Preview Video
Here is a promo video for the new Mavizen electric racing motorcycle. The new 2010 Mavizen TTX02 is based around the winning motorcycle, the Agni X01, and is the first production vehicle that is fully web enabled with a dedicated IP access and connectivity to the network through an on-board web server and WiFi.
More »Go Green
Remember all those articles back in the 70s in magazines like Popular Science that with the help of artist’s renderings portended a future of glass domes on Mars, personal servant robots, and electric cars? Decades later we still haven’t been to Mars, and I am still doing my own laundry, however, electric motorcycles are actually available.
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Just a few months after Harley-Davidson discontinued the Buell Motorcycles line, Erik Buell Racing has announced a tantalizing first new motorcycle: the 1190RR. Based on the Buell 1125R and Buell 1125RR (which was created to compete in Superbike last year), the 1190RR gets increased engine displacement to bring it closer to the current class limit for V-twins in both the AMA and World Superbike (WSBK).
More »Ducati 1100 EVO & EVO SP
The 2010 Ducati Hypermotard 1100 EVO and EVO SP are both about 15 pounds lighter and 5 horses more powerful than last year’s Ducati Hypermotard 1100. As insiders at the Ducati 796 launch in Bologna told me, the Hypermotards are now one big happy family consisting of three members.
More »2010 RSV4 Factory
The Aprilia RSV4 Factory is not Aprilia’s first motorcycle entry when it comes to World Superbike racing, having contested the series for a number of years with the RSV Mille. Scoring eight wins, twenty-six podiums, and finishing third in the championship on two occasions, the Aprilia program was finally cancelled in 2003 for Aprilia to focus on 250 Grand Prix racing. During this time, Aprilia had raced with the Rotax built 60 degree V-twin, and one big item of news for the Noale based company is this time they go racing with their own engine.
More »MotoGP Bike Unveiled
There was a packed schedule again on the second day of Wrooom 2010 at Madonna di Campiglio today, with Claudio Domenicali coming under the spotlight in this morning’s press conference. The General Manager of Ducati Motor later joined Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden on the spectacular Patascoss slope to unveil the new Ducati Desmosedici GP10, the Ducati Marlboro Team’s latest weapon in the chase for the MotoGP title, against the dramatic backdrop of the Dolomites – recently added by Unesco to their World Natural Heritage list.
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