RokStories
New Metzeler Sportek M5
Elephants, Metzeler’s logo, are embossed along the edges of the company’s new Sportec M5. Our job was to kill them. But before you slay the elephant, first you must pass the tire’s 5-stage lean-angle indicator, a series of numbers from 1 to 5 that Chris Wall, Metzeler’s U.S. director of marketing, describes as a “chicken-strip meter.”
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$1.2M Kawasaki ZX10
Custom "Boondock Saints" ZX10R is up for sale for $1,200,000 on eBay right now. Check the forum for details, but can a ZX10 with a paint job REALLY be worth more than a stock ZX10?
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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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