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Zero's latest electric motorcycles boast 200+ mile range

That’s if you add the Power Tank, which costs an extra $2,695.

With some of the world’s biggest bike makers now dedicating time to electric models, Zero Motorcycles knows it has its work cut out. The company has spent the last 10 years refining its gas-free lineup, gradually adding more power and (more importantly) increasing the range, giving riders the incentive they need to make the jump.

For its 2017 roster, Zero has done the same again, updating its Zero S, Zero SR, Zero DS, Zero DSR, Zero FX and Zero FXS models, giving some the ability to go 200 miles on a single charge.

Zero boasts that the Zero S and Zero SR models are the world’s first production electric motorcycles to exceed that milestone, but says that owners will only get that kind of performance when riding in the city. The company’s option Power Tank accessory, which does the heavy lifting, also provides enough juice for over 100 miles on the highway.

For those seeking instant torque, Zero has improved its Z-Force powertrain and included interior permanent magnet (IPM) motors, resulting in greater acceleration and 116-ft-lb of torque.

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HUSQVARNA INTRODUCES 2017 LINE OF VITPILENS IN MILAN

And now for something completely different!

Husqvarna Motorcycles took the covers off their production Vitpilen 401 and Svartpilen 401 machines at the 2016 EICMA show held in Milan, Italy. With the introduction of these pure state-of-the-art models Husqvarna Motorcycles takes an important step towards fulfilling their progressive vision of street motorcycling.

The first two models of the ‘Real Street’ range will be the Vitpilen 401 and Svartpilen 401, with Husqvarna Motorcycles fully focused on rolling them out at Authorised Dealers by late autumn 2017. True to the brand’s high-quality, performance and design standards, these two models pave the way for an astounding future in the onroad segment.

Also launched at EICMA 2016 is the Vitpilen 401 Aero concept, a single-cylinder machine that is the perfect interpretation of what a 21st century faired motorcycle should look like, according to Husqvarna.

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Brian Deegan | The Legacy Lives On

Recently, we had the chance to catch up with FMX pioneer Brian Deegan to discuss his racing career along with his family’s interests in racing.

Getting his start as a motocross racer, Brian Deegan climbed his way through the amateur ranks as a Team Green rider, but shortly after obtaining his first Supercross Main Event win the Metal Mulisha co-founder stumbled on a new career path in Freestyle Motocross.

Deegan quickly rose to stardom and became a household name across the country thanks to his “bad boy” persona, but once he began to feel the effects of past injuries, the FMX icon returned to another kind of racing; Rally and off-road. Deegan’s three kids are all involved in some form of racing, as well, as his son Haiden is a rising amateur motocross star while his daughter Hailey just wrapped up a championship in the Mod Kart Series.

Racing has come full circle for Deegan and his family, and there’s no telling what the future has in store

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British Customs Exhaust kits for Triumph Motorcycles

British Customs releases new revolutionary performance slip-ons for Triumph motorcycles featuring innovative one-piece design and High Velocity Output technology.

Exhaust systems are one of the most commonly customized parts on a motorcycle, but sadly, major innovations in that department are few and far between. But British Customs just released a new series of exhaust systems featuring multiple patented, revolutionary technological innovations that blend design, craftsmanship, and material innovations.

This new line of performance exhaust systems is designed to fit both liquid-cooled and air-cooled Triumph modern classics, including the Bonneville T100, Thruxton 900, Street Twin, Bonneville T120, and Thruxton 1200.

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Ironman GNCC Breaks Participation Record! Over 2400 entries!

The GNCC comes to a close with record-breaking participation.

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – The 42nd Annual AMSOIL Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) series presented by Maxxis, an AMA National Championship, came to close this past weekend, October 29 and 30, with the famed AMSOIL Ironman GNCC held at Ironman Raceway in Crawfordsville, Indiana.

With the help of Indiana Cross Country Racing (IXCR) as a co-sanctioning partner, the 22nd annual running of the Ironman GNCC drew in an astonishing 2,440 unique ATV and motorcycle race entries, making this event the largest rider attended event in GNCC history.

For the past 10 years, IXCR has dedicated themselves to promoting top-notch hare scramble events throughout Indiana, and through the GNCC co-sanctioning initiative, IXCR riders have the opportunity to earn championship points toward the GNCC and IXCR series at the same time. IXCR has been a part of the Ironman GNCC since 2009, where the partnership has allowed the event to grow into one of the most popular off-road events in America.

