Monday Evening Moto News - Chris Ulrich and Ducati Mono

The Toyota Gold Cup Unlimited Formula One class continued racing with the 2010 season opener for the Willow Springs Motorcycle Club, which took place this last weekend. And, Chris Ulrich, riding for Roadracingworld.com and Suzuki, took yet another victory at the event. This, of course, puts him in first place overall and a very comfortable lead, especially this early in the season. Many other classes were run during the race weekend and, for all of the results, take the link.

http://tinyurl.com/y9nxczf

Well, it is not actually a Ducati, yet. But, designed Dan Anderson has been hard at work on his Ducati 599 Mono Concept and has allowed it to be seen by our eyes. It is a fantastic design, and I really hope that Ducati gives some thought to producing it as it would be a wonderful bike for beginning racers and road-riders alike. All of the technology is available right now, so it would not be hard to tool up for the production run. There is one thing I would change, though: move the fuel tank lower, put the airbox on top and turn the faux tank into storage or similar. That would bring the CG down lower and make it handle like on rails.

http://tinyurl.com/ybmshdz

Mid-Day Thursday News - Christmas Eve Edition

Yep, it's already more than halfway through Christmas Eve now and there is some news...

First of all, the usual drama of Orange County Choppers is getting even more complex. Paul Teutul, Sr., is suing his son over some stock options and it gets more complicated the further you dig. This family is mostly motivated by $$$, though, so this could be more than just a publicity stunt.

http://tinyurl.com/ybrf2lt

An article on the MV Agusta F4-1000R and its stature in the motorcycling world. It is a bike which many dream to own, thus making it a true 'dream machine'. Many feel they are lucky just getting to take one around a track, and it is a bike worthy of that praise.

http://tinyurl.com/ydofxrq

We also have an interview with one of the more original builders in the custom chopper market. Mark Daley of Thunder Struck Custom Bikes is interviewed and his company's history discussed in this piece and I highly recommend that you head on over and have a look. It's nice to see that someone can move beyond the standard chopper silhouette and into creativity. His Sniper bike (shown here) won the 2009 Las Vegas Bikefest...

http://tinyurl.com/ye8auay




It is from a forum, but we also have an interview with Tim Prentice of the 2010 Triumph Thunderbird design. He is an American who work on the new model with Triumph engineers in the U.K. Considering the impact of this new cruiser in the motorcycle industry, it is a great chance to learn more from a great designer!

http://tinyurl.com/ydtj3lk

There is also a great design idea from Australian Dan Anderson of what he calls the Triumph Bobbeville. It is a customized Bonneville which looks fantastic and really pulls together the post-war bobber movement into out time. The bike is very well built and I bet it would be a great ride!

http://tinyurl.com/yc8y6xe