Motorcycle News
2008 Honda Motorcycles
2008 Honda Motorcycle Models
What's up with the 2008 Honda motorcycle line-up? What is Big Red going to do to turn up the volume and up the ante?
Rumors abound, so I'm going to try to summarize some of the ones I've encountered while surfing the web.
2008 Honda VFR details revealed in a patent document?
Details of Honda’s 2008 VFR1000 have been revealed in a newly published motorcycle patent document – which shows the motorcycle to have a radical new frame design.
The Honda V-four sports tourer motorcycle, which gets a capacity boost to 1000cc for next year with an all-new engine, features a two-piece chassis, with separate front and rear sections. The engine itself provides the majority of the motorcycle's frame strength.
Source: 2008 Honda VFR revealed in new motorcycle patent (motorcyclenews.com)
There is still some hope for a V-Five VFR variant, apparently :
Click here to continue...The patent also reveals that Honda hasn’t yet ditched the idea of a V-five engine, as one picture shows the same frame design with a five-cylinder motor bolted in place of the V-four.
2008 Harley-Davidson model changes
2008 Harley-Davidson 105th Anniversary V-rod
Harley Motorcycles for 2008
Update July 10, 2007
See our summary of the Harley-Davidson 2008 models taken from Harley-Davidson's official announcements.
Update July 9, 2007
2008 Harley-Davidson models announced on the H-D website (see Offsite Links section below).
Update June 15, 2007 - links to 2008 Harley-Davidson model CARB certification documents - and our summary report
Visit our new summary of 2008 Harley-Davidson models certified for sale in California extracted from California Air Resources Board (CARB) online documents.
Or, you can search the CARB database (links at end of article) - these contain the 2008 model certifications. You can see the models that will be certified for sale in the state of California - so, you can read the .PDF files and find out for yourself...
2008 Sportster Tank Close-up: Copper color scheme is just beautiful on the 2008 Sportster
Rumors and Gossip...
According to various sources, Harley Davidson is dropping some models from its line-up in 2008.
- FLHRS - Road King Custom
- FLSTSC - Softail Springer Classic
- FXDWG - Dyna Wide Glide
- FXST - Softail Standard
- FXSTD - Softail Deuce
- VRSCR - Street Rod
- VRSCX - Screamin Eagle V-Rod
- XL50 - 50th Anniversary Sportster
- XL883R - Sportster 883R
Cry me a river
According to the Dallas Morning News, members of the local police and fire departments will have to live by the same rules as the rest of us.
Meaning: They will be fined if caught on camera running red lights and they are not on an emergency call.
It's about time this became a nationwide phenomenon, if we have to live with these surveillance systems.
Click here to continue...Travis Pastrana Wins Gold at X Games
Travis Pastrana completed an awesome double back flip to win the Gold in the Moto X Best Trick competition. The other riders wowed the crowd with some incredible tricks but you just can't beat a prefectly executed double back flip.
Too hot to ride? This might help!
Here's a 'cool' vest if you wanna go riding in the crazy heat:
Assault with a deadly weapon
CHP officer fires on motorcyclist on I-80 [SFGate.com]
A California Highway Patrol officer fired at a speeding motorcyclist who refused to pull over Sunday afternoon, authorities said.
It was unclear whether the shot struck the motorcyclist, who got away and was still being sought Sunday night, authorities said.
The incident began at 12:07 p.m. on eastbound Interstate 80 in American Canyon, where a CHP officer clocked two motorcycles speeding at 85 mph, according to CHP spokesman Marvin Williford. The CHP officer began pursuing the riders and attempted to pull over both of them. One, however, exited I-80 at Red Top Road and then re-entered I-80 westbound while the second motorcyclist continued east on I-80.
A second CHP officer was west on I-80 and had been monitoring the pursuit. At the Columbus Parkway exit in Vallejo, the officer pulled over a motorcyclist who matched the description of the first fleeing biker. The officer, however, realized he had the wrong biker when he spotted the fleeing motorcyclist coming off Columbus Parkway in his direction, Williford said.
The officer stepped off his bike and waved for the fleeing motorcyclist to stop, but the rider instead accelerated toward the officer and the officer opened fire, Williford said.
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Accelerating your motorcycle towards a police officer can be considered a "threatening move", apparently. Never mind that it's a hell of a lot easier to get out of the way of an oncoming motorcycle. Any way you slice it, this was a bad scene. I can appreciate the position a police officer might find himself in - but the action seems a bit extreme.
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