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Remember Blastolene’s Hemi-powered trike displayed last year at the Grand National Roadster Show? Well, it is called the Frogman Rocket II Trike and it is now in the hands of happy owner Tim Cotterill who had the kindness of having a film made in which all trike lovers can see the 1000hp supercharged Hemi V8 trike in action.

Produced by Andrew Cappelletti, the video is all about taking this beast in its natural environment, feed it tons of gas and get a rush from it. To us, it looks like it shouldn’t exist or at least be legal, but it is and that guy is the luckiest we’ve seen on three wheels so far. Hit the jump for the video.

Frogman Rocket II Trike in action [w/video] originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 19 May 2010 10:10 EST.

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There’s little what people reproach to the standard Triumph Bonneville, but at seeing what the guys at Deus can do with it, suddenly there’s a whole lot needing to be improved. If it is to follow the Deus recipe, the Bonnie would have to be 2 inches shorter and 2.5 inches longer than the original. Still, the modified rear frame section makes for a 4 inches shorter tail section.

This gives ‘Dave’s Bonny’ an aggressive stance and sure makes it a greater performer at high speeds, but there’s a whole list of features that make this café racer special. While you can check those out in the list found below, we’ll just name some of the parts that make this project stand out. To begin with, the tricked out Bonnie features a Kawasaki W650 tank with the fuel injection unit tucked inside and a Deus fiberglass seat unit. At the front, Dave gets 41mm clip-ons from Australian specialist Tingate and Triumph Trophy 955 handbar controls. We also like the Deus headlight brackets.

In the end, the bike looks nice and clean with all the wiring hidden but it is the custom paint job by Dutchy that finishes it even nicer. Also note the black powdercoated engine covers and 2-pack gloss black fuel injection bodies.

Triumph Bonneville by Deus originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 18 May 2010 12:33 EST.

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Where these people get these crazy ideas, we’ll never know. Maybe they’re channeling their inner ’Jackass’ or maybe they just have penchant for the thrill. Either way, we don’t recommend anybody doing this, that is unless you also have your own deathwish. Riding a spin set and using a motorbike to make it go faster is not really a recipe for fun. On the contrary, it’s about as close to a health insurance nightmare that you can find. And in the unfortunate event that you do decide to give this ride a try, might we suggest you hang on for dear life, unlike this sorry young kid who thought he could get away with raising his hands. First of all, it’s not a roller coaster, buddy and when you do decide to let your hands go, there aren’t any seatbelts to keep you from getting thrown off of the ride. Then again, where’s the fun in that, right?

Video: Idiot flies off of custom spin cycle originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 17 May 2010 06:00 EST.

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Who knew that Mad Cow could be so disturbingly weird? Associated more with a type of animal disease, motorcycle designer Billie Grace Lynn sure wasn’t afraid in calling his bony creation by the same name. In the ranks of the absurdly weird, Lynn built a motorcycle with a number of traditional items combined with one that seemingly doesn’t have a place in any two-wheeled ride known to man: cow bones.

There’s no price tag for insanity, so they say; and there’s no shortage of it running in the neurons of Lynn’s brain. The creation, naturally, is weird. There’s nothing else to describe the use of a whole cow skeleton, from the snout down to the tail, to customize a bike without justifying it as pure lunacy. Then again, maybe Grace Lynn’s just one of those off-the-cuff fellows who seem to be less interested in being noticed than she is in being unique.

Mad Cow Motorcycle is maddeningly weird originally appeared on topspeed.com on Sunday, 16 May 2010 03:00 EST.

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In 2010, Yamaha plans to rule all competitions involving 450cc dirt bikes with their entirely redesigned YZ450F model. This is a bike that with ingenious engineering solves a big problem for all bikes in its category – space. It features a reversed cylinder engine allowing the entire reorganization of the engine bay and it is all mounted on a completely new, lighter frame. The rest is just a matter of finesse and it is all covered in the following article.

Yamaha YZ450F originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 14 May 2010 10:19 EST.

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For the upcoming Le Mans MotoGP race, Yamaha France has released just four different race replicas of their four MotoGP riders. So the Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo replicas feature the Fiat-Yamaha color scheme, while those of Ben Spies and Colin Edwards received the Monster Tech3 Yamaha paintjobs.

But there’s actually much more to these bikes than just paint; there’s a small race kit, which includes:

• Bike seat cover with the official team colors bearing the number of pilot
• Pair of YEC racing levers
• Replica helmet of the MotoGP rider whose race replica you’ve chosen (which can be signed by that rider was well)
• Official Yamaha team shirt,
• 2 paddock passes paddock at Le Mans for the Moto GP weekend
• “Wild card” track day with Yamaha instructors
• Certificate of authenticity and a plaque attached to specific authentication framework makes these machines truly unique.

Most importantly, the four Yamaha GP riders are the ones handing in the keys and that has probably the most to do with the fact that only the Colin Edwards replica is still available despite the €16,990 price tag, $1,000 more than what Europeans would pay for a standard R1.

2010 Yamaha YZF-R1 MotoGP replicas by Yamaha France originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 13 May 2010 06:33 EST.

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The Triumph Bonneville was the subject of infinite customization projects during the past decades and it seems that there’s always found a new way of turning GB’s iconic motorcycle into a better ride. Madame Bonnie represents such a project, but it comes from Italy, where Triumph specialists Pettinari have tricked it out.

No bike can be called a Bonnie unless the parallel-twin engine is present, so the Milan-based tuners retained the stock engine, but fitted it with 39mm Keihin CR racing carbs, a high performance air filter and a free-flow exhaust. These parts allow the motor to spin easier and sound much more aggressive.

Still, the main focus was on handling, so Madame Bonnie loses its stock suspension for Showa forks and Öhlins rear shocks. Also at the rear, a boxed aluminum swingarm was added. In the end, braking performance was significantly increased by adding Street Triple twin 310 mm front discs and Nissin calipers.

Surely, this custom retains its classy look, but technically it is a step further than anything going off the production line in Hinckley, England.

Triumph Bonneville by Pettinari originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 12 May 2010 09:50 EST.

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When it comes to Harleys, it is the image that sells, so the company needs to refresh that image with each year so that they keep appealing to larger and larger crowds. We’re not quite sure this is their strategy to attract more female riders, but the American giant has revealed their Summer 2010 Campaign, but we’ll more likely call it Victoria’s Secret Angel Marisa Miller calendar.

Yes, the Californian model, aka ‘sexiest woman on the planet’ got a bit dirty in denim and jumped on a few Harleys just to get our hearts pumping harder. This follows the success of last year’s campaign, in which we saw the superhot model taking the innocent approach in a 1950s style photo shoot.

One of the pictures even shows a hot babe doing a burnout, but we won’t put our money on the fact that it is exactly Marissa Miller. Anyway, hit the jump for more pics.

Marissa Miller at her best in Harley-Davidson’s summer 2010 campaign originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 11 May 2010 12:22 EST.

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Alex de Angelis was warming up for the Moto2 race at Jerez a couple of weekends back when his bike engaged into a highside, sending him rolling end-over-end on the side of the track. From what this leaked video shows, you’ll have all the reasons to think that de Angelis couldn’t have survived this and we totally agree, except he did. The RSM Team Scot rider even managed to walk away unharmed from his incredible crash and was willing, but not allowed by circuit doctors to participate in the race. Video after the jump.

Alex de Angelis’s Jerez crash leaves us speechless [w/video] originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 10 May 2010 10:54 EST.

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