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KTM RC4 Concept by Luca Bar Design
A single-cylinder hooligan-maker, the KTM 690 Duke is 330 lbs (curbside without fuel) and 67hp of two-wheeled fun, and we hope that the Austrians bring the KTM 690 Duke R our way as well. While we are on the topic of things missing from KTM’s American line-up, a decent supersport is painfully obvious, yet we can’t see the folks at KTM following the paths of other brands. That’s where our friend Luca Bar comes to mind with his latest concept: the KTM RC4. Using the KTM 690 Duke platform and its LC4 engine, Bar has designed a super-single full-fairing sport bike that takes the Austrian company’s “Ready to Race” DNA and applies it to an idea that is not all that disimilar to the Ducati Supermono.
Q&A: Claudio Domenicali Talks Frameless Chassis, Sacred Cows, & The Future for Ducati
When I sat down with Claudio Domenicali at the Ducati 1199 Panigale R launch, the now-CEO of Ducati Motor Holding was still just the General Manager of the Italian motorcycle company. Four weeks after our interview though, Gabriele del Torchio would leave Ducati for Alitalia; and Domenicali, a 21-year veteran of both the racing and production departments of Ducati, would take his place at the top of Italy’s most prestigious motorcycle brand. After reading our interview from Austin, Texas after the jump, I think you will agree too.
Is Yamaha Using A Seamless Gearbox? The Data Says No
That Yamaha is working on a seamless gearbox is no secret, with Yamaha’s test riders currently racking up the kilometers around tracks in Japan. Recently, however, Spanish magazine SoloMoto published an article suggesting that Yamaha has already been using its new seamless gearbox since the beginning of the season. My own enquiries to check whether Yamaha was using a seamless gearbox or not always received the same answer: no, Yamaha is not using the seamless gearbox. To test this denial, I went out to the side of the track on Friday morning at Jerez to record the bikes as they went by.
OCC Coming Back to TV? — Universe Collapses in on Self
After a very public father/son break-up between Paul Teutul Sr. and Paul Teutul Jr., a steroid-ring scandal involving Paul Sr., and finally a bankruptcy proceeding, it appears that Orange County Choppers is the impossible to kill multi-headed hydra of doom that we all knew it was, as the custom chopper shop is once again headed to the small screen and recruiting some talent, on and off the show. Looking for “someone who will work alongside Paul Senior, running the shop and helping build some of the best custom motorcycles in the world,” OCC says it will be back on television with a new show later this month. Please for the love of god, will someone give this man the attention he craves so dearly??! Or, just shoot us in the face.
Alstare Superbike Concept by Team Alstare
We love us some concept bikes here at Asphalt & Rubber, and we have featured more than a few pieces of stunning design and imagination on our pages. Though, we can’t remember the last time one of these works of art were brought to us by a legitimate racing team, but that is what we have here with the Team Alstare Superbike Concept. A nod to the former Suzuki team’s return to the World Superbike Championship as the Ducati factory squad with Carlos Checa and Ayrton Badovini, Alstare has enlisted the help of designer Serge Rusak of Rusak Kreaktive Designworks to ink the shape of its futuristic Superbike concept, while Tryptik Studios handled the 3D modeling prowess.
Transcript: The Gay Question at Jerez
If you didn’t watch Thursday’s pre-event press conference for MotoGP at Jerez, it is worth a viewing right to the end (assuming you have a MotoGP.com account). Building off the news about the NBA’s Jason Collins coming out as gay in a self-written feature in Sport Illustrated, my good colleague David Emmett had the courage to inquire about the culture and acceptance of the MotoGP paddock for homosexual riders. For the sake of accuracy, after the jump is a full transcript of David’s question, as put to riders Cal Crutchlow, Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Marquez, Andrea Dovizioso, Stefan Bradl, and Scott Redding, as well as those riders’ responses to David’s inquiry.
2014 Suzuki GSV-R Spotted Again
News that Suzuki plans on returning to the MotoGP Championship in 2014 should be old information for dedicated Asphalt & Rubber readers, and the Japanese company’s inline-four race bike was already spotted doing test laps last year by the eager eyes at Cycle World. Well the American print-mag has another set of eyebrow-raising high-quality photos of the 2014 Suzuki GSV-R to mull over from the Motegi race track, along with some technical insights provided by the venerable Kevin Cameron.
BMW F800GS Adventure – Germany’s Middleweight ADV
A surprise addition to BMW Motorrad’s 2013 model line-up, zie Germans have announced a new middleweight adventure-tourer, the 2013 BMW F800GS Adventure. Like its larger predecessor, the BMW F800GS Adventure is a more travel-ready and off-road capable build of the recently updated BMW F800GS motorcycle. Featuring a larger windscreen, panniers, and a bigger fuel tank capacity (2.1 gallons larger, for a total of 6.3 gallons of fuel), the BMW F800GS Adventure keeps the same 85 hp, liquid-cooled, 798cc, parallel-twin engine found on the F800GS, as well as the same chassis configuration. Pricing in the US will be $13,550 for the base model BWM F800GS Adventure.
