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American Chopper Cancelled
The long running pseudo reality show American Chopper has been canceled. After Paul, Jr. left the show and Paul, Sr. sued his son, the show finally succumbed to the same fate as many custom build shops. The finale will run this Thursday, February 11th. Now if TLC could start a show about real builders without all of the made for TV drama, they might have something.
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Two Timer
Two Timer Top Fuel History The famous 96% NITRO Top Fuel Dick Rios bike held many quarter mile records and was never beat in it's 2 year run from 1964 to 1966. In 1965, it went to England with the U.S. Drag Race Team and the first run off the boat it broke Europe's all time record of 144.00 M.P.H. and ended up beating the all time European Low E.T. record of a 10:31 at 151.51 MPH. See the Forums for more history on this bike which is currently for sale on eBay.
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Royal Enfield
Oberdan Bezzi seems to have a desire to repower motorcycles with Royal Enfield's new engine. We saw his Bullet Sport last year where he put the single into a Honda design concept, this time he's taken the 500cc single and fitted it into a Wakan in place of the S&S 1640cc V-Twin, the result is the Wakan 500 Superlight. I really like the Wakan 1640 and Oberdan's Photoshop skills are very high, the drawing looks good, everything fits together perfectly, but, ... I think the 500 single is better suited to other duties. Interesting idea, though.
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Ducati 1098R Custom
This is what you do if you have a limited edition Ducati 1098R and are still tired of feeling like you aren't riding something special enough. Titanium everything. Only the 3rd known full titanium subframe built, and the only ti subframe in existence. Check the forums for a link to this crazy build.
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