Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Ducati Monster s4 Picture Gallery



Ducati Monster s4 Picture Gallery

Best Ducati Monster 2010 Motorcycle Gallery




Best Ducati Monster 2010 Motorcycle Gallery

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Best Ducati Monster 400 Gallery




Best Ducati Monster 400 Gallery

Ducati Monster 600 Picture Gallery



Ducati Monster 600 Picture Gallery

Ducati Monster 769 Picture Gallery




Ducati Monster 769 Picture Gallery

Ducati monster 696 Best Gallery





Ducati monster 696 Best Gallery

2007 Ducati Sport Touring ST3 S ABS



2007 Ducati Sport Touring ST3 S ABS

Monday, November 22, 2010

Ducati 848 Superbike 2008

Ducati 848
Ducati 848
Ducati 848Ducati 848 Superbike 2008

Ducati 1198S 2008 Picture Gallery



Ducati 1198S 2008 Picture Gallery

Ducati Monster S2R 1000




Ducati Monster S2R 1000

2005 Ducati Monster S4R



2005 Ducati Monster S4R

Ducati Hypermotard 1100 Gallery




Ducati Hypermotard 1100 Gallery

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

~2010 Honda Fury Review

There’s irony in the fact that Honda, the “nicest people” company, is now building what in our modern vernacular is a chopper, a genre previously associated with ne’er-do-wells, tattoos and hard living.
Honda is known globally as an engineering powerhouse whose R&D efforts are second to none in the motorcycle world. But a chopper-style motorcycle, with its extended wheelbase and raked-out front end, forces dynamic compromises not present in other classes of bikes.
So the question is: In a market segment with a heavy accent on form over function, can the 2010 Fury find the right balance? After a day of riding this outside-the-Honda-box creation, we can reply in the affirmative.
Millions of TV viewers have been exposed to the world of custom bikes via shows such as American Chopper and Biker Build Off, firing the imagination of those who reside in Middle America and speaking to an audience beyond the outlaw biker crowd typically associated with so-called choppers. The Fury presents an opportunity for Joe Six-Pack to enter this rebel genre backed by a highly reputable company.
If you’ve read our report from the Fury’s sneak preview, you already know the stretched, flowing design is an eyeball popper and quite a departure from the normally conservative Honda. This sleek beauty gives appreciative eyes dozens of areas to ogle.

Keeping up with the Harley-Joneses

Giving credit where credit is due, we must recognize the founding father of this scene – Harley-Davidson. Harley baggers are icons of the segment. However, in only the past year of so, at least two new machines are after a piece of the pie that’s mostly on Harley’s plate.
Victory Motorcycles has made a frontal assault with its Cross Country.
Late last year we gave the Cross the nod in a shootout against Harley’s Road Glide. It provides everything the Harley does (at least in functional terms), and then some, while somehow managing to cost less than the Harley.

It seems riders are taking notice of the Cross Country, as Victory points to demand for its Cross Country (and Cross Roads) as contributing to an increase of over 50% in third quarter 2010 U.S. sales compared to the same period last year.
Not long after the Cross Country saw the light of day, Star unveiled the Stratoliner Deluxe – a batwinged and baggerized version of Star’s stylish and powerful Stratoliner. The Deluxe’s MSRP and new fork-mounted fairing places it in the same game as the Cross Country and Harley.





Timing of the Strato Deluxe to market prevented us from comparing it to the Victory and Harley, but our patience has been rewarded now that we can finally bring all three machines together.

2011 Bagger Cruiser Shootout

As long as demand for cruisers remains high in the U.S., you’ll keep seeing plenty o’ cruiser reviews on this site. And that’s just fine by us here at Motorcycle.com, especially when it comes to exploring the burgeoning bagger sub-segment. Beyond the obvious benefit of carrying your crap in the standard saddlebags, many of these light-duty touring Twin-powered boulevard bombers come with luxurious accoutrements to make miles in comfy saddles more pleasurable.
A sizeable windscreen – if not a full batwing fairing – protects against windblast, which is often exacerbated by a cruiser’s relaxed fists-in-the-wind seating position. And some manufacturers stuff the bar or frame-mounted fairing full of niceties, like a comprehensive radio tuner/CD player and/or MP3 combo along with switches or switch blanks ready for auxiliary lighting and so on.
The idea, it would seem, is that a bagger cruiser is ready to take you considerable distances in comfort, yet not sacrifice too much of the cruiser appeal, allowing you to cruise casually down the ’strip on Saturday night without looking like you’re ready to ride coast to coast.
In lot of ways baggers makes sense. We get it.

Riding a Travertson V-REX will inflate even the most fragile of egos. Its futuristic design and swingarm front suspension draws attention like nothing else we’ve ever ridden. It looks like a prop from a sci-fi movie come to life

“If Angelina Jolie strolled down Main Street naked, perhaps with her hair on fire, she might come close to attracting the amount of attention the Travertson V-REX does,” we wrote when we tested the REX in 2008. We encourage you to check it out, especially the entertaining video Fonz put together.
Travertson Motorcycles, which are designed and built in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, construct the wild V-REX around a Harley-Davidson V-Rod motor and use H-D electrics.

The $49,990 V-REX was recently updated to include a two-up model called, appropriately enough, the V-REX 2. It includes a new steel subframe to support a pillion residing on the rear half of a new one-piece seat, as well as a new license-plate bracket that includes an LED tail/brake light. Instant celebrity status can be yours for an MSRP of $53,990.

Chrome rims with transparent acrylic wheel spokes look amazing during day or night.

And designer Christian Travert continues to evolve the V-REX, adding a lengthy list of new options for adventurous owners to create one-of-a-kind rides. They take bling to a whole new level.
Available options include some that you might expect, such as a digital speedometer, custom paint and LED turnsignals.

Then there are ultra-boutique options such as a custom engraved fuel cap and acrylic wheel centers. But perhaps the ultimate in self-indulgence is having the vertical chrome “tank strap” decorated in crystal Swarovsky letters of your choice, like initials of the owner of the bike seen here.
The Travertsons are prohibitively expensive for most of us, but those with deep wallets won’t find another motorcycle that attracts as much attention as a V-REX.