GREEN!!!

Kawasaki Ninja 1000

In honor of upcoming St Patrick’s Day, here’s a look at some of the green Tracy Motorsports has to offer.

Green dirt bikes. 

Green jerseys. 

Green quads. 

Green ball caps. 

Green personal watercraft. 

Green sweatshirts. 

Green sportbikes. 

Come check out the green in our Apparel Department

Green goggles.

PLUS - we're having a big t-shirt giveaway. Be one of the first 20 shoppers wearing a green shirt* on Saturday March 16th and we’ll give you a TMS t-shirt. 

Shift offroad jersey

 
Here is a little history about St Patrick's Day:
Saint Patrick lived in the fifth century. He is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland. He was taken as a slave to Ireland but later escaped. Saint Patrick eventually returned to Ireland and spread the word about Christianity. Through time, mythology surrounding his life became more and more important to Irish culture. It is said that he explained the Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, with the three leaves of a native Irish clover called the shamrock. It has become a feast day to celebrate St Patrick. The First parade wasn't held in Ireland, but in the United States. The parade took place on March 17, 1762. It was a group of Irish soldiers serving in the United States army. The parade was for the soldiers to reconnect to their Irish roots.

*One free shirt per customer on 3/16/13, customer shirt must be mostly green,  cannot swap green shirt between customers . 

Ducati 1098 Streetfighter

TMS just bought a primo pre-owned 2010 Ducati 1098 Streetfighter. It's pearl white and has 2,201 original miles. I'm going to let the reviews do the talking on this amazing sportbike. We're offering it for $11,999.

I’m shooting through the corners on a vicious tide of acceleration, noise and quick gratuitous gear changes. An angry right hand sees the bike smash towards the horizon as time dilates like a once cool Matrix special effect. The Ducati Streetfighter 1098 willingly responds, launching me into the next penal code with a twitch of remorseless unforgiving throttle. With the first ride there’s no doubt that Streetfighter doesn’t mean naked or softer; this is a superbike… stripped.

integrated LED lighting on the tail section...

Roll onto the throttle coming out of an apex and the Streetfighter rewards you with power, bonkers mad power, hurtling you through to the next turn. The frame is derived from the 1198’s but features a 25.6 degree head angle (rather than the superbike’s 24.5 degrees) and the swingarm is some 35mm longer, adding to the stability and giving a beautiful stable and planted response to the turns.

Luckily there is another ying to this engine’s yang; a pair of Brembo Monoblocs swiped from the 1198 parts bin, biting on 330mm discs up front. These are powerful, use one finger only brakes, pulling you down from speed in a heartbeat.

...and on each bar end.

Every ride I’ve done on this bike offers a heart pounding, eye widening experience. - Neil Johnston, OneWheelDrive.net

Next to sheer performance, aesthetics rank high on a Ducati engineer’s list when crafting a new masterpiece. Yet again, they’ve managed to hit a homerun in the styling department. If you look closely at the front facia, the twin air intakes and LED running lights are located in the same position as the Superbike. Above, a larger halogen head light is flanked by sleek-looking stalk-mount turn signals. Also new are the stylized fluid reservoirs, and its smaller switchgear not only look cooler, they function more intuitively too. 
A fresh-looking instrument display stays in theme with the slimmer handlebar-mounted switchgear. By default the display provides speed information digitally, while rpms are displayed in a bar graph style from left-to-right. Additional functionality, including time, ambient air/coolant temperature, battery voltage, and trip meters, can be accessed via the left-hand handlebar-mounted switch. The S model adds additional functionality with its standard Ducati Data Analysis (DDA) and Ducati Traction Control (DTC) feature. The dash unit also incorporates various warning lights (neutral, turn signals, high beam, rev limit, low oil pressure, fuel reserve and DTC intervention status (on S model), as well as scheduled maintenance. - Adam Waheed, MotorcycleUSA.com

Ever since Ducati started selling the Streetfighter in the US we kept hearing happy owners bragging about their exquisite rides and decided it was time to get some professional riding impressions. So we started from the already very good opinion that we had on it after simply reading the specs and came to find that this is an uncompromising naked motorcycle with superbike-like performance. Great! 

No wonder, considering the fact that both the standard Streetfighter and the S version are powered by an L-Twin, Testastretta Evoluzione 1098 engine, the same one found on the 1098 superbike (except the shorter intake tracts), makes these very promising Italian bikes…as promising as 155 hp and 85lb-ft of torque at 9500 rpm can be.
Ducati built the Streetfighter with pure performance in mind so apart from using Showa suspension on the base model and Ohlins on the special one as well as lighter forged-aluminum Marchesini wheels and carbon fiber pieces (front fender and cam-belt covers, like on all other “S” models of the Italian house), both models feature magnesium cylinder-head covers, clutch and headlight bracket for even lighter overall weight. 

The whole idea behind the 2010 Ducati Streetfighter is to have a stripped down superbike, so if we look at the “totally necessary pieces” such as the front fender, fuel tank and rear tail section it is easy to spot the same design lines as on the Ducati superbike models.

Designing an aggressive bike was a must and the excellent results show when looking at the main headlight underneath which are found the twin air intakes and LED lighting components. The bike also features an LED taillight, which is perfectly integrated in the sharp tail. Still, this piece of the bike looks like being positioned a little too high given the fact that there are no exhaust pipes running underneath it. In fact, the right rider side shotgun exhaust will have your eyes running between it, the tail and the stylish rear wheel (on both models), which stands out thanks to the single-sided swingarm.

No fairing means more work masking all the wiring and making components that would have normally been covered look good. We must say the Streetfighter’s engine department unveils nothing but a muscular L-twin motor when looking between the tubular steel trellis frame’s tubes.
The instrument panel is brand new and designed in the Ducati style. This offers digital speed and revs display as well as time, ambient air/coolant temperature, battery voltage, trip meters and warning lights – neutral, turn signals, high beam, rev limit, low oil pressure, fuel reserve, DTC intervention status (on the “S” model) and scheduled maintenance. - Maxx Biker, TopSpeed.com

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lunch, dessert & a new Ninja

Trever, Aaron and Mike chowing down.

We had our Holiday Luncheon today - marinated ball tip and smoked chicken from Kinders BBQ, plus a bunch of side dishes. 

from left: Amy's double chocolate cookies,
my Devil's Food cake
and pumpkin chocolate chip bars

Amy and I made desserts - Devil's Food cake, Pumpkin chocolate chip bars and double chocolate cookies. It was all really good and it was fun to stand around and chat while we ate.

In other news, we just got in one of the Special Edition Ninja 300s. It's on display right at the entrance to the Parts Dept, and it's very cool looking so come on in and see for yourself.

The all new EX300 Ninja Special Edition

And don't forget that we've got $100 TMS Gift Cards on sale for only $85, thru December 31st. What a most excellent present!

Special Edition fairing graphic

EX300 Ninja display sign

Ninja tank graphic