In fact, as I’m writing this post, I have already placed an order for one of these beauties and it should probably arrive next week.

I can hardly wait… I’m so excited to finally own and hold one of these beauties in my hands that I don’t know if I should pee or have a heart attack.

Maybe I should just do both at the same time.

The Paul Reed Smith Modern Eagle II

The newly updated Modern Eagle II builds on the tradition of the Modern Eagle with premium grade wood, classic Modern Eagle frets and a Modern Eagle wide fat neck carve and adds to that an all new pickup system and updated finishing techniques.

The 1957/2008 pickups offered standard on the Modern Eagle II allow players to achieve both vintage and modern sounds. PRS obtained exclusive rights to the original pickup wire used in the most revered pickups in the 50’s. PRS obtained the rights to the wire in 2008, and 1957 was the year the humbucker was first commercially available, giving rise to the 1957/2008 name.

After finishing her phychology degree, this brainy brunette got bored with continually asking why, so she entered the world of modeling and got a gig on her first game show Uomini e Donne, hosted by Maria de Filippi. In 2006, she moved on to the show Buona Domenica and continues to work there alongside other Italian beauties like Elisabetta Gregoraci.

As with all girls, gossip means you are popular, so Sara knew she had made it in the Italian entertainment industry when there was much interest in her personal life after she started dating actress Sabrina Ferilli’s ex-husband, Andrea Perone.

Looking at her pictures, is it any wonder why she is one of the hottest women on the planet today?

Sara Varone simply oozes sex appeal -- she’s beautiful, has gorgeous breasts and a butt to die for. She’s what a woman should look like.

Diora Baird (born April 6, 1983) is an American actress and former model for Guess? who has appeared in films such as Wedding Crashers (2005) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006).

Early life
Baird was born in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida. Her mother was also a model. She got into acting when her mother enrolled her in an acting class to help her overcome introversion. Later, she became vice president of her school’s Thespian Society.

At the age of 17, she moved to Los Angeles in hope of pursuing an acting career. To earn money while auditioning she worked at The Gap as well as a clown at children’s parties, caterer, waitress and pre-school teacher until breaking in to the modeling industry, most notably with Guess?.

Her exposure increased considerably with an appearance on the cover of the August 2005 issue of Playboy magazine. She is signed to Elite Model Management in Miami.

Career
In 2004, Baird also started earning acting roles, such as a guest appearance on the Drew Carey Show and in the low-budget film Brain Blockers. Her breakthrough appearance in a major film was in Wedding Crashers in 2005, which she followed up with roles in Accepted and Hot Tamale. In 2006, she appeared in four films, most notably a major role in the horror prequel The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.

Baird had featured photo spreads in several magazines including Playboy, FHM, Stuff, Maxim (in which she was ranked #76 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list and #64 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list), Toro and Esquire (UK). She lent her voice to the Scarface video game as one of Tony Montana’s possible girlfriends.

Baird guest-starred in episodes of Big Day where her character was known for her large breasts, The Drew Carey Show, Shark, The Loop and Two and a Half Men episode “She’ll Still Be Dead At Halftime” (2009).

Whatever it is, Diora Baird’s 32DD natural breasts are one of the best I have ever seen.  Definitely one of the best breasts in Hollywood.

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Reviewed by TheCarConnection.com

The S5 is powered by a 354-horsepower, 4.2-liter V-8 engine that spins out a peak 325 pound-feet of torque. Rear-biased Quattro all-wheel drive helps the wheels get traction no matter what the surface, and helps neutralize handling in spirited driving. With either transmission—six-speed manual or automatic, both a joy to drive—the Audi S5 gets to 60 mph in a mere 4.9 seconds and tops out at 155 mph. It’s the only car in its class to offer all-wheel drive with a manual transmission.

The optional Drive Select package enables drivers to tune suspension and steering response. The S5 has brilliant handling, with some occasionally harsh ride motions when you run into—well, run over—rough surfaces in mid-corner. Even with electronic power steering, it turns in flat and responds in a snap, though the feel is a little light. The 2009 S5’s braking is stellar.

