Archive for August, 2006
2007 Kawasaki Z1000 Introduced
23 August 2006Kawasaki has introduced the Z1000 for 2007. This big bore naked bike seems like it should have fairly high end road ability with a torque curve focused on the lower end of the rev spectrum.
Kawasaki press release:
Kawasaki engineers have literally upped the ante in the naked bike arena with the introduction of the newly-redesigned 2007 [...]
JCB Dieselmax World Land Speed Record 328 mph
22 August 2006UPDATE: They just raised it again. They broke their own 1 day old record and set a new mark at 350.092mph! Wow!
Following up on yesterday’s post, the JCB Dieselmax diesel powered streamliner set a new FIA world land speed record for diesel powered racers of 328.767mph. Just last week they set a new Bonneville record [...]
Ducati Leaves AMA Superbike
22 August 2006Ducati will end its factory support of AMA Superbike at the end of this season.
Press release from Ducati Corse:
DUCATI ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO USA RACING STRATEGY FOR 2007.
Ducati North America and Ducati Corse today announce that their participation in the AMA Superbike Championship with a factory team will cease at the end of the 2006 season.
The [...]
10 Steps to Learning Motorcycle Mechanics
22 August 2006If you like the idea of Motorcycle Repair and Motorcycle Restoration but you haven’t yet joined the ranks of highly skilled garage wizards, don’t give up. You don’t need mysterious training available only to the select few, you can learn a lot on your own. It starts with desire, you mix that with effort and [...]
Victory Powered XYZ by Allmond Cycle Design
21 August 2006Roger Allmond, who we last saw when he built his Ducati powered T Bob, just finished his newest bike, the XYZ (named after XYZ machines who sponsored the build). The XYZ is powered by a 92 inch Victory V-twin engine from Victory U.K. sitting in a handbuilt aluminum frame. Not many details yet but it [...]
JCB Dieselmax goes 317mph at Bonneville
21 August 2006In another example of diesel engines moving into the performance arena, the JCB Dieselmax streamliner made two runs at Bonneville, 308mph last Thursday and 325mph on Friday for a two run average of 317mph making it the fastest diesel ever to run at Bonneville. They will be refitting the streamliner with the 750bhp JCB444-LSR “record” [...]
Quick Motorcycle Article Updates
19 August 2006A few quick updates on stories from The Kneeslider:
Sarah Lyon let us know she just returned from a month on the road on her mission to photograph female mechanics for her upcoming Female Mechanics Calendar. She did photo shoots of 14 mechanics and now the work begins, putting it all together for the calendar. I’m [...]
Small Rotary Engines for Motorcycles?
17 August 2006Got a note the other day with a question about an engine, possibly for use in a motorcycle. The engine was this 1300cc 2 rotor rotary engine made by Rotamax. After looking at the specs it seemed like an interesting option.
Engine size is pretty reasonable, 22.7″-L x 17.4″-W x 17.9″-H, and it weighs 153 pounds. [...]
