Posted on 12.2.2009 11:28 by Maxx Biker Filed under: Star | cruisers | tourers | Star V Star | Motorcycles | Motorcycle Reviews | Star Motorcycles Star builds their 2010 V Star 1300 Tourer as the ideal midsized highway motorcycle that makes no concessions in what concerns power, comfort and built quality. Combining a bulletproof and dynamic 80-cubic-inch engine, a low (28.1 in) seat height and Star unmatched fit and finish, this package simply had to be widely exploited. Last year we saw two different models available, the simple V Star 1300 and the V Star 1300 Tourer
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A review of the DVD movie “The Loveless” starring a very good William Dafoe.
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BMW will be supplying 4,000 BMW cars, motorcycles and even bicycles for the London Olympic games of 2012.
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In The Netherlands, one third (1/3) of all people riding motorcycles (there are 650,000 of them), are female. That up from a quarter 10 years ago.
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Posted on 11.25.2009 14:53 by Maxx Biker Filed under: Ducati | custom | industry news | cafe racer | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News In order to pay a tribute to the 750SS Imola, Ducati’s notorious sportbike from the 1970s, Spain-based Radical Ducati has created an absolutely gorgeous café racer, which was recently revealed. They call it the RAD02 Imola and it is built for track use, but we hear it can be homologated with a few tweaks
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Posted on 11.26.2009 12:17 by Maxx Biker Filed under: | innovation | trikes | funny | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News Those with a soft spot for trikes can finally fulfill their passion without getting into trouble. What you see here is a three-wheeled vehicle that looks like the Stealth bomber, allowing us to suppose that the cops won’t be right on your tail once you give that Corvette engine some juice
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ThermaHelm Cooling Helmet can turn out to be a live saver [w/video]
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Posted on 11.26.2009 14:12 by Maxx Biker Filed under: | industry news | innovation | video | crash | safety | motorcycle helmet | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News Brain swelling is the immediate effect of head injury and it is a proved fact that the stopping of this effect can make the difference between life and death because of the pressure that the brain has to subdue when it meets the skull. This is precisely what paramedics are trying to prevent when applying a cold pack on the head of accident victims. So hearing about ThermaHelm having created the Brain Cooling Helmet, we started digging deeper into this potential life saving idea, only to find that the prototype stage is now completed and it should see production
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Posted on 11.26.2009 15:55 by Maxx Biker Filed under: | industry news | choppers | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News This is the latest motorcycle made by Lorenzo Cycles , it is called The Icon and it will be produced in a limited number of only 13 units. The chopper is a beautiful result of the small company teaming up with custom bike builder Eddie Trotta, who substitutes Ralph Randolph, the creator of the first two bikes. We happen to like The Icon, but feel there is much more potential waiting to be exploited from the new company
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Posted on 11.27.2009 09:08 by Maxx Biker Filed under: Ducati | parts accesories | apparel | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News With all the ‘Black Friday’ frenzy coming down on us, we offer you a way to profit of the busiest retail shopping day of the year without being brought in the state of killing the guy ‘shopping’ next to you. Remember our post about Ducatigifts.com , the new website that Pro Italia and Ducati have recently launched? Well, they were kind enough to offer a special 10% off coupon code to Top Speed readers.
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Posted on 11.27.2009 10:11 by Maxx Biker Filed under: Aprilia | industry news | Racing | Aprilia RSV 4 | WSBK | Aprilia SBK | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News After Max Biaggi was recently confirmed for an additional WSBK season with Aprilia, the Italian bike manufacturer issued a release saying that 23-year-old British racing rider Leon Camier has joined Aprilia’s SBK team for the 2010 season. It seems that Aprilia was more than satisfied with Camier’s results on the RSV4 during the last race of the season at Portimao, where he obtained place sixth and seventh, as well as by the post-race tests on the Portuguese circuit. Their final decision completes the team for the 2010 WSBK Championship