Due to a last minute, quick style, work related trip, I was able to pop up to Seattle to catch the North West Region version of the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show. To be brutally honest it was night and day compared to the Long Beach Show. This was simply a much better show. The questions I heard while I walked around the floor seemed much more knowledgeable and so did the answers. People up north seem to take riding very seriously. Heard a lot less talk about clothing styles …

A couple of days ago I wrote up a brief blog entry about American MotoGP Upstart MotoCzysz. As fate would have it right after I got done writting about them and their outside-the-box motorcycle design, the new CycleWorld Magazine showed up with the cover story on their bike, the C1.
After reading the article a couple of times, I have to say I’m really impressed with what they’re doing up there in Portland. As I wrote in the previous post they’ve got some pretty radical design ideas going, including a …

So while waking up this morning I killed a bit of time checking out the Ducati.ms webforum. Guess we all have our usual morning websites, right? Anyway I stumbled across a link to MotoCzysz, the makers of a ‘new american MotoGP’ Motorcycle. Apparently they were on the cover of CycleWorld and Roadracing World (or whatever the name of that mag is, I can never remember)… After spending some time checking out the website it sounds like they’ve got some interesting technology going on, but amazingly enough I couldn’t find a …

Is this is the new street legal and MotoGP derived Ducati Desmosedici RR?

Now, obviously who knows if this thing is real or not - this could be a great photoshop mock up made by some kid in their bedroom - however regardless I feel utterly let down by the design. I know a great number of Ducatista out there hate Pierre Terblanche, the current head designer, because he dared to go away from the classic 916 styling when he penned the 999. I personally love the 999, shocking I know …