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In early 2010, Harley-Davidson applied for a patent on a limited form of liquid cooling for cylinder heads of the type on its Big Twin. We know that a similar system, but using oil rather than water, has been incorporated into the XR1200R. Why limited? Why not just switch over to full liquid cooling? Harley [...]
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From Ducati Press: New York, NY, USA, 15 March 2012 – Introducing an exciting new phase in the partnership, which started in 2011 with the sponsorship of the Ducati Team in MotoGP, Ducati and Diesel now launch the Monster Diesel with a dedicated Capsule Collection. The brand new customized model is an ‘urban military chic’ [...]
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After Investindustrial’s Andrea Bonomi announced to the Financial Times that the private-capital firm intended to sell Ducati for a cool 1 billion euros, the whole financial world began probing for the names of the potential suitors. The motorcycling world did the same, but with a different spirit: Ducati ranks high on the roster of most-loved [...]
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Austrian manufacturer KTM showed its Moto3 roadrace bike and engine, looking the part with smoothly shaped everything. The eye immediately finds a trellis frame, a long-taper megaphone and curious carbon-fiber rim and spoke fairings on its front wheel. Moto3 is Dorna’s replacement for the 125cc class that has been a part of Grand Prix racing [...]
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Moto Morini and all of its assets were purchased this past July for a reported 1.95 million Euros ($2.78 million). All tooling, dies, complete engines, components and a substantial wealth of projects have been acquired by Eagle Motorcycles and its principals, Alessandro Capotosti and Ruggiero Massimo Jannuzzelli. These two gentlemen are totally unknown to the [...]
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On a roll after recording a record profit of $147.1 million in 2010, Polaris Industries (parent of Victory Motorcycles, etc.) continues full-speed ahead with the acquisition of Indian Motorcycle, the U.S.’s oldest purveyor of motorcycles (off and on) since 1901. The latest of more attempts than we can count to resuscitate Indian graced our cover [...]
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Today’s announcement that Brammo has partnered with electronics giant Flextronics won’t likely impact headlines like a new-model reveal. But the long-term effect could be a game-changer for the Ashland, Oregon-based maker of the all-electric Enertia and soon-to-be-released Empulse motorcycles.“When we look back in five years at the events that changed our company, I think this [...]
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Photography by James Wirth Eric Bostrom was all smiles this past weekend at Infineon Raceway. Just off a long flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Los Angeles, California, the 15-time AMA Superbike race-winner drew a large crowd in Winner’s Circle at the unveiling of the Team Cycle World Attack Performance Yoshimura Suzuki AMA Pro [...]
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