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CLIMBING THROUGH CANCER: The Children’s Treehouse Foundation
From left: Gregor, Patty and Rick DeBruhl.

For more than 20 years, the Children’s Treehouse Foundation has had one mission – to ensure that every child and teen whose parent is diagnosed with cancer is given the tools and emotional support they need to develop positive coping strategies. Cancer affects the entire family and has an undeniable impact on the children whose parent is fighting the disease.

Through the foundation’s CLIMB program, which stands for Children’s Lives Include Moments of Bravery, support is given to children to aid in dealing with the emotional turmoil that accompanies the disease. It’s a 6-week art-based therapy program that is facilitated by counselors at local hospitals and cancer treatment centers that helps children understand and deal with the emotions they are facing and helps families manage the emotions that cancer stirs. The program also offers a segment for parents aimed to empower them while going through treatment and help parents open lines of communication with their children and address their children’s concerns.

The organization was brought to Barrett-Jackson’s attention by long-time Barrett-Jackson television host Rick DeBruhl, whose son Gregor serves as the Executive Director for the Foundation. Rick’s wife Patty also has been an integral part of the Foundation for the past 15 years. Patty, herself the child of a parent who had cancer, has helped write the manuals for the program and ran the Foundation’s CLIMB program at Banner Health. Patty continues to volunteer as an advisory board member, as well as a program concierge to help hospitals implement the program.

The cause is a particularly important one that has resonated profoundly with Craig Jackson, Chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson. Craig lost both his father and brother to cancer just a few short years apart.

Through various research studies conducted by the Children’s Treehouse Foundation and other personal accounts, the program is effective. Gregor shared he had spoken to a woman who had participated in CLIMB when she was 12 years old. “She didn’t really want to be there because she felt like she could handle it herself; she didn’t want to share her feelings,” he said, adding that after a couple of weeks something just clicked for her, and she became very connected with the program.

“It had such a profound impact on her that now, at 24 years old, she works as a nurse at the same hospital where she went through CLIMB. She volunteers with the program and helps welcome other teens to the group,” Gregor said. The woman told Gregor that the program helped tremendously with the emotions she was feeling at that time and that she has been able to apply the skills she learned in CLIMB to other stressful situations throughout her life.

The CLIMB program is available across the United States, Ireland and in Japan. It only costs $4,000 for a hospital to license and run CLIMB for one year. According to Gregor, it’s a small price for the tremendous emotional support it provides for patients and their families. The Children’s Treehouse Foundation also offers an online version of CLIMB for families who don’t have a nearby program. Many of the donations received by the organization directly benefit the online program and its abilities to send families everything they need to participate in the art projects.

To learn more about how you can assist the foundation through donations, volunteering or to participate in the CLIMB program, visit ChildrensTreehouseFdn.org

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By: Barrett-Jackson
Title: CLIMBING THROUGH CANCER: The Children’s Treehouse Foundation
Sourced From: www.barrett-jackson.com/Media/Home/Reader/climbing-through-cancer-the-childrens-treehouse-foundation/
Published Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:24:44 +0000

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Prizefighter: A custom Ducati Monster 600 built for a Turkish actor

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Custom Ducati Monster 600 by Bunker Custom Cycles
The Ducati Monster is widely credited with saving the Italian marque in the 90s. Part of its success lies in its minimalist brawler aesthetic—and part of it lies in the fact that Ducati has always offered the Monster in myriad engine sizes at varying price points. If you couldn’t quite spring for an M900 back in 1994, the Ducati Monster 600 looked just as cool, cost less, and still made adequate power.

Decades on, the Monster is a very different beast and has even shed its trademark trellis frame. But the mid-90s Monster still has appeal—and it’s got tons of custom bike potential, as evidenced by this custom Ducati Monster 600 from Turkey’s Bunker Custom Cycles.

Custom Ducati Monster 600 by Bunker Custom Cycles

The 1998-model Monster 600 belongs to the Turkish actor Kadir Doğulu, who went through considerable effort to obtain it. The story goes that the bike was one of four imported to Turkey in the late 90s as show bikes for a major local 4×4 event. Kadir spotted it in the corner of a parking garage gathering dust and hassled the owner for ten years before he finally agreed to sell it.

By then, the Monster 600 was desperately in need of rescue. A decade of being parked had given the elements time to work, leaving the chassis, fuel tank, and a whole whack of alloy parts covered in rust. Kadir held onto the bike for a while, then called in the brothers at Bunker Custom Cycles, Mert and Can Uzer, to revive it.

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By: Wesley Reyneke
Title: Prizefighter: A custom Ducati Monster 600 built for a Turkish actor
Sourced From: www.bikeexif.com/custom-ducati-monster-600
Published Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 18:57:09 +0000

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Where Is the 2024 Honda CB750 Hornet Naked Bike?