The cockpit of the Audi S5 sports a tight feel, paired with a rather complex, busy array of controls on the dash. Audio system control buttons are numerous; the designers have opted for lots of shiny aluminum and chrome trim, so it’s not a restful place to meditate. The front seats cradle you in comfort, but the rear seats are merely tight and totally unable to accommodate adult legs. Thanks to the thick pillars and low roofline, visibility out the back while driving is pretty dismal. On the plus side, the trunk is large.

The 2009 Audi S8 doesn’t give up any conveniences in the name of high performance; expect everything that you would in a full-fledged luxury coupe, including power and heated everything, along with features like adaptive headlamps. Audiophiles will be very fond of the available Bang & Olufsen sound system.

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Here is a beautiful machine bred out of the racing DNA of Audi… The four rings of Audi has always been associated with motorsport since the 1930s when Auto Union race cars racked up several Grand Prix wins. (FYI : Audi AG evolved from 4 companies -- Auto Union, NSU, Horch and DKW. This explains their logo of 4 rings in a line, representing the union of these 4 companies.)

Presenting the Audi R8…

<Audi R8 review and Audi R8 pictures taken from RSportsCar.com>

The Audi R8, into which Audi has incorporated the name and the genes of the five-time Le Mans winner, is a spectacular sports car. Three years after the unveiling of the Audi Le Mans quattro concept car, the production version will be making its debut at the Paris Motor Show in the guise of the new Audi R8 mid-engined sports model. It is a fascinating driving machine and the sporty pinnacle of the Audi brand. The mid-mounted 420 bhp V8 FSI engine, quattro permanent four-wheel drive and Audi Space Frame aluminum body form the basis for truly outstanding driving dynamics. The Audi R8 will be available to order from 28 September 2006; first deliveries will be made in the first half of 2007.

As the first Audi mid-engined sports car, the Audi R8 combines Audi’s experience gained from numerous motorsport triumphs with groundbreaking design and the acknowledged technological expertise of the brand. This expertise has led to the slogan ‘Vorsprung durch Technik’ becoming a byword for leading-edge technology both on the race track and on the road.

Audi R8’s Exterior

Even at first glance, the caliber of the Audi R8 is plain to see. The car sits broad and squat on the road, the strongly accentuated rear end appearing to flex its muscles like a sprinter ready for the off.

The characteristic proportions of the vehicle are dictated by the location of the engine behind the cockpit. This layout is a typical feature of race cars. One of the most striking examples of this design – and as such one of the legitimate antecedents of the Audi R8 – was, and still is, the Auto Union Type C Grand Prix car. The central position of the engine is above all a boon to driving dynamics, as it allows for a weight distribution, as on the R8, of 44 percent to the front and 56 percent to the rear.

The car’s body is highly compact in appearance. The front end and the gently curved roof arc are drawn in a sweeping line; a line which immediately marks the two-seater out as an Audi.

The side view also reveals familiar contours. The dynamic line above the wheel arches and the shoulder line interlink the front end, side and rear, imbue the doors and the transition to the side air vent with a strong presence, and even more emphatically highlight the typical Audi rounded wheel housings accommodating the big wheels.

The cabin of the Audi R8 is pushed far forward – a typical feature of a mid-engined sports car, and as such a visual cue linking it to the race car of the same name. Behind the cabin, positioned in front of the rear axle, is the V8 FSI engine, a sculptured piece of engineering visible both through the large, shield-shaped rear window and from inside the car.

The full aluminum body is constructed in the Audi Space Frame (ASF) design. Its perfect synthesis of minimal weight and maximum rigidity provides the ideal foundation for optimum driving dynamics, as well as delivering an outstanding power-to-weight ratio of just 8.18 pounds per bhp.

The Interior

The sporty interior is dominated by a totally driver-oriented cockpit architecture, integrating the driver between the dashboard and the high centre console. The instrument panel above the console is angled slightly towards the driver. The flat-bottomed steering wheel is a typical feature of the sportiest Audi models, and also enables comfortable sports car entry and exit.

Form follows function: this design principle is implemented throughout the R8. Alongside the driver-oriented architecture, also reflected in the styling of the side window sills, the choice of materials also makes for a highly functional look and feel. Looking around when in the driving seat makes one thing clear: just like in the R8 race car, the styling and placement of all the elements in the cockpit of this driving machine is focused on the essentials. The center point of everything is the driver.

