Word: rr
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...with too much time and money is growing--and the industry is expected to bust through $100 million in sales this year. "Our business has more than tripled over the past three years," says Wendy Atchison, CEO of Ecosse, a boutique cyclemaker in Denver. Its $275,000 Titanium Series RR is handcrafted by welders, machinists, painters and upholsters. The bike's all-titanium chassis is stronger than and a tenth the weight of steel, very difficult to weld and brutally expensive. For those hours off the bike, owners can still keep their babies close: included with the Titanium Series RR...
Part of the lure of one of these cycles is that very few people will have anything like it. A motorcycle from a custom shop is available in limited quantities. Only 100 Ecosse Heretics have been offered, and production on the Titanium Series RR is capped at 10. "We will continue to produce low numbers despite the wait list," says Atchison. "Once a model or series is complete, a new limited-edition run will take its place...
Italy's Ducati, which leads the pack in the sport and performance category, will cap production on its $72,500 Desmosedici RR at 1,500. Equipped with a 200-h.p. engine and weighing less than 370 lbs. (168 kg), the Desmosedici RR is one of the fastest street bikes on the planet. "Celebrities like motorcycles because they can go out for a ride with a helmet on and no one knows who they are," says Coldwells. It certainly would be easier to escape the paparazzi on one. Jay Leno and Tim Allen both have Ducatis, and Tom Cruise and Nicolas...
...10RR: Who do you play?DD: I play Edouard, who comes back from America after inheriting a fortune from his uncle. I come back to attempt to court the woman I was in love with before I left, just to find that she is now married. RR: Do you have any experience with married women?DD: No, no, this is my first, but I’m not opposed to looking into it. I’m joking, of course. No, that’s probably something I should stay away from while dating. Jealous husbands aren?...
...gather to celebrate the birthday of their patriarch and compete for inheritance rights, will put your clan to shame at the Loeb Experimental Theatre, starting tonight. The Roving Reporter sat down with the cast to rake through the Southern underbelly of the production.Benjamin T. Clark ’09 RR: So who do you play?BC: I play Big Daddy.RR: Does the Adam Sandler film “Big Daddy” give you any inspiration for your role?BC: Well, I have been peeing on a lot of walls. And I’m always waiting for Jon Stewart...