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YOU CAN BUY LEGENDS' BIKES
Opportunities to buy a racebike ridden by a legendary racer, add street necessities and ride it home are few and far between, but BMW is making it possible.
R1100RS motorcycles used in the BMW Battle of the Legends will be sold following this year’s Daytona event. Legends races bring together competitors from decades past for what is invariably exciting racing. Those interested in buying one of the 40 bikes should contact their local BMW dealers, who will set the bikes' prices. Each motorcycle will be signed by the racer who used it and will have been ridden 800-900 miles. Buyers will receive all parts necessary to make the bikes street legal.
BMW is also considering formation of a Legends Owners Club for those who purchase the machines.
ELECTRIC-START HUSABERGS NOW ON SALE
Husaberg has unveiled its new electric-start 350, 501 and 600 enduro bikes. The counterbalanced four-stroke Singles are housed in revised frames-updated to accommodate the larger engine cases and starter. Equipped with Acerbis Vision headlights as standard equipment, the bikes are priced $800-$1000 higher than the standard enduro models. Also available is a dual-purpose kit, which consists of turnsignals and passenger footpegs. For more information, contact Husaberg America Inc., 314/937-9166.
BIGGER BANDIT COMING SOON?
Suzuki is on the verge of releasing a Bandit 1200, according to European sources. The company recently debuted its Bandit 600 (see Roundup, December 1994); the larger version would compete in foreign markets with Yamaha’s XJR1200. An American Suzuki spokesman would not comment about the bike.
CYCLE WORLD'S WEEKEND IN L.A.
Cycle World magazine will once again present the Los Angeles round of the AMA Superbike Championship, scheduled for Sunday, April 2 at the Pomona Fairplex. An added attraction this year is the inclusion of the Pomona Half-Mile National dirttrack race on Saturday night. In the planning stages at presstime was “The Cycle World Classic: A Rolling Concours,” to be held in conjunction with the race weekend. This would be a judged concours for 1975 and earlier machines, with the completion of a 100-mile course one of the prerequisites for final judging. For more information about the Classic, call 714/720-5371. For race information, contact Race West Promotions at 800/364-6060 (outside California, 714/632-7070).
LOVE RIDE ROLLS ON
For the second year in a row, the Love Ride, a Southern California event that helps support the Muscular Dystrophy Association, raised more than $1 million.
More than 21,000 riders turned out for the November, 1994 event, which included a barbecue, trade show and concert. Attendees were also treated to a surprise performance by Bruce Springsteen.
AUSSIE'S INDIAN ON THE WARPATH
Maurits Hayim-Langridge, the man who hopes to revive the Indian name and market bikes designed by Kiwi racebike builder John Britten, says he has raised about $1.5 million-enough money to get the project off the ground. Hayim-Langridge,
(see Roundup, February) from Perth, Australia, says he wants to raise $100 million, which would allow him to begin U.S. production of three models, the Scout, Chief and Roadmaster. It will take at least three years before bikes are ready for production, adds Hayim-Langridge.