The Drivetrain

Turbine-like power up to the highest rev ranges, a high maximum torque, all combined with a fascinating sound, are the characteristics of a perfect sports car engine. An engine that is fascinating both in terms of its enormous power potential and its suitability for everyday use.

In the high-revving 420 bhp eight-cylinder engine, the evolution of FSI petrol direct injection technology has reached a new high. This technology has also enjoyed many triumphs in the Audi R8 race car.

The figures illustrate the outstanding potential of the eight-cylinder unit. At 7,800 rpm the 4.2-liter engine delivers 420 bhp of power output. Peak torque is 317 lb-ft from 4,500 to 6,000 rpm. And no less than 90 per cent of this maximum torque is maintained consistently throughout a wide engine speed range from 3,500 all the way to 7,600 rpm. As a result of these qualities, the eight-cylinder power unit provides maximum thrust in virtually any driving situation.

The performance figures are equally impressive: the R8 accelerates from a standstill to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds and reaches a top speed of 187 mph.

Two transmissions are available: a manual 6-speed gearbox or optionally the Audi R tronic sequential-shift gearbox. Here, too, the influence of the motorsport world is clearly evident, with a joystick gear-shift on the centre console and, most especially, the paddles mounted on the steering wheel, which are a long-established ergonomic feature in motorsport. The best illustration of this is once again the Le Mans winning Audi R8, which also enables the driver to change gear on the steering wheel.

The Audi R8 is being built on a small-lot production line in a specially constructed new block at the Audi plant in Neckarsulm, Germany.

Have a look at another Audi R8 review and lots more Audi R8 pictures at Left Lane News.

BUT…

What you must do, is to go to the official Audi R8 website and look at this very beautiful car in the equally beautiful Audi microsite for a truly interactive experience.

For all you readers in Singapore, if you’re interested, here’s what the damage on this car will be:

Audi R8 4.2 FSI Quattro (A)

Audi R8 4.2 FSI Quattro R-tronic (A)

*The above were accurate at time of writing and are subject to change at anytime. Installment figures are based on monthly sum to be paid assuming that you took a loan of 90% of the vehicle’s listed price over a period of 10 years. Interest rates are assumed to be 2.85% p.a.

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I always used to think that only women should drive Jags.

Jags looked soft with smooth and curvy lines, you know, like women… So it kinda just made me think that the Jag was more of a woman’s car.

Then comes this wild cat newly launched from Jaguar. It looks as though a Lexus IS250 and Aston Martin DBS collided with one another and this luxury sports car emerged from the heap looking a little pissed off…

Here are some pics…

Long, low and wide lines with clear, muscular proportions. A very strong Aston Martin-sque grille that creates a very distinctive signature for this luxury sports saloon.

Low nose that sweeps past the sculpted light clusters. Note the side power vents and the large, alloy wheels. Several wheel options are available. These include 18″ and 19″ alloy wheel options from Carelia, Auriga, Venus, Cygnus, Libra and 20″ Selena and Volans wheels standard only on the Supercharged SV8 models.

The 2008 Jaguar XF interior ambience is enriched with crafted, luxurious materials, sophisticated instruments and calm interior mood lighting. Interior includes leather, twin-needle stitching and handcrafted wood veneer next to textured aluminium.

At night, Phosphor blue halo illumination highlights the aluminium coloured faces of the Jaguar XF’s dials and instruments.

At start up, press the pulsing red start button and a whole ballet-like sequence takes place : the JaguarDrive Selector rises softly, the rotating air vents turn quietly from their flush positions to their open positions, the Touch Screen comes to life and the message centre does a system check for the car…

And the heart of this great car… The 2008 Jaguar XF offers 4 great engines: the 2.7 litre V6 turbodiesel, 3.0 litre V6, a 4.2 litre naturally aspirated V8 to the supercharged 4.2 litre V8.

Here are some other pics of this beauty…

Actually, the pictures don’t do justice for this luxurious sports car at all. While the pictures of the 2008 Jaguar XF do make you stop and stare, nothing beats seeing this great car in person. One was parked just outside my office the other day and boy oh boy, was it sweet looking.

