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FILA FLYER
Ducati is celebrating its 200th World Superbike victory with a street-going replica of the machine on which Brit Neil Hodgson accomplished the historic feat at Monza, Italy, this past May.
Basically a $29,995 999R treated to race-team livery, the 423-pound machine will come with a special ECU, non-catalyzer racing exhaust, rear stand, bike cover, numbered plaque and certificate of authenticity. Production will be limited to 200, of course.
UP, UP AND AWAY
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of powered flight, a group of engineering students from Utah State University built and flew a replica of the 1903 Wright Flyer. Unlike the original, however, which was powered by a simple four-cylinder engine of the Wrights’ own design, the replica got its go from a Harley-Davidson V-Twin. In related news, Honda plans to test a small passenger jet of its own design. The Japanese manufacturer is also putting the final touches on an all-new flat-Four intended for light-duty aircraft. Developed in conjunction with Teledyne Continental, the engine reportedly runs on unleaded gasoline.
STILL RIDING FOR KIDS
A $6 million award from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (www.pbsfus.org) will establish and help fund a new institute at Duke’s Comprehensive Cancer Center that will be devoted entirely to pediatric brain tumor research. Since 1984, the foundation has raised more than $20 million— largely through the Honda-sponsored Ride for Kids program-in the fight against the most deadly of childhood cancers.
ARNOLD’S INDIAN
Bring out the cyborg in you with the Indian Chief T3 Limited Edition. Celebrating the reborn bike-maker’s role in the latest Arnold Schwarzenegger flick. Terminat&~ 3: Rise of the Machine.s~
T3 differs from the standard Chief by way of its custom paint, billetaluminum air cleaner and coil cover, stainless-steel exhaust system, sculpted saddlebags, collector’s plaque and letter of authenticity. Suggested retail price is $26,995.
CAGE DONE RIGHT
Tilt the horizon in a car? Not possible, right? Wrong. A fully automatic, mechanical/hydraulic Dynamic Vehicle Control system endows the threewheeled Carver {www.carver.nl) with the ability to achieve a 45-
degree lean angle. For open-air running (wind in your hair?), the roof is removable. Getting its go from a turbocharged 660cc inline-Four producing 65 horsepower, the compact two-seater is said to accelerate from 0-60 mph in 8.2 seconds and top out at 118 mph.
