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New cable kits for 2014 Harley-Davidson Street Glide
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Burly Brand continues to grow their extended cable/line kits and has recently launched a package for the 2014 HD Rushmore touring models. Each kit includes all the components necessary to install tall bars on your Street Glide or other batwing faired bagger. Burly’s cable kits are designed for 13” or 15” Apehangers, include bar length…
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The Terminator’s biker outfit up for auction
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The Terminator’s leather biker outfit is amongst the items going under the hammer in the UK’s biggest ever film props auction. The outfit, worn by Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” will be displayed alongside other items such as Marty McFly’s hoverboard at the Vue Westfield Cinema in London from 1st to 16th October,…
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New design ‘glowbelt’ for improved road safety
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A New Design Start-Up Reveals the Next Generation Of Road Safety Products Safety comes first for a new design start-up which will launch the next generation of wearable road safety products with a crowdfunding campaign later this week. The Glowbelt, by Yorkshire-based BMC Innovations, is a highly visible LED solution approved by Euro Road Safety…
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new Vance & Hines exhausts for Harley-Davidson Sportster 2007-2014
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Designed to meet the requirements for road legal exhausts in Europe, EC Twin Slash slip-ons are homologated to Directive 97/24/EC and bear the engraved ‘e’ mark and corresponding type approval number. EC Twin Slash slip-ons are encased in 3.25-inch full coverage heat shields, in either a bold matte black finish that is perfect for Harley-Davidson…
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60mph motorway plan dropped
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Plans to impose a 60mph speed limit on parts of the M1 and M3 motorways have been put on hold. The plan was to reduce pollution at peak times, but Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has given the Highways Agency 18 months to devise alternative methods to tackle the issue. The air quality concern about the…
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New motorcycle jeans from Oxford
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Oxford sell a massive variety of different clothing to suit any weather when riding, ranging from under layers to over suits and all in between. In the summer months it may not be ideal to pile on those heavy winter trousers, which is why their latest clothing addition might be the solution. The SP-J2 motorcycle…
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US Company builds helmet-mounted brake light
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US Company Whistler has designed a helmet-mounted set of lights to make bikers more visible. The WHL-80 features an eight-LED display, plus a wireless transmitter connected to the bike’s wiring. The WHL-80 shows braking plus indicating, triggered when the rider uses the bike’s existing controls. The unit recharges via USB cable and can be configured…
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Daimler to buy stake in MV Agusta?
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US car manufacturer Daimler may be in line to purchase a 30% stake in MV Agusta. According to German publication ‘Boersen-Zeitung’, the Castiglioni family are looking to offload up to 30% of the Italian company and Daimler had, allegedly, been in contact previously about acquiring a minority share. Such a deal could give MV access…
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Meet Honda’s all-new ASIMO. This is the stuff of nightmares!
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Frankly terrifying in his movements, the All-New Honda ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative MObility) has now advanced from an “automatic machine” to an “autonomous machine” with the decision-making capability to determine its behaviour in concert with its surroundings such as movements of people. Watch the video to see him – I mean it – in action. I dare…
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The other side to Steve McQueen
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US Biking champion Mert Lawwill reveals how the Hollywood star saved his hand and career. Extract taken from the new book ‘Steve McQueen: The Cooler King’, by Richard Sydenham. Hollywood star and motorcycle racer Steve McQueen was a lot of things, and much of what is said about him years after his death is…
