The Ducati 1098/1198 is one of Ducatis most successful machines and I am a huge fan of this beautiful machine, now this is an interesting machine from Red Fenix. You will have a pretty much race ready machine with amazing paint job a lot of the works, but a tad bit over priced when your better off get the 1098R or the upcoming 1198R which is pretty much race ready and almost unbeatable on the road. If you are looking for that one off machine then the Scuderia 1198S is the way to go, and of course you have €100,000 to spare.
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From the guys who created the Wraith, the new Confederate P120 Fighter looks like it was chiseled out of one block of metal. 160 bhp and 145 lbs-ft of torque this bike will go pretty quick.
It has some similarities to the Wraith but its one unique machine with a 1966cc engine. No price yet but I’m assuming you would have to give up an organ for this machine.
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This has been bouncing around online since a couple of days ago now, and every time I see I say to myself that I want one. I don’t know how is going to be possible but I’m going to get myself inside that suit. I think I would have to lose at least 25 Kgs to get into that suit and tone up, but one way or another I want to put it on and then put on the Batman helmet and get on my bike. Now all I need are the 50. caliber machine guns attached to the bike and I am good to go.
Link: UniversalDesigns
These are becoming one of those traditional meet ups at Monterey during MotoGP weekend. Everyone heading to Mazada Raceway Laguna Seca converge at Monterey for the weekend and the town embraces them. They shutdown the main street of downtown Monterey, Cannery Row, for one of the most diverse meet ups around. Now its riding season in the states when its gotten ridiculously hot over here. I even know how much fun the roads are to ride over there, amazing coastal road and a few in the mountains. Check out a lot more pictures at the link.
Link: Autoblog
I find the European custom motorcycle builders to be the most interesting since they are free to work with any type of machine they have in mind, not just sticking to choppers. Ludovic Lazareth is one of those builders, he builds one off bikes, trikes, and cars, and this time around its a Yamaha FZ1.
Its one mean looking bike with that supercharger belt on the side, and it looke to be a comfortable ride. I don’t even know how something like this would handle and how fast it would be, but you can own one for the low price of €40,000 ($56,000).
Link: Lazareth
I couldn’t believe these beauties in front of my eyes, Ducati have perfected an Art form. I got a text from Salem @ Tristar telling me that the Streetfighter and the Streetfighter S were both on the show room floor. I took off as soon as I landed from Singapore. The pearl white from Ducati is beautiful from every angle, they even had one pearl white 1198 just behind the two of these beauties. Then there was the red Streetfighter S which I couldn’t keep my hands off of, I really wanted to throw my leg over the machine and take off. I want to congratulate the owners of the machine whoever they are going to be.
Ducati have really struck a cord with these beauties and I really think they will expand to other beautiful machines. I didn’t know how they could improve on the 1098, then they came out with the 1198. I can’t wait to try the Streetfighter, it looks so enticing, and inviting to ride, I bet the experience would be exhilarating. The Streetfighter is selling 5250 KD and the Streetfighter S is going for 6250 KD, and I think these prices are comparable to the UK. The beauty of the lines, the curves, the shades of this machine have been crafted by an artist, it calls to any rider next to it.
The new Aprilia RSV 1000 is one amazing piece of machinary and I have read a good amount about it. It has been a while since Aprilia have made this much, its an iteration of this machine that has long been anticipated. Now to commence with it hitting the race track they have changes it looks to fit the transformer movie and I think it looks really cool. I especially like that helmet, I would want to get my hands on that halmet with the decepticon logo. Too bad the rider took a bit of a spill at the end, I always hate to see a rider or a bike get hurt, hopefully it wasn’t too bad.
Link: Autoblog
At the qualifying round for the 250cc MotoGP race in Mugello Honda rider Raffaele de Rosa was almost thrown off his bike almost high siding it when it lost traction and then quickly snapped back up. Obviously a skilled rider, he was able to ride the bike as if it were some sort of rodeo bull, remounting the machine and returning to the pits. I have such a huge amount of respect for this rider, I don’t know who he is but I will remember his name, luck and still go hand in hand, it was luck that he wasn’t thrown off the bike, and it was his skill that kept the bike upright and him getting back on it.
A piece of art on two wheels, I’m one person that loves my 1098s, there is a connection between man and machine. This beautiful creation is landing in Kuwait soon, I think there are a lot of people who are excited to see it, and I’m one who is excited to ride it. The picture have slowly been popping up online, I really want to see it on the Tristar show room floor and I know its probably going to disappear very quickly off the showroom floor because of people’s interest in it and I can’t say I blame them.
193 bhp that is all that needs to be said about this machine. I honestly don’t know how this is supposed to handle but BMW have been taking bold steps for the past couple of years and now they have the Japanese in their cross-hairs with this beast. I was a bit annoyed with the bland colors but thankfully they are coming out with the BMW have announced they will be making a version with the official BMW Motorrad Motorsport Team colors;Alpine White Non-Metallic, Magma Red Non-Metallic, and Lupin Blue Metallic, with the swingarm finished in eloxy silver and the wheels in high-gloss black.
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