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RACE REPORT: WORCS Final Round. Robby Bell Claims 3rd Championship (video)

For their final event of 2016, the WORCS crew decided to test the racers by leaving the course ungroomed after Saturday’s events; typically, the crew will do some maintenance between days and let the course roughen back up throughout Sunday, but they left it as rough as it could get for the pro finale.

“I think it was gnarly!” said Rocky Mountain ATV/MC, Precision Concepts, Maxxis racing’s Justin Seeds when asked what he thought of the track. He continued, “The fact that they didn’t touch it [after Saturday] made it pretty intense. It definitely separated everyone, you couldn’t just pin it because of a smoother track, you had to work for it.”

Justin’s teammate, Robby Bell, was still nursing a broken collarbone that he re-injured slightly at the Big 6 Grand Prix two weekends earlier and had mixed feelings on the rough track conditions.

Said Bell, “I’m normally a huge fan of leaving the track as beat as possible, especially when it’s a motorcycle-only course, because it separates the competition, but with my shoulder at less than one hundred percent, I couldn’t help but to think ‘of all the races to leave the course brutally rough, they had to pick this one!’”

Robby came into the event with a nine-point lead over second place Dalton Shirey in the standings, meaning a fourth place finish would clinch Bell’s third WORCS championship regardless of what Shirey finished. “I’d had some sleepless nights thinking about how my shoulder was going to hold up,” commented Bell, “Normally I’d back myself all day long to finish on the podium, but with my physical health being what it was coming into the race, the fact that so many other riders were really starting to find some more pace, and then seeing the rough conditions on Sunday…yeah, I was a little nervous.”

When the green flag waved, signaling the start of the pro main, Justin Seeds was the quickest to fire his bike up and claimed an uncontested hole shot to start the race, while Robby started at the edge of the top five.

“There’s something about Primm,” said Seeds regarding his hole shot, “I’m two-for-two this year with dead-engines at Primm. I was pretty stoked with that because Saturday’s practice starts didn’t work out too well for me.”

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Local 10-year-old Blake Davis competes in national motorcycle competition!

RUSTBURG — Blake Davis is only 10 years old, but he has already been racing for most of his life.

After falling in love with motorcycles at 3 years old, his love of the sport and his performance has steadily progressed. He has qualified for the Grand National Road Racing Finals, which begin today, at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama, hosted by WERA.

WERA is one of the oldest and largest national motorcycle racing bodies.

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Experience the California Motorcycle Culture

Larry Weitzman – Special to Village Life

A brand-new exhibit at the California Automobile Museum called “Live Free: California Motorcycle Culture” is now open. It tells the story and impact of motorcycles since their beginning, which started in earnest in about 1903 with the founding of Harley-Davidson.

Consisting of about 60 significant motorcycles and memorabilia, it tells the story of American Iron, the British invasion and the Japanese takeover with bikes ranging in age from over 100 years old to the 1980s.

“This exhibit was difficult to organize with the number of bikes and their significance. In putting the exhibit together to tell the story of the California (motorcycle) culture and how motorcycles affected California culture, we were offered more than 150 classic and neo-classic motorcycles and while we originally planned for about 40 to 50 bikes for the display, we ended up with about 60, turning down more than 100 great bikes.

There are about 40 bikes in the main exhibit area with about 20 more strategically scattered throughout the museum,” Carly Starr, museum curator, said.

“We have worked hard with the story and its structure to let visitors who don’t know much have an acceptable and friendly experience while the enthusiast can experience the history of their avocation,” Starr said.

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Ducati recalls XDiavel motorcycles (check out Jay Leno and his XDiavel)

Ducati North America has issued a recall involving certain model year 2016-2017 XDiavel motorcycles due to potentially loose fastening screws.

In affected bikes, the side stand plate lower fastening screw on the affected motorcycles may not be sufficiently tightened, causing the stand to fail and the bike to fall.

Additionally, during normal use on the road, the loosening of the lower screw could cause damage to the side stand sensor switch, causing the engine to stall. If the lower stand place screw becomes loose it can cause the bike to fall, or the engine to stall, increasing the risk of injury or a crash.

