AMA Prostar drag racing has a Hot Rod Cruiser class based on the high performance V-twin cruisers. This is a street legal class where all of the big V-twins from Yamaha, Honda, Kawasaki, etc. face off. After the initial year, five years ago, Yamaha has since run away with the class using Patrick Racing’s help [...]
May 2005
Yesterday I noticed another article about the apparent upcoming Duesenberg Torpedo Coupe, where once again, a famous old name is used to give a brand new concept car the aura of a classic. That’s another subject altogether. However, there were two things I didn’t notice before. One, is the company is also designing a motorcycle [...]
From the AMA press release: AMA Pro Racing said today that it will continue to utilize 1000cc-based equipment in the AMA Superbike Championship through the 2008 racing season. Rules adding 1000cc motorcycles to the class were announced in 2002 for the 2003 racing season. Current AMA Superbike rules feature 901-1000cc four-stroke engines with two or [...]
A few days ago I mentioned the Electra Cruiser which looks pretty interesting but doesn’t appear to be a performance bike in any way. Sometimes you think more along the lines of electric scooters like the Vectrix when someone says battery powered. The other day some folks were talking about the new electric powered Sting [...]
