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In Las Vegas, a gamble on BMW's Kompressor and McQueen's Husky - AutoWeek

In Las Vegas, a gamble on BMW's Kompressor and McQueen's Husky - AutoWeek | Ductalk | Scoop.it
The anonymous Japanese collector was upset. The rare BMW Kompressor Rennsport, the finest pre-/postwar machine that he had listed, wasn't going for what he wanted. Five hundred thousand dollars he wanted. Half a million bucks! And that wasn't even the value at which the motorcycle had been appraised. The catalog had said “…all the way up to $600,000.” For a motorcycle to go for six figures was stratospherically rare; the last motorcycle that had sold for that much was a 1929 Brough-Superior SS100, one of only 69 made, the Rolls-Royce of motorcycles, only better. It had gone for $456,799. He must have known that. Yet his face was downturned, a mixture of ambivalence and veiled disappointment. The bids on his beloved machine were now stuck at $380,000. He expected higher. He expected the full six hundred. It'd be foolish for him to want any less.Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20130123/carnews01/130119933#ixzz2IuzdoGRW
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We love motorcycle auctions for the drama and spectacle. Here's a link to LOTS of photos from the three Vegas auctions last spring. Many Ducati's, some will surprise you. http://tinyurl.com/aglgrqn
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James Toseland to spearhead UK motorcycle land speed record attempt | autosport.com

James Toseland to spearhead UK motorcycle land speed record attempt | autosport.com | Ductalk | Scoop.it

 Two-time World Superbike champion James Toseland will spearhead a British attempt to break the motorcycle land speed record.

Toseland, 32, is set to make the record attempt in September 2014 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in the USA.

The current record stands at 376.363mph, set by American Rocky Robinson and ratified by the Federation International de Motocyclisme.


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What a beautiful bride! Katie Melua ties the knot with World Superbike champion James Toseland | dailymail.uk

What a beautiful bride! Katie Melua ties the knot with World Superbike champion James Toseland | dailymail.uk | Ductalk | Scoop.it
Singer Katie Melua has tied the knot with former World Superbike champion James Toseland.
The pair, who announced their engagement at the beginning of the year, got married in the Nash Conservatory at Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, west London, yesterday (Saturday)
Among the 200 guests was Prince Pieter-Christiaan Michiel of the Netherlands, music producer William Orbit and composer Mike Batt along with many of Toseland's friends from the world of motorsport.


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Katie Melua | Katie Melua Is Engaged | Contactmusic

Katie Melua | Katie Melua Is Engaged | Contactmusic | Ductalk | Scoop.it

Katie Melua is reportedly engaged to former World Superbike champion James Toseland after dating for less than a year.
Katie Melua is getting married.
The 27-year-old singer is set to wed former World Superbike champion James Toseland - who she has been dating since April 2011 - after he proposed before Christmas, The Sun newspaper reports.
Katie - who was previously in a relationship with Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard - was spotted wearing an engagement ring at Hamburg airport this week.
The 'Closest Thing To Crazy' singer and James, 31, were first set up by Katie's keyboard player Jim Watson last year after he spotted the racing star in the audience of her concert at Sheffield City Hall in Sheffield, North England.
James - who is launching a new career in music after being forced into early retirement following a wrist injury last year - has previously revealed one of the best thing about his new fiancee is that she doesn't care about his success.
He explained: "Katie has been great. She had no interest in me whatsoever because I was a motorcycle racer. She hadn't heard of me. She wouldn't even know what Valentino Rossi looked like.
"It was only because her piano player was such a fan that he kept talking about it on the tour bus after he'd met me. It was nice and a relief for someone so established to be attracted to me because of my personality."

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Katie Melua's husband records debut album Express.co,uk

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Newlywed singer KATIE MELUA is helping her husband JAMES TOSELAND launch a music career.

The Closest Thing To Crazy hitmaker has been visiting the former World Superbike Champion in the studio as he records his debut album, less than three weeks after the couple married in London on 1 September (12).


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Katie Melua to marry James Toseland this weekend | Monsters and Critics.com

Katie Melua to marry James Toseland this weekend | Monsters and Critics.com | Ductalk | Scoop.it

The 'Nine Million Bicycles' singer will tie the knot with two-time World Superbike Champion James Toseland this weekend sources have confirmed to Smooth Radio, and the brunette beauty was spotted looking very happy when she came out of a bridal shop in south east London earlier this week.

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