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11 Best-Selling Motorcycles of All Time

We probably aren’t the first ones to catch on to the fact that coming up with the 11 best-selling motorcycles of all time can be quite the fiasco.

With one letdown after another, we hang our heads as we ignominiously admit that the information needed to put together an accurate list of history’s best-selling motorcycles of all time just isn’t available.

Not only does the issue of motorcycle sales statistics being difficult to obtain play a major role in our dilemma, but it didn’t take long for us to understand that even some of the biggest names in motorcycles are owned by third parties (and sometimes their list of owners doesn’t stop there!); which only makes their sales and production data harder to come by.

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#001 Limited Edition Jack Daniel's Indian Chief Vintage Motorcycle Auctioned for $150,000!

All funds from the auction benefit U.S. Military personnel and their families through Operation Ride Home

MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Indian Motorcycle®, America’s First Motorcycle Company®, is proud to announce that the #001 2016 Limited Edition Jack Daniel’s® Indian® Chief® Vintage motorcycle auctioned at Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas on Saturday October 15 raised $150,000 for the benefit of Operation Ride Home, a program that assists active duty U.S. military personnel in traveling home to visit their families through a partnership with the Armed Services YMCA.

“Both Indian Motorcycle and Jack Daniel’s have a respect and admiration for our enlisted men and women, and bringing military families together for the holidays is something that is truly special.”

One hundred fifty individually numbered 2016 Limited Edition Jack Daniel’s® Indian® Chief® Vintage and Indian® Springfield™ motorcycle models were made available for purchase on March 4, 2016, for $29,999. All but #001 of the 150-unit production run sold in just eight hours on the first day of availability, with that first unit being saved for this auction. These motorcycles represent the first time in the century and a half history of Jack Daniel’s that any vehicle has had an officially sanctioned Jack Daniel’s livery, making this motorcycle even more special.

#001 of the limited edition series, an Indian Chief Vintage version, was auctioned at world-renowned Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas on October 15 at the Mandalay Bay resort. The full $150,000 of proceeds from the auction will benefit Operation Ride Home, which assists active duty U.S. military personnel in traveling home to visit their families. Approximately 700 individuals – both service members and their families – will be reunited this holiday season care of this sale alone. Collector Vincent Amato won bidding and will take the motorcycle home to display in his collection.

“It’s fantastic to see these two great brands partner for such a worthy cause,” said Steve Menneto, President of Motorcycles for Polaris Industries. “Both Indian Motorcycle and Jack Daniel’s have a respect and admiration for our enlisted men and women, and bringing military families together for the holidays is something that is truly special.”

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Monster Energy Cup Victory To Eli Tomac! (video recap)

Costly crash for Roczen in moto 2!

Monster Energy Cup Victory Went To Eli Tomac: The Monster Energy Cup produced yet another first-time winner.

Since its debut six years ago, no rider has won the race twice and no rider since Ryan Villopoto at the very first race has claimed the $1 million prize for winning all three motos.

Ken Roczen, however, came oh-so close of being that first double winner and the second $1 million recipient tonight, but a spectacular crash in the second race while leading prevented these things from happening. Instead, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Eli Tomac came away with the overall win after a dramatic final-race showdown at the Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, October 15.

Tomac ended up nipping Ryan Dungey by just one point to take the overall win and a cool $100,000 that went with it.

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New CCM can do things most other 'adventure' motorcycles can't

The CCM GP450 can do things most other bikes bold enough to carry the ‘adventure’ moniker can accomplish only in marketing imagery.

If actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman had been able to take the incredibly light CCM GP450 Adventure motorcycle to make their legendary Long Way Round series of TV travel documentaries, they might have spent more time riding through the roughest parts east around the northern hemisphere and south to Cape Town, and less time pushing and picking up their massive BMW GS Adventures.

The trend toward smaller displacement machines, which has Japanese sportbikes now coming in the 125-320cc range and Harley-Davidson making a 500cc cruiser, has finally arrived in the adventure-bike segment with the GP450 Adventure.

It launched in Europe in early 2016, came to Canada late this summer and can go places and do things most other bikes bold enough to carry the “adventure” moniker can accomplish only in marketing imagery.

