This sweet 4-wheeled thing.
Crashing would be a bitch. Try not to do that.
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K models and WRs... with their racing heritage, they come loaded with tradition and emotional context.
Here are two fine takes on these platforms - from Japan. A cafe K and a WR bobber.
Tough street machines, not shiny trailer queens.
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Previously set to be distributed by Qlink... now Bennche (pronounced "Ben-chee" I think), the swoopy little Megellis are rolling out here and now in the U.S. at $3200 USD for the supermoto "M" model.
18 month unlimited mile warranty on the horribly expensive bits (crankshaft, piston, heads, cams). That sounds good - focusing on creating a reliable dealer network and a service-oriented approach is the right way to go.
Now for something completely stupid:
an INSANE, suicidal test ride in Bali.
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A really cool history of the Moto Guzzi V8 Grand Prix bike of 1955.
But not, as the coverage suggests, the only "futuristic" V8 bike in history.
In fact you have to go back another 50 years to 1907 and Glenn Curtiss' horribly dangerous looking land speed record bike to find the first V8 motorcycle.
Touratech G450X Supermoto
Pieces to transform a BMW G450X.
Up close to a stock G450X, taking in it's lean, lithe form and intense detail of engineering - that's when I realized what this machine was about. Seeing it in the window of a dealership near Wall Street one night last Fall, I was transfixed. I imagined what it would be like as a Supermoto.
Imagination no longer necessary.
(The 2010 enduro is 49 state legal, on and off road... just add rims and tires and a big disk, baby.)
breaking from my normal bike-centric neanderthal routine, I'm having a temporary fascination with Road Whales.
Little Euro road whales, cool and fun looking and extremely fuel efficient.
I like these things. But they are "truck bait" in America with all the bloated over-sized hardware rolling the interstates.
None of these are available in the U.S.
stupid
Wheelhome' Skamper (Fiat Fiorino)
Romahome
Joey (Renault Kangoo mini-camper)
li'l campers
The results for the recent Mid America motorcycle auction in Las Vegas are interesting.
Some people couldn't bear to part with their precious at any price.
But someone snagged a late 70s XR750 for a cool $17K, and there was plenty of under-$8K semi-old iron that moved, so not all the reserve prices were up in the stratosphere.
Seeing what DIDN'T meet reserve, that gorgeous Harley Peashooter that sold for $25.5K seems like a steal.
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