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Ultimate Reveal: Uncrating buried treasures, Honda NR 750 and RC30 [w/video]
Filed under: Motorsports , Classics , Performance , Videos , Honda , Motorcycle , Racing Two-wheeled treasure chest - Click above to watch the video of the uncrating after the break We're sure you are familiar with the old expression that hindsight is 20/20. In most cases this adage holds true, particularly, when it comes to all of the beautiful cars and motorcycles we wish we would have kept over the years
Continue reading...Hobbs Joins Relentless by TAS Suzuki for 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Relentless Suzuki has added 27-year-old Dennis Hobbs to their racing stable for this season’s British championship campaign. The Englishman will contest the Metzeler 1000cc Superstock class on a GSX–R1000 Suzuki, defending the title Alastair Seeley won for the County Tyrone team in 2009.
Continue reading...Stockholm dealer unboxes a Honda NR750 and RC30 for posterity
Friday, March 12, 2010
Posted on 03.12.2010 10:02 by Maxx Biker Filed under: Honda | sportsbikes | video | Racing | limited edition | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News Bengt Gunnarson, the owner of MC-Varuhus (Motorcycle Warehouse) delership in Stockholm has just unveiled two icons for the motorcycle industry, a Honda NR750 and RC30, which he kept intact in the basement for around two decades. One from 1989 and the other from 1992, the bikes are both part of limited runs that Honda offered as technological showpieces (NR750) and homologated race versions built by HRC for World Superbike (RC30)
Continue reading...Unveiled: 2010 Rizla Suzuki GSV-R
Friday, March 12, 2010
Posted on 03.12.2010 10:40 by Maxx Biker Filed under: Suzuki | supersports | Moto GP | Rizla Suzuki | industry news | Racing | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News Rizla Suzuki has today released the first pics of the 2010 GSV-R, the 800cc MotoGP racing bike that will be ridden by Loris Capirossi and Alvaro Bautista in the upcoming season. The bike will again distinguish thanks to the dominating Blue with RIZLA written on each side. Althought the bike doesn’t look much different from the 2009 model, the team claims their fourth generation model is better from all points of view: acceleration, aerodynamics, chassis and electronics
Continue reading...R&G Racing to Provide Crash Protection for California Superbike School
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Following BMW Motorrad USA's recent partnership with Keith Code's California Superbike School to provide brand new BMW S1000RRs for its rider training programs, crash protection specialist R&G Racing has confirmed that it will be supplying the bikes with a full complement of its award-winning protective products.
Continue reading...Benelli 2 TechnoTracker by Oberdan Bezzi
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Posted on 03.9.2010 11:22 by Maxx Biker Filed under: Benelli | concept bike | industry news | Racing | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News Italian company Benelli is yet to launch their 2ue 756 naked bike and conational Oberdan Bezzi has already imagined a flat-track ready version of the street-oriented bike and sees it competing in US flat track competitions. The Benelli 2 TechnoTracker would get the exact same engine as on the model still struggling towards production, meaning a 756cc parallel twin that is expected to deliver somewhere in between 90-100hp. Engine performance aside, the aggressive design is most likely what determined Obiboi to get an early start with this one and his flat-track version looks ready to start its mud life, but Benelli would first have to sort things out with their own projects and then consider the design guru’s indeed cool racing concept bike.
Continue reading...Race The Sardegna Race With Cyril Despres As Your Mentor
Monday, March 8, 2010
Multiple Dakar winner, Cyril Despres, is offering a unique experience opportunity for 10 first timers in the world of motorcycle rally racing. He will take 10 racers under his wing for the 3rd FIM race of the calendar, the Sardegna Rally Race. The 10 riders will share the three mechanics and crew chief (Chris Evans), and will receive instructions and race mentoring by Cyril Despres himself
Continue reading...Video: Bubba’s World Trailer
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Posted on 03.2.2010 17:05 by Maxx Biker Filed under: | dirt bikes | AMA Supercross | Celebrity Cars | video | Racing | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News Yamaha Supercross rider James “Bubba” Steward will have his own show called Bubba’s World on FELD Motor Sports and we just came across the recently released trailer indicating March 28th as the date of the premiere. We wish Steward good luck and plenty of fun with his TV career, but we can’t see him giving the sound of a cheering crowd over big audience figures any time soon. Video: Bubba's World Trailer originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 2 March 2010 17:05 EST.
Continue reading...Isle of Man Austrian style: KTM joins the TT for 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Filed under: Motorsports , Performance , Motorcycle , Racing 2009 KTM RC8 R - Click above for high-res image gallery When the first brave competitors sought glory on the Isle of Man in 1907, winning brands went by names like Matchless, Peugeot and Norton. Over one hundred years later, Austrian manufacturer KTM will take a chance to add its name to that prestigious list.
Continue reading...Most powerful Buell ever: Staying in the race with the new 1190RR
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Filed under: Motorsports , Performance , Motorcycle , Racing It's only been a few months since Harley-Davidson officially announced the demise of Buell, but the gang at Erik Buell Racing weren't comfortable hanging up their leathers just yet. In fact, the newly-released 1190RR may be the first time we get to see the team really show off without any higher-ups to please. Reading the specs, it clear that you won't run into this Buell at a Riders Edge event
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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