Kevin Schwantz Returns to Motorcycle Racing – Enters the Suzuka 8-Hours with Team Kagayama
Former 500cc World Champion Kevin Schwantz has certainly been in the news a bit these past few months, mostly for his involvement and falling out with the Circuit of the Americas and the Americas GP, but also more recently for his comments regarding Dani Pedrosa — we also sat down with Mr. Schwantz in Austin, and the Texan gave us some sobering insight into the future of American road racing. As if all that wasn’t enough, Schwantz is making a return to two-wheeled racing, and has entered the prestigious Suzuka 8-Hours endurance race with Team Kagayama racing alongside Noriyuki Haga and team owner Yukio Kagayama.
Öhlins Releases a Semi-Active Suspension Upgrade for the Ducati Multistrada 1200 S – But, What’s Next?
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“Hey Marc- pull my finger…”. “No! you pull mine first!”
‘You’re glad Casey’s gone…NO, you’re glad Casey’s gone!’
“You’re shorter”. “No. You’re shorter”.
Brothers from different mothers, and Vale is our daddy.
Who is going to take out Rossi first?
“Young puke”
“Old fart”
“You like the color scheme least”
“No, you do.”
Dude take your hand off your crotch!
No. You first!
“Oh my gosh, was that you?” “No, it was you!” “Stop lying! It was you, you’re so gross!”
Marc: I’ll win a championship before you.
Dani: I’ll ruin your chances before that happens… I did it before (Nicky Hayden 2006), I’ll do it again.
Our bikes belong on angry birds
Dani: Shake!
Marc: ‘n Bake!
Dani: “You’re just a baby!”
Marc: “You’re still a dwarf!”
“Omg dude you got a tattoo!”
Wonder Twin powers activate!
“We are laughing and we are very good friends. Good buddies sharing a special moment…laughing and enjoying our friendship, and someday we’ll look back on this with much fondness!”
I weigh less…no I weigh less……Im the fastest….no Im the fastest……Im going to win a championship….Im still trying to win my first championship….lol
And I thought the yam photos were awful.
dude what does my tatoo say, sweet dude what does my tatoo say dude, what does my tatoo say, sweet!
Bilbo!
Frodo!
“Remember I’m the No 1 rider in this team.”
“Not for long.”
who farted?
“Twinsies!”
Hey Marco 500,000E to crash into Rossi as much as you can. Then you have the championship next yr eh.
Marco: Yorze, a Moto2 bike Dani. So you not kneed de ladda to get on, ha ha.
Dani. You would no moto2 Marky Mark.
Dani. Eh Marco have us seen Fastest, de film eh. Yeez I hav. Wots all dat wiv Lorenzo talkin about butter?
Marco. I fink he wanting Rossi back so de can have bike love in, eh. seen de video yet. Kinky…..
Dani: How many cylinder dis bike got now 4 or 5?
Maroc. What is diz cylinder thingy Dani?
Dani: U no wot RCV mean eh. Marco No. Dani. Roman Catholic Virctory. Itsa why they always tri to get Spanish or Italian to ride.
You first. No you!
Who would you most like to kiss?
“You’re just a soulless, mindless corporate cog for the bloodsucking advertisers and survive solely to perpetuate the vapid brief existence of a backstabbing wannabe with pretensions of greatness and profundity.”
“…No, you are.”
My umbrella girl’s boob would be right…… HERE !!!! lol…
“hey nice bike man!”
on another note, i love the white accents on the new repsols. hopefully we’ll see this colour schemes on the production bikes :D :D good stuff
“Uh, I’ll have 3 orders of garlic chicken, and uh, 3 orders of white rice”
“And then?”
1. Future Champion meets permanent runner’s up.
2. Team Spain, still trying to figure out the we’re number one hand sign.
I think the bikes look fantastic. Honda v Yam is going to be super awesome this year.
Who’s coming in 2nd and who’s coming in 3rd?
No You Are!
No, You Are!
No, You Are!
No, You Are!
No, You Are!
No, You Are!
No, You Are!
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No, You Are!
No, You Are!
No, You Are!
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No You Are!
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No, You Are!
<keeps going until someone tell Dani he's no longer the 'Your Are" guy..
Who’s more glad Casey isnt here.
“Pull my finger”
“No, you pull my finger”
You’re mini me!
No, you are mini me!
“with this finger up your butt, then we’ll be thunder buddies, for life”…
“this one? thats all?…ok, thunder buddies for life?”…
“fooooor life!”….