Friday News

Buying an RC45 in Mexico? Sure why not. The charming story of one guy buying a used Honda hyper-bike south of the border is detailed here. Did I mention he got it for eight grand?

Questions were raised the other day that shed light on the proposed combined AMA/WSC race at Laguna Seca next July. A question seemingly few have thought of: what about the Harley-Davidson VR1000? The VR is not homologated for WSC racing and thus cannot race in a WSC event.

Rumors are running rampant that PACE has acquired NASB/CCS in whole and will start running it on Oct. 15. Repeated attempts to get comment from PACE on this matter were not successful.

Looks like Marco Luchinelli is looking for a little cash. His 1981 500cc championship bike is for sale over on eBay. The first bid is a little steep but hey, what price does history bring?
And it's well known that Marco spent time in prison for trafficking in drugs, it kind of looks like the bike went with him, judging from the photos. Definitely not your normal climate controlled museum ...

Aaron Yates tested the Yoshimura Suzuki Superbike Wednesday and Thursday of this week. All went well by our reports. Yates was the only rider there for the Yosh camp.

More in a bit.