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BMW Vision NEXT 100: A motorcycle so safe, ‘you don’t need a helmet’. Too good to be true?

The bike’s dangerous, the technology is limited, from where we’re looking at it, there’s a chance that it’ll go up in flames, or be hit by either an irresponsible driver or a driverless car whose software has gone all haywire.

The BMW Motorrad (the German giant’s two-wheeler division) had earlier this week unveiled a concept that it calls the Vision Next 100, to mark its centenary. This concept motorcycle, if anything, is a marriage of age-old traditions and developments in technology, officiated at the altar of utopia.

It’s a motorcycle that claims to be so stable that it doesn’t need a stand to stay upright even when it’s at a standstill. But the staying upright part goes further, to the point where BMW Motorrad claims that it wouldn’t fall over even while riding. And it’s stranger even, because the motorcycle has no suspension setup.

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Wow! ISDE: USA LEAD BY Taylor Roberts WINS! 1st Time Ever!

For the first time in history, USA’s Trophy Team wins the International Six Day Enduro! And Taylor Roberts wins the individual overall!

The final day of competition at the 2016 FIM International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) in Navarra, Spain saw the USA World Trophy team make history as Taylor Robert – KTM, Kailub Russell – KTM, Thad Duvall – Husqvarna and eleventh hour replacement rider Layne Michael – Husqvarna claimed their nation’s first ever class win. Sweden and Australia were the day’s other big winners as Mikael Persson – Yamaha, Albin Elowson – Husqvarna and Jesper Borjesson – Husqvarna secured the Junior World Trophy win for Sweden while Jessica Gardiner – Yamaha, Tayla Jones – Yamaha and Jemma Wilson – Yamaha claimed a fourth consecutive Women’s World Trophy team win for Australia.

The final day motocross races saw close action in all classes, with all of the category leaders making it to the end of the event without any problems. Led by Taylor Robert – KTM the USA World Trophy team put the finishing touches to their impressive week-long performance to secure a well-deserved World Trophy team win.

With the likes of Australia and Italy failing to get all four of their team riders to the finish Great Britain claimed the final runner-up result with the Czech Republic claiming third and with it the Watling Trophy for the most improved nation. Sweden ended up fourth with Estonia fifth.

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Win This Custom Jessy Nelson KTM 250 SX-F !

Road 2 Recovery has teamed up with Troy Lee Designs and KTM to give you a chance to win this customized Jessy Nelson-style KTM 250 SX-F Factory Edition.

Encinitas, CA – Road 2 Recovery has teamed up with industry leader in innovation, Troy Lee Designs and KTM to give you a once in a lifetime opportunity. Starting October 15, 2016 you can enter for a chance to win this customized Jessy Nelson style, KTM 250 SX-F Factory Edition. All money raised will go towards Jessy Nelson’s recovery fund through R2R. Jessy is fighting one of his toughest battles so far after crashing in the second moto of the Pro Outdoor Motocross Nationals at Unadilla on 8/13/16 and fracturing T4 and T5 vertebra. Jessy is back home in California where he is working with spinal cord injury specialists, Project Walk Paralysis Recovery Center.

To enter to win go to www.R2RJN13TLD.com. A randomly selected winner will be announced at The Monster Energy Supercross, Finals in Las Vegas on May 6, 2017. You don’t have to be present to win and thanks to the generous team at TLD shipping anywhere in the U.S. will be free of charge. International shipping will be the responsibility of the winner.

Each $10 entry donation will put you in the running; there is no limit on the amount of entries per person. So enter as many times as you like, it’s all for Jessy. All donations and entries are tax deductible. For more information on the bike please got to www.R2RJN13TLD.com.

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BMW K 1600 B motorcycle makes world premiere in LA!

We’re in LA with BMW for what will be the company’s final stop during its Vision 100 presentations, and aside from looking to the future, BMW has a some more immediate vehicles to show off as well.

One of the most eye catching reveals is its new K 1600 B motorcycle, which just received its world premiere at the event.

Inspired by the idea of a motorcycle being driven down an endless highway, the K 1600 B looks to emulate the bagger style of motorcycles that are popular in the US. The motorcycle features a 6-cylinder inline engine that sports an output of 160 horsepower at 7,750 RPM with a maximum torque of 175 nm at 5,250 RPM.