panait from https://www.autoevolution.com When you hear Harley-Davidson, what do you think of straight away? What kind of image does it spring into your mind? Easy Rider is one potential answer, but we can all agree that H-D stands for old-school motorcycles and a very strong culture built on these loud bikes. The problem
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by Kyle Wiggers from https://venturebeat.com Ride Vision, a startup developing “collision aversion” technology for motorcycles, today emerged from stealth with a $7 million round led by investment platform OurCrowd. Ride Vision also unveiled an AI-driven safety alert system called Ride Vision 1 that will go on sale in several European countries in early 2021. A
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by Jasper Jolly from https://www.theguardian.com Revived company plans to start assembling motorbikes in UK as soon as next year. An Indian billionaire hopes to “resurrect the British motorbike industry” with a plan to build electric motorcycles in the UK under the venerable BSA brand. Anand Mahindra, the chairman of the Mahindra Group conglomerate, is the
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The Serial 1 eBicycle Pre-Sale starts right now! RUSH/CTY SPEED Delivering Summer 2021 Full speed ahead! This Class 3 speed pedelec is the quickest way to navigate any city. RUSH/CTY STEP-THRU Delivering Spring 2021 An all-access ride to wherever you want to go, loaded with features and exceptional style! RUSH/CTY Delivering Spring 2021 The sophisticated
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Hi It’s Keith here, otherwise known as Fat Albert. My love for motorcycles started at a very young age and has turned into so much more than a hobby – some might even say it’s an obsession. Do you feel it too? Spending all those miles experiencing something so close to freedom… it’s exhilarating. I
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We need to get out. We need to ride, and we should ride in style. Harley-Davidson Custom Vehicle Operations has always set the gold standard of style and luxury. Because they are manufactured in a limited quantity, they always sell out. In this time of a Wuhan Covid quarantine a CVO may be the perfect
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by Vlad Mitrache from https://www.autoevolution.com Up until very recently, the thought of a drag race between a Porsche (any model) and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle (any hog) was one of the most preposterous ones that anyone could come up with. On the one hand, you have a German automotive brand with a strong history and deep
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We lost an incredible member of the Babes in the Dirt family this spring, Scott Burtness. He was and will always be one of the biggest champions of our community and enthusiasm and dedication to get more people to enjoy motorcycling will never be forgotten. We love and miss you so much Scott! The entire industry has rallied
by Bandit and Sam Burns Recently one of our esteemed Bikernet™ contributors sent me a batch of historic Motordrome shots, then a pile of great shots of classic racing bikes from that era. I recently wrote a screenplay, called Splintered Road, about this era around WWI and it’s being looked at in Hollywood. This year
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AHDRA motorcycle drag racing series race coverage report. When Bill Rowe purchased the assets of the inert AHDRA All-American motorcycle drag racing series late in 2019, the challenges before him and his family staff were daunting enough. But when 2020 came along and the event landscape went haywire, Rowe put his head down and completed
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by Chris Best from https://www.wkrg.com Elvis Presley, who died in 1977 at age 42, was also a motorcycle fan. A 1975 FLH 1200 Harley-Davidson that he liked to ride around his Graceland estate in Memphis carries a pre-sale estimate of $300,000 – $350,000 at a memorabilia auction in Los Angeles. Another of Presley’s bikes was
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