Valentino Rossi tested Ducati’s 1000cc GP12 for the first time at Jerez today, and declared it more fun than the team’s 2011 bike.
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If there was one word you could use to describe Trey Canard it would probably be “tenacious.” The guy is a pit bull. It doesn’t matter how many races he’s raced or who he’s up against, the one constant about Trey Canard is that he’s going to give it everything he’s got, and then some. And I say “and then some” meaning it pretty literally, as he has been known to try a bit too hard in the past. We caught up with him after his win, sitting on the podium in Dallas.Â
Motocross.com: We had talked before how late in the race guys would catch you or whatever because you were thinking the wrongs things, and that time that did not happen  … More
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Ever since Red Bull Teka KTM’s Tony Cairoli won the 2010 MX1 World Championship title in the debut year for the new KTM 350 SX-F rumors have circulated that this revolutionary MX machine from the Austrian market leader in sports motorcycles was actually closer to a 400 ccm machine than a standard 350 model.
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More bad news from the business sector this week, as reports are starting to come in that Big Dog Motorcycles has shut its doors after being taken over by the company’s creditors. With the banks halting the production line, this is effectively the end of one of the largest (if not the largest) custom motorcycle builders in the world. Cyril Huze broke the news on his blog on Monday that the company had closed its doors, but Big Dog President Mike Simmons denied that news on Monday  … More
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