Archive for February, 2005
V-Rex Sportwin by Tim Cameron Design
22 February 2005I said way back here that Tim Cameron was a motorcycle designer to watch. He has a series of designs that someone should be building. I stop by his site now and then but I had not been there for a while. As I have often said, there are far too many people building choppers [...]
Dualie rear tires
21 February 2005This was bound to happen. If you’ve noticed the fat tire phenomenon with custom choppers where they just keep getting bigger, sooner or later someone was going to ask, “Why not a dualie?” and so here we have Tribal Iron Custom Choppers doing exactly that. Well, on the plus side, you don’t need a kickstand… [...]
Peregrine V4 engine
21 February 2005Here’s another example of what looks like a joining of two engines to make one. Peregrine Engines has developed a new V4 that looks like two Harley V twins joined at the side though I can’t say for sure, they could be one of the other aftermarket V twins or their own creation. Peregrine Engines [...]
Jay Leno and HD auction a Harley on ebay
21 February 2005This was a creative way to raise money for the tsunami victims. Harley Davidson donated a Road King which Jay Leno parked on the Tonight show stage. Celebrities signed the bike and it was auctioned on ebay. Bidding got going in the last 3 minutes when it went from $200,000 to $800,100. The winning bidder [...]
Valentino Rossi at Phillip Island
20 February 2005Once again, as the teams test at Phillip Island, Valentino Rossi is on the top of the heap. Before breaking his own track record he watched as other riders had done the same and then went out and topped them all. What I really enjoyed seeing, though, is that second fastest is American Nicky Hayden [...]
Home made jet engines
19 February 2005This post has little to do with motorcycles but I think it’s a great example of what a creative tool guy can do in his shop. Mark Nye has a business building attachments for heavy equipment, a good business, pays the bills and keeps him in enough tools and shop equipment to enable him to [...]
E.J. Potter - The Michigan Madman
18 February 2005With all of this talk of stuffing bike engines in cars and car engines in bikes and who knows what else, I recalled a fellow from long ago who gained some notoriety doing drag strip exhibitions, E.J.Potter. What most people remember of him is his Chevy powered bike, the “Widow Maker,” doing smoke filled quarter [...]
Neil Hodgson showing lots of speed
17 February 2005Neil Hodgson was testing some weeks ago at Daytona and was commenting on the speeds and how intimidating it was. He’s been testing at Laguna Seca and was fastest among everyone there. The WSB champion looks to me like he may have quite a lot in store for the AMA guys this year. For someone [...]
