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OH, TO BE YOUNG!
Honda and Moriwaki Engineering of Japan have teamed up to produce a limited number of MD250H racebikes for use in the youth-oriented USGPRU roadracing series. The $11,699 machine is powered by a Moriwaki-tuned CRF250X-sourced four-stroke Single carried in a purpose-built, twin-spar aluminum frame. An inverted fork, radialmount front brake caliper, lightweight wheels and slick tires, plus a worksstyle welded-aluminum fuel tank, round out the package. The racing bodywork is delivered in white, and contingency monies will be available. For more information, contact your local Honda dealer or visit www.usgpru.net.
ANOTHER V-EIGHT
Sabertooth Motorcycles joins the V-Eight motorcycle fray with its Ford 302-cubic-inch-powered cruiser for 2008. With the GT40head-equipped
engine producing a claimed 350 horsepower, the company elected during development to increase fuel capacity of its new WildCat to 8 gallons for a cruising range of up to 200 miles. Braking is provided by Performance Machine six-piston calipers pinching 13-inch rotors. All frame and sheetmetal fabrication takes place at the company’s North Carolina headquarters. Prices start at $34,995. For more information, visit www.sabertooth motorcycles.com.
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BIKES BAGíK. ON CATALINA
It’s been exactly a half-century since motorcycles roared around Catalina Island, that idyllic resort isle 25 miles off the coast of Southern California once owned by chewing-gum heir (and motorcycle buff) PK.Wrigley. From 1951 -58, racers loaded their bikes onto the S.S. Catalina J steam ferry for two days of bar-banging on the island’s dirt roads and trails, flagged off from the streets of Avalon, Catalina’s ¡ only town. Bikes were even 1 routed through the island’s golf ' course!
Attempts to revive the races over the years have been blunted, but now comes news that to mark the last running of the Catalina Grand Prix, there will be a 50th Reunion & Classic Motorcycle Show the weekend of April 26-27. Organized by former racer Eddie Mulder, the show is limited to 200 bikes (phone 661/9441184 for entry forms and information) and will include a special class for Catalina competition machines. The late Bud Ekins, 1955 Catalina GP winner, will also be honored.