For all you readers in Singapore, if you’re interested, here’s what the damage on this car will be:

3.0 V6 Luxury (A)

3.0 V6 Premium Luxury (A)

4.2 V8 Supercharged (A)

*The above were accurate at time of writing and are subject to change at anytime. Installment figures are based on monthly sum to be paid assuming that you took a loan of 90% of the vehicle’s listed price over a period of 10 years. Interest rates are assumed to be 2.85% p.a.

Wanna see a video? Lucky you…

Do have a look at this drool worthy car at the official 2008 Jaguar XF site. There you’ll find loads more pictures, specifications and videos on the Jaguar XF. For detailed reviews, check out:

• Car Pages -- 2008 Jaguar XF Road Test
• Motor Trend -- 2008 Jaguar XF Review
• CarAdvice.com.au -- 2008 Jaguar XF Review
• The Car Connection -- 2008 Jaguar XF Review
• The Truth About Cars -- 2008 Jaguar XF Supercharged Review

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(Images taken from Honda UK)

What is it about naked sportbikes that make me drool and get all excited? And I don’t think it’s just because of the word ‘naked’…

Here are some pictures, specs and reviews of Honda’s latest naked sportbike -- the 2008 Honda CB1000R Hornet…

What’s with the pukey, olive colour you say? Not too sure about that but here’s more pics of the 2008 Honda CB1000R Hornet in cooler colours…

Full Specifications

Here’s a detailed and super review of the 2008 Honda CB1000R Hornet taken from Motorcycle USA written by Marc Potter:

Way back in the ’60s, when men had quiffs and woman wore beehives, the Japanese bike manufacturers invaded Europe. Their bikes looked strangely like the ones made in the midlands but they had funny winged logos on the tanks. And they worked come rain or shine.

The copycats were laughed off at first and then makes like Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha and Suzuki started landing on our shores in big numbers, at the right price, with the right kit (like electric starters that worked) and engines that didn’t leak. And they took over the world of motorcycling forever.

It stayed that way for the last 40 years until a small manufacturer in Hinckley started making a bike called the Speed Triple and essentially created the Super Naked bike. Having been the first person in the world to ride the prototype, I remember that moment well. Okay, so the Ducati Monster was the original but that didn’t have the same sort of sports bike horsepower linked with quality suspension and brakes, and the kind of style reminiscent of a crashed GSX-R1100 with bug-eye headlamps.

And now the tables have turned again, as the world’s biggest bike manufacturer looks down from its ivory tower to a small industrial unit in Leicestershire and decides it’s very interested in a bike called the Speed Triple. Combine it with a healthy respect for bikes like the MV Agusta Brutale and the Monster and you’re starting to get the measure of Honda’s new CB1000R.

Big H won’t admit their influences but an off the record chat with a few people confirmed what I just said, and it’s not going on sale in Japan because the emissions laws are so strict it would have to have an exhaust the size of a small car. This bike is for Europe only and that’s where most of the design work and development was done.

Forget the fact it has the same name as the dinosaur CB1000 of the early nineties, or that it’s a spine-framed, FireBlade-engined naked like the now defunct 900 Hornet. This is a whole new bag for Honda. A bike designed with Europe in mind and one that uses a retuned version of the 2007 FireBlade CBR1000RR engine and runs 2008 FireBlade forks, 2008 FireBlade brakes, a beautiful single-sided swingarm and styling tailored to the decor of the very best designer cafes in Milan. In green it looks purposeful, in white it looks as good as anything on the road.

And then there’s the bike’s heritage. It was developed by Tetsuya Kudoh, the man who was chief engineer and test rider on such bikes as the VFR400, RC30, NR750, CBR600F and VFR750F, so nothing much good in there then. And as such it’s one high-spec piece of kit. The single-sided swingarm is one of the things that gives away the fact this isn’t your average fat and lazy naked bike.

Then there’s the short stubby attitude of the CB100R: the tiny seat unit designed as a token gesture to attract nubile Italian goddess’ who may want to perch on your steed, so to speak. (But in reality no real human would want to sit on the back and you’d never get a tail pack on it, but Honda designed it that way.) It’s all about being purposeful, minimal, and saying to everyone watching that you’re a no compromise kind of guy who likes to ride fast and look good. The CB1000R weighs in wet at 217 kg (478 lbs), which is just 18 kg (40 lbs) more than the super lightweight 2008 Blade and most of that extra weight is in the heavily braced single-sided swingarm.

