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MOTOGP AT ITS BEST
If ever there were a reason to purchase a new bigscreen television for your home, Faster: Ultimate Collector’s Edition ($40; www. docurama.com) is it. The four-disc set contains director Mark Neale’s two feature-length, Ewan McGregor-narrated MotoGP films-faster and The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid. Four hours of bonus features include Faster & Faster ’03-’04, The Sequel, loads of on-bike footage and 25 previously unreleased scenes.
CYCLE WORLD WEB WATCH
Cycle World’s 2008 online Buyer’s Guide is your source for information about every motorcycle currently available in the United States. Whether you are looking for a cruiser, sportbike, sport-tourer, standard, dual-sport, dirtbike or whatever, our Buyer’s Guide covers them all. The 2009 version is hot on its heels. As information on new models becomes available, look for it on www. cycleworld. com.
A CALENDAR OF LEGENDS
What better way to keep track of the future than with awesome photos from roadracing’s historic past? The 2009 Cycle World Vintage Memories calendar features 14 photos taken by the great B.R. Nicholls, Cl/l/’s European correspondent from the very early days of the magazine. Some of the world’s greatest riders are represented-among them Agostini, Sheene and Hailwood-shown in action around the globe at some of the most legendary racing circuits of all time. Get yours for $15 from shop.cycleworld.com or by calling 800/914-5656.
ZACH ATTACK
Once again, America has a young contender to cheer for in the FIM World Championship motocross series. Britishbased team Utag Yamaha has signed 18-year-old Zach Osborne to ride its YZ250F in next year’s MX2 campaign. The Abingdon, Virginia, native impressed the team after strong results last summer in Belgium and the Czech Republic and especially in Ireland where he won moto one and took eighth overall. “We had already spoken with Zach about ’09, and his win in Ireland showed his commitment to us. The effort we’ve made in supporting him should hopefully lead to a promising full attempt next season,” said team principal Steve Dixon. Go red, white and blue!
INK UP
The image of the tattooed biker is one of the most common motorcycle stereotypes, one that many riders have been trying to escape for decades. But the truth of the matter is that tattoos and motorcycles go together like bread and butter. You don’t have to be the chopper-straddling patriarch of a dysfunctional family of bike builders to get tattooed. Freestyle motocross star Carey Hart was forced to call competitive riding quits back in 2003. Hart was the first rider everto land a backflip in competition, and his other love, tattoos, inspired him to open Hart & Huntington Tattoo at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. His new book, titled Inked, is a must for any tattoo fan. More than 70 portraits of human canvases and their stories take you into a world beyond biker clichés. For more information, go to www.arti sanbooks.com.
