No sooner do I mention motorcycle engines up to 8 cylinders and someone points out a 12 cylinder made from two inline sixes. OK, today I come across this, this … oh heck I don’t know what this is. 48 cylinders! I would chalk this up to Photoshop but there’s a video on the website. [...]
From the monthly archives:
January 2005
A story in USA Today covers the rising sales of motorcycles in the U.S. in 2004, the best year since 1979. Although total sales were up there has been some slowing toward year end and unsold inventories at Harley Davidson are up. The average age of buyers is also rising which may reflect the rising [...]
Yesterday’s post about engines led to a comment by Doug Staab who wondered what a hydrogen engine would sound like. Well, it might sound a lot like the engines we already run. Some college students, way back in 1972, converted a Gremlin to run on hydrogen and the engine they used was a transplanted Boss [...]
I’ve always loved internal combustion engines, anything that powers and moves something else is fascinating. These days, electric motors are getting into the act but they don’t hold the same appeal, at least not for me. I like cars, but there’s often so much sheet metal and plastic covering up the engine we lose sight [...]
I mentioned here that some diesel motorcycles had been out speeding at Bonneville and admitted I hadn’t given much thought to them before but after coming across more info I see good reasons for them. Especially in military applications, everything else runs on diesel already so using the same fuel is a big advantage plus [...]
I just mentioned four days ago that the temperature hit 70 degrees. Right now it’s in the low teens and heading for 0. I doubt I’ll be seeing any bikes out in the next day or so.
If you think helmet cameras are neat, one of the best places in the eastern U.S. to have one along is Deal’s Gap. Eleven miles and 318 curves. Haven’t made that trip yet but it’s on my list.
We’ve all seen the video feeds during a race where the horizon is tilting left and right and we fly by the other bike and then see his front wheel nose up next to us, … makes for an exciting ride. Or maybe there’s the dirt rider hitting a triple and the ground falls away. [...]
