Our Italian friends at Reparto Sportivo are playing their part to keep the much-shrunk interesting blog universe alive with irregular, but long blog posts. The latest is about the Buell-based Sundance Weapon Battle of The Twins racer (below) and includes the photo above, of the Buell RR-1000, the race bike was based on, riding on the road in Japan in the late-80s. It is my favourite bike photo I've seen in ages. Battle of the Twins was a big thing when I first got into bike

A package arrived from Verona, Italy. Inside was a brochure/booklet printed on heavyweight paper, full of American motorcycles, photographed by Sideburn contributor and cover photographer, Raffaele Paolucci. The covering note said: Creating something new is risky and complicated, it has always been. It requires trusted ideas , and a lot of experience, it's not a quality, but a conquest, a path to foster and respect. For this reason, at Reparto Sportivo, we believe in the pow