Buell hopes national sport bike victory fuels sales
A decades-long struggle for respect paid off for Erik Buell this month when a Buell motorcycle won a national sport bike championship race.
A Buell 1125R bike beat Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki motorcycles to win the coveted American Motorcycle Association’s sport bike championship Sept. 8 in New Jersey.
It was the first pro championship for an American motorcycle manufacturer since 1986 and the first for Buell Motorcycle Co., which is owned by Harley-Davidson Inc.
The victory was especially sweet for Erik Buell, given that …Â Details
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Valentino Rossi said his Misano win was particularly special because it erased the unhappy memories of his crash in last weekend’s Indianapolis Grand Prix.
The world champion wore a special donkey-liveried helmet at Misano to mock himself for his fall while running second to Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo in America, an error Rossi castigated himself for making as he felt he should have settled for a podium finish given his big points lead.
Before the San Marino Grand Prix weekend the Italian had warned that he did not expect to be as quick as Lorenzo and Honda’s Dani Pedrosa around the Misano track so would settle for …Â Details
Valentino Rossi beat his Yamaha teammate and title rival Jorge Lorenzo to the fastest time in opening practice for the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano.
Dani Pedrosa completed the top three, although his Honda slowed to a halt on its way back to the pits at the end of the session.
Indianapolis winner Lorenzo had led the way for most of the afternoon, hitting the front early on and staying there until briefly pipped by Pedrosa with 20 minutes to go…Â Details & Times
Nicky Hayden has signed a one-year extension to his contract with Ducati to continue alongside Casey Stoner in 2010.
Ducati has confirmed that it has taken up an option to retain the American, putting an end to speculation that Dani Pedrosa would move to the Italian manufacturer from Honda.
Hayden, who scored his first …Â Details
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