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200-MPH Secret Is Out!
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See the exclusive first pictures of the 200mph bike Triumph is building to rival the Hayabusa and the ZX-12R.
Triumph has continually denied the existence of a new 1300cc, four-cylinder superbike. But these pictures – snapped in the UK last week – show the bike is well into the development process.
Codenamed A13HC, it will be called either the Daytona 1300 or Hurricane 1300 when it is officially launched. It’s not in Triumph’s plans for Spring 2004 – but it could appear later in the year.
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| September 2003 -- MotorcycleNews.com | Read the whole story...
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You Only Hit That Car If You Don't Quite Stop In Time
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It takes most people about 4.5 seconds to read this sentence.
4.5 seconds is not a lot of time - but it could be the rest of your life. 4.5 seconds is also (not really a coincidence) about how long it SHOULD take you to stop your motorcycle after applying your brakes at 60 MPH!
Stopping a motorcycle as fast as possible requires that you master only a few fundamentals...
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| Ongoing -- Master Strategy Group, James Davis | Learn more...
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Motorcycle Riders Flocking To AL - Trail of Tears Appreciation
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The rumble of motorcycles has already begun to echo though the streets of Colbert and Lauderdale counties.
It's a familiar sound heard once a year as thousands arrive in northwest Alabama in time for the annual Trail of Tears commemoration. The newest events in the observance include activities at Spring Park in Tuscumbia that highlight the culture of American Indians who once lived in the area.
"Hotel rooms in the Shoals have been sold out for several months," said Alison Stanfield, assistant director of the Florence/Lauderdale Tourism office and a member of the Alabama/Tennessee Trail of Tears board of directors. "We've seen lots of motorcycles; the parking lots are already starting to fill up."
Eric Hankinson rode from Tuscaloosa to participate in the weekend of activity.
It's a trek he and his friends make each year...
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| Recent -- Times-Daily.com, AL, James Bryant | Read the whole story...
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Rain Cancels Final Race - Carmichael and Grant Crowned
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The final round of the AMA Chevy Trucks U.S. Motocross Championship, scheduled to be held at Kenworthy’s Motocross Park in Troy, Ohio on September 6-7, was cancelled due to heavy rains and flooding in the area. The event is not being rescheduled.
Championship standings will be determined by points earned through round 11 at Steel City Raceway in Delmont, Pennsylvania. Team Honda’s Ricky Carmichael has been crowned the 250-class champion and Red Bull/KTM’s Grant Langston is the 125 champion...
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| September 2, 2003 -- AMA Press | Read the whole story
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See Honda's Electric Steering Damper In Action
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Honda’s new 2004 Fireblade is awash with the latest technology but the most unexpected development is the inclusion of an electronic steering damper. Save the file to your desktop and then double click it when it’s fully downloaded to play the animation and see how it works...
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| September 2003 -- MotorcycleNews.com | See the video...
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Discarded Cigarette Causes UK Museum Fire
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MWest Midlands Fire service investigators have already told the press that `a carelessly discarded cigarette' seems the most likely cause of the fire which destroyed a large part of the motorcycle collection, at the National Motorcycle Museum. Read about the devastation...
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| September 18,2003 -- InsideBikes.com | Learn more...
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