Check out the swoopy four-spoke rear wheel, the LCD clocks that are claimed to be the most expensive Honda make, the jagged lines of the bodywork and the aggressive ‘ready-to-attack’ stance, and you can tell this is no normal Japanese naked bike. It’s designed to give a sporty ride with the stylish looks of a naked, and it more than delivers.

Undoubtedly it’s a serious bit of kit that aims to do a totally different job to the old Hornet 900, and it’s a bike that I’m slightly afraid of riding when I get handed the keys in the center of Milan on a wet and slippery Saturday morning.

But fearful is not one of the things that enters your head when you start riding the tiny Honda. Filtering through Milan in convoy behind a mad Welshman intent on showing us his knowledge of Milan’s backstreets, the bike is gentle, easy and torquey. The fuelling is perfect, the grunt is huge and I’m already starting to think that for most people, most of the time this engine would be better in a FireBlade than the super-powerful motor de rigeur of bikes that say you’re a real man, even if secretly the amount of horsepower terrifies you. Or is that just me?

130 hp is plenty but it’s more about the torque and the way the power is delivered that impresses. It comes on clean and fat to the point where sixth gear will pull 30 mph with no shakes from the transmission, no rattles, just clean drive. Try that on a FZ1 Fazer and you’ll be reaching for an asthma inhaler to spray down its air intakes. Hit 8000 rpm and there’s no noticeable switch in delivery but by then it’s pulling strongest and doesn’t ease off till 10,000 rpm. Compared to the 2007 Blade, the CB uses a different cylinder head (made of magnesium), different inlet and outlet ports, a different ECU and compression ratio. As an engine it’s one of the finest in any production bike and hits way harder than you expect.

As we cut through the Milan traffic towards the twisty roads near Lake Como I realise I never actually checked whether or not I was riding the bike with combined brakes and ABS or the standard FireBlade braking system. As we pull up to the next lights, I grab a handful of front and lock the front tire I realise it’s the standard bike. The CBS/ABS model puts an extra £500 on the price. But as standard the brakes don’t feel super sharp like on the Blade, that’s because the master cylinder and brake lines are changed to soften it up a little. If it had exactly the same kit as the Blade you’d be a world stunt champion or lying in the road with the bike on top of you.

We head out of town and the CB1000R comes into its own as the road sweeps into fast dual-carriageway corners and you can feel how agile it is when cutting through traffic. It steers quickly yet the team behind the bike have managed to make it stable at motorway speeds, quite a feat when you consider how quickly it turns into a corner. Sit at 80 mph and the Honda is surprisingly comfortable. You feel close to the headstock of the bike yet deep enough in the seat to not feel the full force of the wind.

The pace slows through yet more industrial towns on the outside of Milan and we slide our way through roundabouts, dial in the smooth torque and power out the other side. Short shift and you almost forget the clutch as the gearbox is so light and precise on every shift, feeling like a well set-up racebike shift rather than your standard roadbike fare.

When the road opens up the CB1000R really comes into its own and it’s here where it needs to live. The big Honda is so easy to ride fast that you really don’t have to think about what gear and when to get on the throttle. It seems to let you get away with riding the road and not thinking about the bike -- if there are any faults with the bike that’s one of them.

The motor is amazing but it doesn’t howl or really get you excited. It has the looks of something really aggressive but it never really wants to kick off. If it were in a fight the CB1000R would be the good-looking one talking his way out of it, but knowing secretly that it could handle itself should it need to. In comparison to the Speed Triple it’s not quite as raw, not quite as bolshie and looks a little softer. But that makes it easier to ride than all its rivals. Kawasaki’s Z1000 is heavier, less torquey and doesn’t handle as well. Yamaha’s FZ1 has most of its power at the top and lacks bottom end, that makes it hard to ride on the roads where it wants to be ridden and it’s hard to wheelie.

The Honda on the other hand leaps out of corners piling all of its torque to the ground and is round the rev-counter before you know it. Shift at 10,000 rpm and it feels like the perfect blend of power and torque for the road. The suspension is softer than the Triumph but, for me, give the perfect blend of feel and comfort. I don’t want a bike that’s rock hard, just one that lets me know what the wheels are doing and one that doesn’t pitch around under power or braking. The Honda gets it bang on.

