No, Mechatronic isn’t a new brand, it’s the new name for what we used to call electromechanical, albeit with a bit more computer control and electronics thrown in the mix. I see that Triumph announced the Sprint ST will soon be coming to the U.S. with ABS, joining Honda, BMW, Ducati and some others with [...]
From the monthly archives:
July 2005
Among the interesting motorcycles I noticed while at Vintage Motorcycle Days was this 1974 Norton Commando with all hand formed aluminum bodywork by Evan Wilcox. It seems Evan has been doing a lot of this over the years from the looks of things on his web site.
This particular Norton has twin headlights, a see [...]
You start with a Triumph Rocket 3, all 2294cc and 132 rear wheel horsepower of it, add one turbo from Turbo Connection and what do you get? Well, from the looks of it, one helluva fast and fun street machine. The iBoost turbo unit with 8 pounds of boost produces 203hp and 215 foot pounds [...]
Vintage Motorcycle Days, which is still going on today, had to work around the showers yesterday but was still quite an exhibit of great old bikes. The racing went on in the rain though quite a few bikes seemed to have some difficulty running, due most likely to drenched ignition, but they soldiered on.
The swap [...]
Saw my first Scott Flying Squirrel today, in person. Lots of other great bikes, too. A Crocker, maybe a dozen Vincents, and on and on. Ducati had their special exhibit and a really neat Norton Commando with hand formed aluminum bodywork from a fellow by the name of Evan Wilcox. I’m a bit tired right [...]
Off to check out some great old bikes at Vintage Motorcycle Days. Weather permitting, full report later.
If you like your motorcycle racing straight up, then you need to be at Norwalk Raceway Park this weekend for the Wiseco Cyclefest in Norwalk Ohio. Norwalk has a great drag racing facility, The Kneeslider takes in the IHRA World Nationals in August which is a superb show in itself, but this weekend it’s all [...]
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course has made a number of safety improvements. Mid Ohio is as close to a local track as The Kneeslider gets so we always like to see them moving forward. Beginning this weekend with Vintage Days and next weekend with the AMA Superbikes, we always enjoy our time there. Mid Ohio is [...]
