21/08/2012 | By:

For 2013 Harley’s Dyna Street Bob gets updated styling treatments that further promote the production-level bobber’s no-nonsense image. In addition to the restyling, the Street Bob joins the 1200 Custom as one of two bikes available for Harley’s web-based customization program known as H-D1.

“Our focus for the Street Bob is always on street appeal,” Harley-Davidson’s Styling Manager Tony Pink said in a release. “This bike is for the owner who would order a muscle car with the biggest motor and no radio. As part of this restyle, we cleaned off the rear fender, ditched the battery box trim, and bolted on a classic round air cleaner cover. The goal is to create the elemental Big Twin that a customer can define as his own. Then we selected an array of options for H-D1 that allow the owner to take the Street Bob in many different stylistic directions.”

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21/08/2012 | By:

In 2013 Harley-Davidson will celebrate an amazing 110-year run as a motorcycle manufacturer. In honor of this, Harley has announced that seven of its standard models will receive special 110th anniversary badging, and have a limited production run. In addition to these seven, three of the four 2013 CVO models we recently reviewed are available with optional 110th Anniversary badging and color schemes.

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16/08/2012 | By:

The somewhat drawn-out drama surrounding the mis-nomination of Derek “Nobby” Clark to the 2012 class of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame has finally come to an end with the AMA announcing today that in a supplemental vote Clark was elected to the Hall of Fame.

The supplemental vote for Mr. Clark was implemented by the AMHF, which overseas the Hall of Fame, in response to procedural errors that invalidated Mr. Clark’s inclusion on the original ballot. The supplemental vote did not affect the other 2012 Hall of Fame inductees.

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14/08/2012 | By:

Early this year, thousands of drag racers chased the dream and entered Kawasaki’s nationally-promoted “Zero to Hero Challenge,” hoping for the opportunity to face-off against multi-time champion Rickey Gadson and take home a new Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14R. Beginning this week, Speed and Fuel TV will broadcast the Zero to Hero Challenge across several time slots.

Both cable networks will treat viewers to an inside look at the process all contestants went through on their way to challenging Gadson on the Las Vegas Motor Speedway drag strip in May.  The Speed episodes begin this week, playing on-the-hour, from 8:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. Fuel TV time slots are scheduled to get underway beginning August 20.

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14/08/2012 | By:

Image credit: H and H Auctions

The personal motorcycle of George Brough, founder of the famous Brough Superior motorcycle company, is headed to the auction block on October 4, 2012.

H and H Auctions is anticipating the 1922 Brough Superior will bring between (£) 250,000 – 270,000, which at today’s exchange rate is approximately $392,500 to $424,000.

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13/08/2012 | By:

Star of Magic Mike, 21 Jump Street (2012), and beefcake du jour, Channing Tatum is set to star in and co-produce a feature film about the greatest daredevil of all time, Evel Knievel.

According to a July 10 report on HollywoodReporter.com the film is based on the biography Life of Evel: Evel Knievel by Stuart Barker.

No word yet on when the project will enter production, and currently nothing about the film is listed on IMDb.com.

Source: HollywoodReporter.com

07/08/2012 | By:

Friend of, and sometimes-contributor to, Motorcycle.com, Mark Gardiner, has announced a second printing of his popular recount of his time racing the Isle of Man TT, Riding Man.

Gardiner also gives us an update on the progress of Riding Man becoming a feature film, saying that it is an “excruciatingly slow” process.

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07/08/2012 | By:

The ever-controversial topic of ethanol-blend gasolines, in this instance E15, has again surfaced, this time in the motorcycle community. The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) issued a release today stating that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will require “all consumers to buy at least four gallons of gasoline from certain gas pumps after the new E15 (up to 15 percent ethanol by volume) ethanol-gasoline blend is introduced into the market.”

Ethanol is essentially grain alcohol produced from crops such as corn that is mixed with gasoline to produce an ethanol-gasoline blend motor fuel.

The AMA’s government relations arm has been keeping tabs on the subject of ethanol-blend fuels, and explains that the EPA recently revealed the mandate in response to a letter from the AMA.

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26/07/2012 | By:

If you’re headed to MotoGP at Laguna Seca this year, and in need of a new helmet, make sure to stop by Bell Helmets exhibit for your chance to win a new Star Carbon model helmet adorned with special graphics commemorating this year’s GP at Laguna.

From  July 27-29 at Mazda Raceway (Laguna Seca) in Monterey, Calif.,Fans can test their virtual mettle in Bell’s road racing video game competition, with each day’s top rider winning a limited edition Bell Star Carbon Red Bull US Grand Prix helmet. All participants will get a free commemorative podium photo with the Bell Victory Lane Girls. So even if you don’t win a helmet, you’re still coming away with a treat!

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12/07/2012 | By:

Monster Energy has released a YouTube video featuring Valentino Rossi and some of the one-off Aldo Drudi-designed helmet graphics Rossi wears each year for the Mugello round of MotoGP – something he’s done since 2002.

In the video Rossi discusses three of the helmets, explaining some of the meaning behind the designs and why they are special to him. The video released today, Part 1, is a lead-in to this weekend’s Mugello GP, and promises upcoming videos that will cover the design process starting from Drudi’s studio, eventually leading to the unveiling on Saturday of the helmet design Rossi will wear for 2012.

Vale hasn’t had the most spectacular past couple of seasons, but watching the video you’re reminded of why he’s so well liked: Regardless of his season, his public persona is one of an ever-affable, fun-loving Italian that also happens to be one of the greatest GP racers of all time.

Video following the jump.

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