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It was announced today in Modena, Italy that Ferrari will enter its new motorcycle codenamed the FXX-Mono in the 2009 Isle of Man TT Races. The team will field a top rider in the Superstock Race and the Senior TT.
The production bike launched today sports a 1000cc V4 produced at the company’s headquarters, developing 195bhp. A special racing version has been produced which will run under the colours of Bertolli, one of Italy’s largest producers of spaghetti and olive oil.
The machine is revolutionary … Details
The Economic Meltdown Is Affecting Everyone
Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past 6 months, it’s been pretty difficult for a day to go by without hearing yet more gloomy news on the economy. And for many of us, it hasn’t been just watching/reading news or water cooler conversation–it’s been a brutal, harsh reality. Like most big corporations, SR’s parent publishing company has trimmed staff down to skeletal levels, and a few friends outside the magazine have been let go after years of service by their respective companies. For quite a few of us, the New Year was rung in with, “So long 2008, don’t let the door hit you on your way out.”
Nowhere in the motorcycle industry has the economic meltdown been felt more severely than with… Details