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January 7, 2012 7:14 AM
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Illinois HB S860 is now in affect which allows motorcyclists to pass through an intersection against a red light if traffic sensors are unable to detect their motorcycle.
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January 7, 2012 6:39 AM
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If you want to do a good paint job on your motorcycle, you can do it the hard (and undoubtedly correct and expensive) way. Get an HPLV sprayer, a compressor, take time to mix up some expensive and beautiful PPG colors and put the paint on in a humidity-controlled spray booth.
Or not…
You can do a perfectly excellent job with a rattle can.
I know, heresy of the highest order. No one can do a good job with a rattle can. Wrong....more
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January 7, 2012 6:11 AM
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Photo.GP is a collection of Scott Jones racing images. The highlighted gallery features Valentino Rossi and his team during the 2011 season, but this is just one of many, many great collections and photos on the Photo.GP site.....
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January 7, 2012 4:14 AM
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News that World superbike (and British superbike) tyre supplier Pirelli was to axe 16.5-inch tyres in favour of 17-inchers for WSB from 2013 slipped out almost unnoticed.
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January 6, 2012 7:11 PM
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New Delhi:
The wait is finally over. The Ducati Monster 795 can be yours for Rs 6.99 lakh, ex-showroom. The Monster 795 was officially launched at the 2012 Auto Expo by Mirko Bordiga, Ducati Asia Pacific CEO and Ashish Chordia Ducati India CEO.
This Ducati which has been specifically developed for the Asian markets now becomes the most affordable Ducati in the Indian market.
It has an 803cc L-twin, air cooled engine which produces 87PS of power and 78Nm of torque at 6250rpm. It has a six speed gear box. To bring the cost down, the 795 has a double-sided swing arm instead of the single on the 796.
It will also have 3-spoke alloy wheels and not the five-spoke ones on the 796.
Considering that the 795 will be made at Ducati's Thailand facility it was initially thought that the price of the bike would be around Rs 5-6 lakh but today’s announcement has meant that many will now have to rework their budgets.
With the Triumph Street Triple now available at Rs 5.75 lakh, the Kawasaki Ninja 650R at Rs 4.57 lakh and the Hyosung GT650N at Rs 4.6 lakh (all prices ex-showroom) Ducati will have to bank on their premiumness to draw in the customer.
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January 6, 2012 11:04 AM
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For 2012, the FIM’s New Year’s resolution must be “out with the old, in with the new”, as Moto3 replaces the 125cc class as the proving ground for young Grand Prix stars...
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January 6, 2012 8:02 AM
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This months Backmarker takes a closer look at one of the greats in print motorcycle journalism Cycle Magazine and its editor Cook Neilson.
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January 6, 2012 7:58 AM
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Named "Too late Baby", the new Breitling commercial brings together one of the finest specimens of P-51 Mustang (specially prepared for Breitling) and the spectacular landscape of Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. Added to that is an attractive casting and a very Breitling touch of humor......
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January 6, 2012 5:32 AM
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2012-ducati-monster-1100-evo-review.jpg 2012 Ducati Monster 1100EVO Test Nobody is going to buy the 2012 Ducati Monster 1100 EVO as a commuter bike, unless, perhaps, one lives at the top of Pikes Peak.
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January 6, 2012 5:30 AM
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Auctions America by RM will hold its Premier Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction Jan. 12-14, 2012, at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, and you could get into the three-day event for free if you’re the winner in our Auctions America Las Vegas drawing! We have two pairs of tickets to give away, courtesy of Auctions America by RM, and all you have to do is get your name in for our drawing, to be held Monday, January 9.
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January 6, 2012 5:23 AM
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There are a lot of reasons to wear a full-face helmet. Winged creatures, road debris, and errant rocks from poorly-covered dump trucks are just a few.
The sound of a locust or stone cracking against the visor or chin bar? Just think about what this would have done to your face.
And ladies, its not like we can grow strategically placed sideburns or goatee to camouflage the damage. If we get smacked in the face, all we have to hold onto are some crossed fingers that doesn't scar.
But a small scar is nothing to a broken jaw, missing teeth, or the almighty road rash. Picking multitudes of pebbles out of your cheek? Just one is bad enough. There ain't nothing sexy about road rash.
And it turns out, road rash from a highside-inspired face plant, as well as a future of bank account-crushing dental bills, is the most likely end to a motorcycle crash.
Want proof? Here's the visual, provided by Dietmar Otte, of Hannover University's Accident Research Unit, via the guys at Hell for Leather:...more
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January 6, 2012 5:19 AM
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The inside view of the making of a series of Ducati commercial's on the street, track and in the studio
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January 5, 2012 3:03 PM
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No surgery needed, but Sepang test still a question mark.
BROOKLYN, NY, JAN 5 - Ducati Marlboro's Nicky Hayden was encouraged that he won't need surgery on his broken scapula, but he admits that being ready for the first MotoGP test of the 1000cc era in Sepang will be difficult.
