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2007 Harley XL 1200N Nightster

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Who needs a tach when you have plenty of torque and a gear -- any gear...
The Nightster isn't exactly light at a claimed 545lb dry weight (claimed 565lbs ready-to-run), but the center of gravity is fairly low, and this combines with the wide bars to make aggressive riding easy, even at around-town speeds. Out of all the cruisers I've ridden, the Nightster would be high on my list if my plans involved a lot of city riding - it's almost like a (really low) standard in terms of how it attacks city traffic. Just be careful of those wide bars while splitting lanes!
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mail this link | permapage | -Ray, March 15, 2007
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Motorcycle Paradise: The Chernobyl Dead Zone

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The beautiful Elena, daughter of a nuclear physicist, tells her story and shows her pictures of riding her Ninja through the 'dead zone' of Chernobyl...
Motorcycling is a great hobby of mine. I ride all my life and I owned different [motorcycles] and I ended with big kawasaki ninja. This motorbike has matured 147 horse powers, some serious bark, it is that fast like a bullet and comfortable for a long trips. I travel a lot and my favorite destination lead through so called Chernobyl "dead zone" It is 130kms from my home. Why favourite? because one can ride there for hours and not meet any single car and not to see any single soul. People left and nature is blooming, there are beautiful places, woods, lakes. Roads haven't been built or repaired since 80th but in places where they haven't been ridden by trucks or army technics, they stay in the same condition as 20 years ago. Time do not ruin roads.
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mail this link | permapage | -Ray, March 31, 2004 (Updated: March 29, 2007)

2006 Suzuki GSX-R600 Road Test

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Better traction and a slimmer feel...
While the engine is new, it does retain the same 67 x 42.5 bore and stroke dimensions as before. Interestingly this is identical to Honda's CBR600RR and Yamaha’s latest YZF-R6. Yamaha did have a different bore and stroke previously but have gone with the consensus for their all new 2006 model. Kawasaki's ZX-6RR also utilises those exact dimensions which means that all four Japanese middleweights produce their 599.4cc in exactly the same way. Spooky huh?
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mail this link | permapage | -Ray, March 14, 2007

Joe Rocket Motorcycle Helmet Review

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A comprehensive review of the Joe Rocket RKT 101...
Well, when a company who has built a reputation like Joe Rocket brings a motorcycle helmet to market, you'd expect it's going to be good and we'll tell you straight up that the RKT 101 is a winner. We'll cut them a little slack because it's their first attempt, but the RKT 101 isn't just a good first try, it's an excellent piece of work that should shame other helmet manufacturers who have been in the business, oh, shall we say 20 or 30 times longer?
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mail this link | permapage | -Ray, March 13, 2007

Neander 1400 Diesel Motorcycle

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Double overhead cams, counter-balanced, turbocharged, 94 bhp, 150 MPH, and more torque than my 3-cylinder diesel tractor...
...the incredible diesel device I found waiting for me to ride in the Bavarian countryside south of Munich, masquerading at a swift glance as an American-style cruiser with a big parallel-twin motor that could easily resemble Triumph's forthcoming 1500cc custom, is a bike literally unlike any other, and not only because of its choice of fuel.
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permapage | -Ray, March 16, 2007

2007 KTM Super Duke

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A one liter, V-twin supermoto...
At city speeds around the Willow Springs grounds, the bike is incredibly nimble, thanks to its wide bars and light curb weight of a claimed 405 pounds.

The motor oozes character, as you’d expect from a big twin with a relatively light flywheel. Acceleration from in-town speeds is instant, prodigious and addicting.
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permapage | -Ray, March 13, 2007

Road test: 2004 Kawasaki Z1000

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A big, naked sportbike...
There's so much to enjoy about the Z1000 – like its excellent riding position, mondo motor, reasonable $8500 price tag and the way it makes its rider feel – that we're almost willing to overlook its nits. The Z provides a raw, elemental experience that we love. With its snarling motor and accompanying vibration and the full windblast crashing around your face...
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permapage | -Ray, April 15, 2004

A Motorcycle Lap Around America

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Tracing the American border by motorcycle...
And though I want to leave tomorrow, today, now, and though I've traveled enough in my life to know the process, I'm strangely nervous about this particular trip, one that will take me around the edges of the United States. Although I'll also be crossing over the borders to Canada and Mexico, it is the U.S. borders that, up front, seem the most exciting and the most disturbing, and the thought of a journey here is giving me more butterflies than the pre-trip jitters I've had before overseas travel.
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mail this link | permapage | -Ray, March 5, 2004
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