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Unless you’re from Springfield, Illinois or have a brother named ‘Bubba’, the idea of a Harley-Davidson race bike is probably as foreign as ‘grits’ for breakfast.

Not any more. Harley-Davidson are planning a one-make race series in the UK next year (postponed from this year) using modified versions of its XR1200.

As a curtain-raiser, a star-studded, ‘World Cup’, one-off race is scheduled to support the Silverstone WSB round next month. What’s more, all of the modifications – of which there are many – will be available to XR customers…  Details

bmw-1000If you’ve been following the unrolling saga of BMW’s new S 1000 RR wünder-bike, you’ve seen it go from rumor to concept to unveiling to the announcement of the new street model. But maybe you were as incredulous as I was when presented with the news that the bike would be priced competitively – within $1,000 – of the Japanese Supersports, which range from the $11,799 Kawasaki ZX-10R to the $12,999 Honda CBR1000RR ($13,999 with ABS).

“No way!” declared the Internet peanut gallery, in between criticizing the bike’s asymmetrical headlamps and lambasting the styling for looking too much like a Japanese design, “it’ll be $20,000 and won’t perform like a Japanese 1000.”

Fellas, I hate to break it to you, but a local dealer is now taking deposits for January delivery, locking in pricing at the MSRP of …  Details

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It is not such a wonder why electric motorcycles should not be the first introduction for consumers to the electric vehicle, EV.  It actually makes sense.

The gist is that there is no denying the electric motorcycle world is taking over the fair share of news media.  In fact, it is jumping forward in leaps and bounds, going well ahead of its four wheel cousin…  Details

Video Motorycle Street – The Etnies crew gear up to ride from SoCal to Sturgis.