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The motorcycle powers that be have amended the rules for MotoGP’s upcoming 2009 racing season, resulting in shorter practice sessions and engine limitations….  More info

Unfortunately, it was the Christmas holiday, so I couldn’t find a single truckish thing to do with the all-new 2009 Suzuki Equator. I always try to, when testing pickup trucks.

Even though many trucks spend their lives roaming the suburbs with nary a load of dirt to haul in sight, the true measure of a pickup’s “truckness” is to let it do some work. That’s definitely the case with the new Equator.

Designed and marketed toward Suzuki’s adventuresome motorcycle and personal watercraft-riding customers as a perfect gear-hauler and all-around tough truck…  More info

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The 2009 Superbike World Championship promises to be more exciting than ever, with BMW Motorrad Motorsport making its debut in the ultra-competitive series and taking on no less than six other manufacturers, four Japanese and two European. Although this is BMW’s first attempt in World Superbikes, their racing heritage goes back 86 years, starting with their R 32 motorcycle in 1923. Since then BMWs have raced successfully on the Isle of Man and at other world-famous racetracks and have enjoyed many successes. The last success of the official BMW factory team was Walter Zeller’s runner-up place in the 1956 World Championship. BMW officially returned to roadracing in 2007 with the HP2 Sports Boxer taking part in the Endurance Championship 24 hour classics in 2007 and 2008…  More Info…


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What do you do if you’re arguably the most-accomplished auto racer ever, a billionaire and perhaps one of the most recognizable athletes the world has ever known? If you’re also a motorcycle enthusiast, the answer is simple; you go Superbike racing, and you give it your all.

Seven-time F1 champion Michael Schumacher got some notoriety last year when he posted some fast practice times on a Honda CBR1000RR in Hungary…  More Info…