Hayden broke his left scapula, fractured three ribs and suffered a hairline fracture in his wrist when he crashed into a rider trying to move out of his way at an indoor flat track facility in Greenville, Kentucky on Tuesday, Dec. 27. A little over a week after the accident Hayden visited Dr. Arthur Ting at his clinic in Fremont, California, where he got the good news/bad news....more
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January 5, 2012 11:18 AM
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- George Barber, who built the Barber Motorsports Park and Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum with tens of millions of dollars of his own money, expects to complete plans for a 100,000 square-foot museum expansion this year and break ground in 2012....more
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January 5, 2012 10:52 AM
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MotoGP News.“Carmelo told me, 'on the subject of tyres, you decide, feel free to get angry', so I've used this power immediately” - Loris Capirossi.
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January 5, 2012 8:31 AM
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Ducati had launched the Monster 795 in Thailand and Malaysia a few weeks back, touting it as the first made-for-Asia version in its popular Monster line-up. Since India is currently a lucrative market for such high performance machines, Ducati has decided to replace the Monster 796 in India with the new 795....more
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January 5, 2012 7:31 AM
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January 2012. A new year and a new start for all, although the MotoGP World Championship isn't moving forward just yet. A testing ban is still in place and 2011 is still more recent than the coming season is close.
We can, however, learn from the past and use it to make predictions for the future. Thus, following in the footsteps of Eurosport F1 expert Will Gray, the next few weeks before the Sepang test will be dedicated to putting the class of 2011 under the microscope. We start at the back and move our way forward, like a rider on slicks taking on a wet-but-drying track...more
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January 5, 2012 7:02 AM
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Motorcycle gloves that work with touch screens on mobile devices Motorcycle USA checks out the Justice Touchscreen Leather Glove in this motorcycle glove review.
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January 5, 2012 6:19 AM
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The lucky owner of my SBK Concorso winning 1098 lives in Hawaii and gets to keep adding to the 16,000 miles I put on her... More... (lots of pics on the link)
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January 5, 2012 6:18 AM
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Despite the loss of the factory Yamaha team, the World Superbike series is still in relatively good health, considering the financial crisis. Though the days of 30+ rider grids are gone, grid size has stabilized at around the 22 rider mark, 1 up from last year, while there are still 6 manufacturers present, Aprilia, BMW, Ducati and Kawasaki in an official capacity, Honda unofficially via Ten Kate, and Suzuki absent, with Crescent working with Yoshimura on their own bikes.
The field has seen some changes, though most of the title favorites are staying with the teams they were with in 2011. Carlos Checa remains with Althea Ducati, though the effort expands to include 2011 Superstock champ Davide Giugliano, while Max Biaggi is in the second year of his 2-year contract with Aprilia, and Johnny Rea is staying with the Ten Kate Honda squad....more
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January 4, 2012 5:28 PM
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Duc Pond Motosports is hosting it’s yearly series of Ducati technical seminars, led by renowned Ducati Master Technician, Donnie Unger.
Each seminar is designed to give insight into how your Ducati operates, and what goes into various performance modifications. New this year is a women’s only introduction to motorcycles course that is a general overview of the various systems on the bikes, such as fluids, brakes, and other routine items, and will be offered free.
The dates are as follows:
JAN 7: WOMEN’S CLASS - FREE
JAN 21: SUSPENSION THEORY AND SET UP - $150 and includes lunch
FEB 4: DESMO CYLINDER HEADS - $150 and includes lunch
FEB 18: ENGINE BUILDING - $150 and includes lunch
To reserve your place either email us at ducpondmoto@verizon.net or call the shop at 540-667-3498 Each class runs from 10am-3:30pm. Spaces are limited, first come first serve and do require an RSVP
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January 4, 2012 4:06 PM
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There has been no greater on-track fantasy in MotoGP over the last decade than the ultimate Italian motorcycle racer, Valentino Rossi, slicing through the tracks and rivals of the world on the ultimate Italian motorcycle, Ducati.
That dream became a reality in 2011 when Rossi joined Ducati Corse, and the result was ... a nightmare....more
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January 4, 2012 3:47 PM
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I'm going to be appearing at the San Francisco Dainese store again in February and I anticipate still more questions about photography in addition to those about what it's like to work in the MotoGP paddock, so I thought I'd post something photography-related here for those of you who enjoy taking pictures at the races.
The above image of Marco Simoncelli at Indy is one of my personal favorites from 2011, and I thought it would be useful when talking about what a photographer can do in the darkroom, whether that's one that smells of chemicals or the digital version. While some photographers still lament the loss of film as a medium for various and often quite legitimate reasons, I am grateful for the opportunities to start with one image and end up with another via digital tools more powerful than those in the wet darkroom. This image is a good example of how digital tools turned one image into something much different, and ultimately a photograph that I place among my best of the season.
So here's a rare opportunity to see some of my unedited photographs, straight out of the camera. The series shown below begins as Simoncelli has come into the pits at Indy and dismounted. As he walks back into the box, his chief mechanic, Aligi Deganello, gives him a supportive fist, which at first I thought was my photograph. As I saw that gesture through the lens I got a little jolt of excitement that I'd just caught a nice moment....more
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January 4, 2012 10:03 AM
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Ducati's number-names get even more confusing...
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