Daily Motorcycle Blog roundup April 13, 2007

April 13, 2007

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• Mike Werner has a post about a new book covering the History of Choppers. Also check out the youtube video he has on the Kawasaki ZX-6R here.
• Canyon Chasers shows off a very clean looking “Military” Suzuki SV650. They say it has a ZX-6R front end and ZX-10R brakes.
• Why Bike covers what happens when your in an accident with an underinsured motorist.
• The Kneeslider shows off Mark Foulkes’ custom Kawasaki KZ1300 which is equiped with a 330 rear tire. Quite a deviation from usual Honda CBX 1000’s you see.
• Bikenut shows off a picture of a very custom V8 motorcycle. Not sure if this is of Boss Hoss origins or not.
• Faster and Faster mentions that JeanRichard (apparently a watch maker that I’ve never heard of) is partnering with MV Agusta to produce a MV Agusta watch series.
• 360bikers.com has a post covering custom mirrors. You rarely see THAT many billet or custom style mirrors, at least in proportion to how many different styles are made. One thing you might remember is that Yamaha has for ages used left hand threads on the right hand mirror, all other metric bikes use right handed threads on both sides.
• Autoblog has an entry about Defiant Motors reviving the VW GX3 concept from the dead. Now what exactly is going to happen when these beasts like this do hit the market. I can see why they need to be considered motorcycles, but they really just aren’t. Are motorcycle dealers going to sell them? What will the technical name for these beasts end up being. Are they as fun to drive as they look? I guess only time will tell.

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