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Dodge supports motorcycle racing, marathoning to reinvent brand
Money & CompanyOutfitted with copious cup holders and able to haul entire extended families, the Caravan is probably the best known product in the Dodge lineup. So it may have come as a surprise to attendees at last month's superbike race when,...... -
Valentino Rossi set to again defend MotoGP crown
The Fabulous ForumCan “The Doctor” do it again? Valentino Rossi, arguably the greatest motorcycle racer ever and dubbed “The Doctor” for the clinical way he goes about mastering a race track, again is looking to defend his championship in MotoGP, the series...... -
Electric superbike plugs in to the future
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," motorcycle style. Lightning Motors' lithium-powered superbike looks like an R1. It even handles like the Yamaha liter bike. But its innards have been wrenched and yanked out. The entire engine is missing. So are...Tags: Sports, Motorcycling, Vehicles, Los Angeles Times, Car Guides and Reviews
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Buell 1125R isn't about thunder or lightning. Just speed
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt was a 100-mile day of wide-open throttle, hard braking and high-speed corners. A day divvied up into 1.8-mile chunks as I sped around the Streets of Willow racetrack on the 2008 Buell 1125R again and again, faster and faster. It's to Buell's credit...Tags: Sports, Motorcycling, Los Angeles Times, Car Guides and Reviews
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Buell rolls out the dual sport Ulysses XB12X
In bringing the newest Ulysses to market, Erik Buell has lived quite the odyssey -- from farm boy to Superbike racer to Harley-Davidson engineer to Buell Motorcycle Co. founder, chairman and chief technical officer.
It's been 25 years since Buell's...Tags: Sports, Motorcycling, Car Guides and Reviews, Harley-Davidson Inc.
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Celebrities' rides: something borrowed, something new
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMotorcycles and celebrities go together like Super Bowl parties and hangovers. The latest news to float across the TJ Internet transom: • Custom builder Jesse James has a new bike, and it's based on an Airstream trailer. The AeroBike motorcycle-...Tags: Celebrities, Sports, Tom Cruise, Motorcycling, Vehicles
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Milan debuts the other 2008 Italian models
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAh, Italy. Who doesn't love the traffic, the scooters, the sport bikes using city streets as a racetrack? At the 65th International Motorcycle Exhibition in Milan, which began today and runs through the week, Italian manufacturers are finally announcing...Tags: Sports, Motorcycling, Vehicles, Enduro Motorcycling, Los Angeles Times
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Buell's off-road life of rock 'n' roll thunder
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn the '70s, Erik Buell was an AMA superbike racer. In the '80s, he added Harley-Davidson engineer and Buell Motorcycles founder to his resume. Now, the Buell chairman and chief technical officer is fronting the Thunderbolts rock band and designing a line...Tags: Sports, Rock and Roll (genre), Science and Technology, Death, Motorcycling
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Ducati 1098 S is fast company
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Ducati 1098 S is so slick, so fast, so Elite Model beautiful that saints with sinner inclinations should beware. Ducati's new red-hot superbike is trouble. For the single month the 1098 S has been available to media, about half of the press fleet...Tags: Sports, Motorcycling, Ronco Corporation, Vehicles, Los Angeles Times
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Their Styles and Their Statements
The Hartford CourantSo there you are. Summertime in New England, a few extra dollars in your pocket and that recurring image of yourself, free from the daily grind, wind in your hair - oops, you'll wear a helmet, of course - and beckoned by destinations unknown. It's time...Tags: Natural Resources, Sports, Death, Motorcycling, Automotive Equipment
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Ahead of the Pack
The Hartford CourantTired of that same old same old? Today's motorcycle marketplace is filled with amazing examples of vehicular technology - for less than half the price of an everyday car, a cyclist can get a powerful, high-revving, good-looking piece of machinery that...Tags: Sports, Motorcycling, Vehicles, Prices, Harley-Davidson Inc.
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A Brief and Incomplete History of Motorcycling
1884: First commercially built motorcycle, a three-wheeler made by Edward Butler in England, with an engine mounted between two front wheels 1894: First mass production motorcycle, in Munich, Germany 1903: Harley Davidson Motor Co. founded 1912:...Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Sports, Transportation, Motorcycling, Vehicles
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