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Motorcycle News
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News: NEW!
Ducati Sweeps Motociclismo Magazine 2008 Bike of the
Year Awards |
U.S. motorcycle sales, 1992 - 2007; revised chart
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First quarter 2008 motorcycle sales are down |
Study Finds Fatality Rates Increase with Repeal of
Helmet Laws |
Moto Guzzi MG03999ie 6-cylinder announced! |
Ducati Monster 696+ Announced |
Twist the
Throttle Online Motorcycle TV Show |
Ducati wins 2008 Motorcycle of the Year Award in Europe
in two categories |
New York City refuses Federal law on HOV lanes for
motorcycles |
Honda DN-01 now in production |
Honda to end motorcycle production in the U.S.A.?
| Big Adventure Touring bikes are, well,
big and the dual-sport category is one of the fastest
growing world-wide; Yamaha will make a 1200cc Super
Tenere; KTM a 1200cc Adventure; Triumph a 1200cc Tiger
Adventurer and Aprilia a 1200cc version also |
BMW announces pricing for the HP2 Sport |
Ducati 1098 R with optional full race traction control
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KTM announces 2008 KTM Adventure Tours U.S.A.
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Photos of new bikes from the Tokyo motorcycle show (NY
Times slide show) |
webBikeWorld 2007Motorycle Product of the Year awards!
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2008 Motogiro America announced! |
2008 Motogiro d'Italia
More Motorcycle News:
2007
Toronto Motorcycle Show - bikes not sold in the U.S.A.!
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Triumph Rocket III Turbo! |
Interesting new GPS personal tracking device |
Moto Guzzi Stelvio! | KTM RC8 |
2008 BMW Model Overview |
BMW F 800 GS! |
Suzuki B-King First Impressions! |
Ducati Monster 696! |
2008 KTM
Stunt 690 concept and more 2008 KTM's! |
Motorcycle sales report
for 3Q 2007 |
Triumph named Marque of the Year at Vintage Motorcycle
Days 2008 |
2008
Honda motorcycles and concepts |
BMW HP2 Sport information, photos and specifications
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Photos of the 2008 Hypermotard in Black! and
2008 Monster S4RS Tricolore photos! |
Ducati Desmosedici RR MotoGP replica now on sale!
| Rumored new Honda VFR1000 in the works to replace the
VFR800; should be completely revised with true VTEC
variable valves and a cool-looking new front end and
headlight |
R1200GS now the most successful BMW motorcycle ever,
passing the 100,000 milestone
wBW News Archive:
Now on the
wBW
News Archive page; all the older
webBikeWorld motorcycle news stories and links
In the
wBW
Blog:
Lots of interesting motorcycle news tidbits and
factoids, including quarterly motorcycle sales figures
when available More...
Motorcycle Racing News: On the
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Motorcycle Racing page
More Motorcycle News: Ducati 3D Extreme video game for mobile phones
| Interesting and completely new engine design, the
Peraves Superball Motors design is a spherical
supercharged ball that is being tested in motorcycles
and scooters | Kawasaki announced a revised
(finally) 2008 version of the popular KLR650 with
reduced suspension travel for better street capability
plus improved front brakes and mild engine upgrades;
colors will be red, blue and green and initial photos of
the bike indicate that it will be a good looker |
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Triumph Rocket III Turbo! |
Suzuki B-King: First Impressions! |
Beutler Future BMW Concept! |
Owner Review: Moto Guzzi Griso |
Kawasaki Versys |
Honda CTX200 Bushlander |
Hawaii Motorcycle Rental Adventure |
MSF Experienced RiderCourse |
How Motorcycle Helmet Visors Are Made
Texas Joe's
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Bikes and Custovations:
Compressed Air Basics |
How to Re-build Spoked Wheels | 750
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Bevelhead Tips |
Joe's 750GT and
Matching GT1000! |
1968 Royal Enfield
Diesel Motorcycles:
More on the
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Diesel Motorcycles
page
Motorcycle Events Worldwide:
Listings of motorcycle rallies and events can be found on the
Moto
Directory |
Motorcycle
Events has a calendar listing worldwide events also; you
can also subscribe to their Motorcycle
Events magazine, which lists hundreds of
motorcycle rallies, meetings and events worldwide
Motorcycle Technology -
Emissions: The EPA has proposed to
adopt California emissions standards Nationwide by 2006; new road motorcycles sold nationwide will be
required to meet strict emissions standards set by the state of
California beginning in 2006 under rules being proposed by the federal
Environmental Protection Agency, the AMA reports; this was not proposed
in their Sep
2001 decision
| Read "Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Control of Emissions
from Non-road Large Spark-Ignition Engines, Recreational Engines (Marine
and Land-Based), and Highway Motorcycles (signed November 20,
2000)"
on the EPA
site
The
Motorcycle Design Association:
Here's
their new website; corporate
members include Buell and Kawasaki and also include The Art Center
College of Design in Pasadena, California
Web-based
GPS Address Finder: Check this out --
locates GPS coordinates
and displays a map for any address in the USA
Proof
That Cell Phones Distract Drivers:
Read
this
interesting article about a Carnegie Mellon study that claims to
prove humans cannot converse on cell phones without becoming distracted
from driving |
Drivers on cell phones cause many accidents, according to this
article |
Drive Now,
Talk Later has links to studies on the dangers of cell phone use
while driving | A study (.pdf file) entitled
Fatal Distraction? A Comparison of the Cell-Phone Driver and the Drunk
Driver by David L. Strayer, Frank A. Drews, & Dennis J. Crouch at
the Department of Psychology, University of Utah | Cell
phones are the "Number
1 Driver Distraction", according to this article
Online Motorcycle
Magazines: The wBW
review
of worldwide motorcycle print magazines |
Our favorite
online motorcycle magazines |
BMW Motorrad -
South Africa - Usually has interesting news about BMW motorcycles |
CityBike
- Northern California's online monthly motorcycle magazine |
Cycle
News - Website of the weekly tabloid
with a heavy focus on dirt bikes |
Cycle World
- Website of the monthly U.S. based magazine |
Motorcycle
News - A nice British-based site with lots of motorcycle news and new
product information; they usually have motorcycle news on new bikes before
anyone else | Also check out the similar site at
Motorcycle
News Australia |
Motorcycle
Daily - daily motorcycle news |
Motorcycle
Report is another daily news source |
Moto-Euro
has interesting and in-depth articles on all sorts of motorcycle history,
vintage bikes and more |
Motorcycle
Online |
Motorcycle.Com
News | U.S.
Motorcycle Industry News |
MotorcycleWorld.com
| Motorworld
Online |
Motorcycle
Sport & Leisure - U.K. online
magazine |
Motorcycle USA has news and videos, owned by
Motorcycle Superstore | Road
Racing World - they have a print magazine and this is their website; you
can order online from their huge library of bike videos |
2WF.com
offers product tests and more
Motorcycle Radio:
Ride! features Canadian and international industry
movers and shakers, professional racers, adventurers,
advocates, custom builders, and a host of others
passionate about two wheels |
INBRadio
has various Internet radio programs for motorcyclists |
Moto Radio claims
to be "World's First Full Time Motorcycle Radio Station"
Print Motorcycle Magazines: See the
wBW
article
describing and rating a wide variety of motorcycle
magazines from around the world
Motorcycle Land Speed Record Racing:
Here's
a website with everything you wanted to know about land speed records and
more.
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