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Details Released On EBR 1190SX

Erik Buell Racing officially unwrapped a second model on Tuesday – the EBR 1190SX – and provided specs and pricing for the first time. The company describes it as “a true naked streetfighter-style sport bike.” Weighing in at 414 pounds, the 1190SX uses the same 185-horsepower V-Twin engine found in …

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Zero Motorcycles Gets Boost From Livewire

Harley-Davidson’s unveiling on June 19 of an electric motorcycle prototype, dubbed Project Livewire, has “already impacted on business” at Zero Motorcycles. Scot Harden, vice president of global marketing for the California-based maker of electric bikes, tells RIDE-CT/RIDE-NewEngland that traffic to Zero’s website doubled on the day that Harley debuted Project …

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Museums To Honor Yarocki On Indian Day

Vintage Indian expert George Yarocki of Torrington, CT (shown above) will be honored by the Springfield Museums at its fifth annual Indian Day celebration on July 20 in the Massachusetts city. Yarocki is a life-long Indian lover and co-founder of the 101 Association, an organization devoted to the history and …

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Indians Star in “Somethin’ Bad”

It’s two new Indian motorcycles that play crucial roles in Miranda Lambert’s new video, “Somethin’ Bad,” which is actually a duet with Carrie Underwood. The collaboration has the two country music stars

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Jason Lee Rides ’33 Indian Chief In Movie

RHINEBECK, NY – Motorcycle lovers who attend the Rhinebeck Grand National Meet at the Duchess County Fairgrounds in New York always have hundreds of vintage bikes to admire and thousands of parts and accessories to consider buying. The recent annual gathering had many alluring bikes, including a 1914 Excelsior, but …

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Neracar: A Rarity From The 1920s

Do not ask David Perillo how much money he paid for his vintage motorcycle. He won’t say because he thinks the question is rude. “It’s kind of a personal thing, like income,” he said when asked a few years ago “I would never ask someone that.” Such a throwback attitude in …

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Brammo Calls Project Livewire “Woefully Inadequate”

Harley-Davidson got the attention of even non-riders on Thursday with its reveal of “Project Livewire,” a prototype electric motorcycle that it plans to take on tour to get consumer feedback in advance of possible production. Motorcycle mags went

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Harley-Davidson Goes Electric With “Livewire”

A model isn’t going into production anytime soon, but Harley-Davidson today announced plans to gauge potential customer interest in a motorcycle that will never have exhaust pipes – an electric motorcycle dubbed Project Livewire that the company will take on tour. Even though pictures of the bike that show a …

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