The only thing the CB100R lacks is a bit of soul and a bit of the noise that you get from the Brutale and the Speed Triple. But for ninety nine percent of the time it’s a better bike in every respect.

Unfortunately I never got to ride the CB1000R in true dry conditions where you can really sling it around. For that you’ll have to wait for our group test in about two week’s time. But in the real world, where cops are hiding in trailers with speed guns, the roads get ever busier and the surface isn’t racetrack smooth Honda has made a brilliant unfaired bike.

Here’s more reviews for you:

• 2008 Honda CB1000R Hornet Review at The Biker Cafe
• 2008 Honda CB1000R Hornet Review at Super Bike Magazine
• 2008 Honda CB1000R Hornet Review at The KneeSlider

And of course, here’s a video review of the 2008 CB1000R Hornet:

Final note for all you riders in Singapore: Word has it that Boon Siew Honda will be launching this bad boy in the Bike Show this September and Mah Pte Ltd may be bringing it in sometime in August. So here’s hoping to see it on the roads some time soon eh?

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The BBC recently reported that the breast biomechanics team at the University of Portsmouth as saying that poor support from ill fitting bras could lead to fragile ligaments in the breasts being stretched.

Researchers tested about 50 bra designs on hundreds of women over the past 3 years (and how the heck do I join this team??) and found that during exercise, breasts move up to 21 cm up and down, in and out and side to side – but that most bras just limit vertical movement. (*Did everyone just picture a wild pair of breasts rotating like a windmill? And how do breasts move “in and out”? Yee…)

Anyway…

Ms Wendy Hedger, one of the scientists involved with this research said that women are unaware that they are wearing a badly-fitting bra or unknowingly wearing the wrong size bra because they are routinely being sold ill-fitting bras.

She also said that women should keep in mind that breasts do change in shape and size and they might have to go through several changes in bra size over their lifetime, especially after breast-feeding or menopause. If the wrong bra is chosen, women will potentially suffer from breast pain or discomfort. (*Reported by the BBC)

Later guys…

Okay… So I decided to pop by at the Singapore Expo to have a look at Bike Asia 2008 – touted to be a regional trade show and the first international exhibition on bicycles, motorcycles and their respective accessories held in South East Asia. It even listed EICMA as a co-organiser. EICMA being the organisation behind the largest International Bicycles and Motorcycles show in Milan, Italy.

So with that introduction (found on Bike Asia’s website), I was expecting to be blown away by all the biggest names in the motorcycle industry, clamouring for a booth or spot in this huge event.

Boy, can I be more wrong. And disappointed. I was a little worried when I drove up to the Singapore Expo and got a parking space right outside the exhibition hall. If this were an IT exhibition, parking lots would have been in short supply and I would have been parked illegally about 500 metres away.

What the hell happened guys? The exhibition felt cold and empty and there were many empty booths littered throughout the hall. Big names were starkly missing from the lineup… I didn’t see Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Harley Davidson…etc. Isn’t this supposed to be an international event?

Instead, there were a smattering of Vespas, a few Ducatis, Moto Guzzis and MV Agustas thrown about… These are all beautiful and well known motorcycles mind you (the limited edition MV Agusta Wally Brutale 989RR “118″ just made me drool…) but come on, what about the rest of the big boys?

• AGV and Nolan Helmet displays

• Vespas

1956 Vintage Douglas 125

GTV 125

GTS 250

Tasty in white…. and the Vespa wasn’t too bad as well…

• Some cool bikes

Marabese Bike Tailors Creations

Husqvarna…

Gilera FUOCO 500le

Moto Guzzi Griso

V11 Copa Italia

• Ducatis

Ducati 848

Ducati 1098R

Ducati 1098S

Ducati Monster 696

Ducati Monster S4RS

Ducati Sport Classic GT 1000

• MV Agustas

MV Agusta F4 1078

MV Agusta F4 Tamburini 1+1

MV Agusta F4 Brutale 1078

And lastly, my favourite – the limited edition MV Agusta F4 Brutale 989 Wally “118″

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