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2008 Motorcycles

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2008 Motorcycle Reviews

	2008 Honda VTX1800F - Short Shift Performance Cruiser Or Another Cruiser Performance? more

	2008 KTM 250 XC-W (e) - An Electric-Start Two-Stroke? What A Kick! Lose the kicker, you'll love the button. more

	Honda CB1000R - First Ride A Sexy, Hi-Po Naked Bike Designed In Italy, Engineered In Japan-And N/A In The USA more

	2008 Ducati Monster 696 - Bologna's "Beginner Bike" Grows Up The beast from Borgo Panigale isn't that scary after all. more

	2008 Kawasaki Concours 14 - First Ride This Is Why It's Called Sport-Touring. more

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	2008 AMA Superbike Championship Presented By Parts Unlimited: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca; Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix On July 18-20, the AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited will contest the first of two rounds to be held this season at the famed Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca circuit in Monterey,... more
	2008 Kawasaki ZX-10R - Up To Speed After blowing a crater in its 2008 R&D budget with the Concours 14, Kawasaki had enough left to reinvent the ZX-10R. There's als... more
	2008 Buell 1125R - Technical Specifications Read about the 2008 Buell 1125R technical specifications.... more
	Jamie James Yamaha Champions Riding School Dates Set For 2008 Yamaha Motor Corporation U.S.... more
	5th Annual LA Ducati Day Caters To Ducatisti On October 12th, 2008 Will take place in the Santa Cruz Mountain town of La Honda, California.... more
	131,250 Fans Watched Rossi Kiss The Corkscrew At The 2008 Red Bull U. S. Grand Prix Tom Cruise along with 131,250 fans watched Valentino Rossi score his first victory on American soil at the 2008 Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix.... more
	All The World's A Stage For Red Bull AMA U.S. Rookies Cup At Laguna Seca Some of the most exciting contests of the 2008 AMA season.... more
	Custom Suzukis By Gregg's Customs/Sport Chrome And Rolling On Pirellis To Be Unveiled By Suzuki At Laguna Seca Moto GP 2008 Suzukis: GSX-R1000, Hayabusa, and B-King, each bike rolling out on a set of Pirelli Diablo tires, the exclusive rubber of Gregg's Customs.... more
	Yamaha Stars Roll Back The Years At Spa The 2008 Bikers' Classics, an event attended and enjoyed by 40,000 people over three days.... more

	INTERMOT HOTTIES The most beautiful young women this side of a Paris catwalk... more
	BMW F 800 GS delayed due to sibling popularity Woodcliff Lake, NJ - January 24, 2008... Motorcycle enthusiasts eagerly awaiting the arrival of BMW's new F 800 GS will need to be a bit more patient, as production of the middleweight dual-purpose... more

	FMF Winter Indoor Series this weekend - Asheville, NC 17th Annual FMF INDOOR MOTOCROSS Winter Series opens this week in North Carolina November 26, 2008 Riders throughout the southeast will continue a tradition this weekend (Nov 28-29) as they pack... more
	Luck of the Irish, November, 2008, by Mike Seate John:count me in on that Mike Seate article "Luck of the Irish" Just when things were looking so vanilla across Motorcyclist and Cycle, Seate steps up again, with his style and demeanor; and conveys... more
	Setting a Land Speed Record on a modified 500 - faster than a Hayabusa Alan Spears is an old racer that just canâ€™t seem to give up the habit. Heâ€™s come out of retirement, at the age of 58, to set a land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats. And he says he... more
	Final MotoGP preseason test ends with Lorenzo on high The second and final evening of MotoGPâ€™s first ever night test at Losail International circuit ended with Fiat Yamahaâ€™s Jorge Lorenzo at the head of the timesheet, courtesy of a time of... more
	2008 MOTY I got my '08 KLR 650 in June of '07. It now has just shy of 15,000 trouble free miles on it. It gets consistantly 60+ mpg. 100+ top speed. It will rip paved corners and go all the way to and past the... more
	2006 Honda Interceptor Hard Luggage Hi,I have a 2008 VFR with the original hard cases. They have Honda stickers but I think they are really manufactured by Givi. Once I connected the hard cases and one of them fell off while I was... more
	AMA Superbike Big Kahuna Nationals Suzuki THIS WEEKEND I have 2 tix to the Big Kahuna Nationals this weekend Aug 15-17. Anyone need some great tickets??? Total Package includes: 2 Pagoda Hospitality Tickets for all 3 days 2 Pit Walk passes Pagoda Grill... more
	2008 ninja 250 I rode one at Daytona on the demo ride. Not long of a ride(maybe 3-5 miles)but the little bugger was great fun. It handles extremely well, good acceleration, kinda feels like a civilized GP250, small... more
	Experienced Riders Likely to Crash When Switching Bikes MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio â€“ January 28, 2008 â€“ Whoever coined the phrase, â€œitâ€™s just like riding a bike,â€ probably never switched motorcycles. Thatâ€™s because even experienced riders can be... more
	VTX Gearbox HiJust purchased a 2008 Honda VTX1300S. The gear box has a distinctive 'clunck' between 1st and 2nd gears. Is this normal with these bikes. I thought Honda's were quite smooth in this... more