By Blake Conner
bIG MOTORCYCLE COMPANIES ARE LYING TO you. How else can you explain the Grand Canyon-like gap between their claimed dry weights and the reality of our own certified Cycle World scales This practice w of fudging the figures to get l hfc. a favorable amount is ridic- coolant, no fork or shock mfl oil and not even a drop of j f i Shark-like teeth on the titanium footpegs will hopefully keep your feet from slipping. Fine finishes abound on the Leggera. One company that shoots straight and hits the...
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when negotiating the winding road course at speed. It's only natural to obsess over what you can't have, and for the sport-minded Harley-Davidson faithful living on the home front, the XR1200 has been a bone of contention. Coy marketing ploy or not, when the sportiest of Sportster models to ever roll off The Motor Company assembly line debuted three years ago, the titillating street-tracker-style machines were crated and shipped overseas as a European market exclusive. Although Harley heeded...
Kevin Cameron
Cycle World's program to see if a private team can be competitive in the AMA Pro American SuperBike class had a great day at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch near Pahrump, Nevada, but ran afoul of several realities in its second test, a two-day outing at Barber Motorsports Park near Birmingham, Alabama. After that first outing, experienced national rider Eric Bostrom says that the bike had precision meaning it was stable, a good platform from which to launch maneuvers and seemed really good....
Peter Egan
WELL, I GOT ABSOLUTELY MURdered on taxes this year. Following a financial planning guide that recommends practicing for retirement several years before you actually retire, I foolishly cut back on the sort of large, ruinous old car and motorcycle restoration projects that have always been the financial black hole of my earthly existence. Unfortunately, the IRS saw all this thrift as a surge in personal wealth and politely asked me to send them enough money to pay for the cleanup of the BP oil...
Bimota Db8
Rimini's superbike gets the latest 1198 Testastretta engine a longer swingarm to help accommodate the passenger, but the concept was put on hold due to the substantial costs associated with creating such an all-new design. Therefore, wheelbase spans the same 56.3 inches as the DB7's. Bimota has fitted the latest version of the Ducati 1198 Testastretta to the DB8. One of the ' big differences between the Bimota is a unique company within the motorcycle industry great image, great technical...