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Honda’s CB750 Hornet was officially unveiled in Europe last year, and has appeared in other markets globally—just not the US.
Honda’s CB750 Hornet was officially unveiled in Europe last year, and has appeared in other markets globally—just not the US. (Honda Europe/)

It’s been 25 years since Honda’s massively popular 600cc Hornet wheelied onto European tarmac, so when word got out a couple of years ago that a new Hornet was in development the buzz (sorry) around the internet was palpable. The first and second-gen Hornets were almost universally beloved for their light weight, revvy characterful engine, and uh, down-to-earth price tags. Fun, practical, and cheap? It’s no wonder crowds of riders signed up to own one. And while the naked-bike segment has evolved tremendously in the ensuing years, a midsize model with those same characteristics along with the reliability and build quality Honda’s known for—at the right price—might still put up a good fight against its Trident 660 and MT-07 rivals.

The Hornet’s chassis is dominated by a new lightweight diamond steel frame and Showa suspension front and rear.
The Hornet’s chassis is dominated by a new lightweight diamond steel frame and Showa suspension front and rear. (Honda Europe/)

Sure enough, Honda pulled the wraps off its long-anticipated CB750 Hornet at the 2022 Intermot show in Germany, and it had all the goods we could hope for: a rollicking 91 hp twin engine (not an inline-four like the old model), a robust menu of standard features, and a better-than-expected electronics package. The compact 755cc Unicam eight-valve parallel-twin engine was entirely new, as was the diamond steel frame, and the bike sported throttle-by-wire, ABS, four ride modes, traction and wheelie control, a six-speed transmission, and more.

Initial reports praised its fat midrange, agility, and unique sound (for a parallel twin). It weighed less than 420 pounds, and for a naked middleweight, the price was right; less than 8,000 euro (about $8,500 USD).

Related: 2024 Honda XL750 Transalp First Look Preview

The new Hornet shares its all-new compact 755cc parallel-twin engine with Honda’s just-released XL750 Transalp, though there are slight differences.
The new Hornet shares its all-new compact 755cc parallel-twin engine with Honda’s just-released XL750 Transalp, though there are slight differences. (Honda Europe/)

You can bet plenty of US riders immediately thought, “Great, North America will get it next year.” And really, that didn’t seem like an outlandish idea. The bike had been teased since at least 2021, beginning with computer illustrations and then more fleshed-out reveals of a concept version; it had now become a familiar formula, with Honda then usually releasing a full production model in Europe, followed a year later with entry into the North American market. But here we are at the end of 2023 and many of the 2024 US models have already been announced, including the reborn 2024 Transalp model, which—it almost feels like a slap in the face—uses the same exact 755cc engine as the Hornet. A bike with the same drivetrain as the Hornet, that wasn’t expected in the US at all this year, and yet…

Hello, Honda?

A 5.0-inch color TFT display allows access to rider modes, traction control, engine-braking, and anti-wheelie settings.
A 5.0-inch color TFT display allows access to rider modes, traction control, engine-braking, and anti-wheelie settings. (Honda Europe/)

As we said, the engine is all-new, with the parallel twin using Honda’s latest vortex airflow ducting to improve intake flow in the low-end and midrange. Peak power is 90.5 hp at 9,500 rpm, with max torque of 55.3 lb.-ft. coming on at 7,250 rpm. The Hornet’s 755cc mill also uses a 270-degree crank for an uneven firing interval that injects more character to its delivery as well as its sound.

To be fair, the Transalp’s mill is ever so slightly different, with the airbox inlets being longer to give it more midrange, and its back

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By: Andrew Cherney
Title: Where Is the 2024 Honda CB750 Hornet Naked Bike?
Sourced From: www.motorcyclistonline.com/news/honda-cb750-hornet-coming-soon-rumors/
Published Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 22:17:08 +0000

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Make some noize for the Kawasaki H1 that didn’t race at Glemseck

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Kawasaki H1 drag bike by Krautmotors
The Glemseck 101 is the European event for anyone who loves fast, impractical, and highly imaginative machines. Those who partake in it do so with cult-like levels of obsession—returning year after year in a bid to outdo each other and themselves.

Rolf Reick is a regular face at the Glemseck 101. Based in Heidelberg, Germany, the perpetually cheerful industrial designer heads up a design school in the nearby town of Mannheim. But he also has years of experience building custom bikes—like this wild Kawasaki H1 two-stroke—under the banner of Krautmotors.

Kawasaki H1 drag bike by Krautmotors

Rolf has stockpiled a number of rad bits and pieces over the years. So he set himself a goal of building a drag bike for this year’s Glemseck 101 using only recycled parts from his personal stash, turning to external sources only when necessary. (It’s not the first time he’s used this approach.)

One of the parts that Ralf already had on hand was the triple-cylinder two-stroke engine from a Kawasaki H1 Mach III; the original ‘Widowmaker.’ But it was far from stock. It had previously been rebuilt by the Kawasaki specialist Ralf Gille, with a host of upgrades that included extensive head work, a new crankshaft, and a set of Mikuni carbs.

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By: Wesley Reyneke
Title: Make some noize for the Kawasaki H1 that didn’t race at Glemseck
Sourced From: www.bikeexif.com/kawasaki-h1-krautmotors
Published Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:01:55 +0000

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