We’ve been writing for a long time about today’s showroom stock literbikes. They are built by the factories for the single purpose of winning races and due to the requirements of the various sanctioning bodies, they also appear for sale at your local dealer with turn signals and mirrors. The funny thing is, quite a [...]
From the monthly archives:
September 2006
Our friends up north are building a trike and thought you might like to take a peek at what they have so far. Mike Sabatino of Jesler Enterprises in Peterborough, Ontario sent us these photos of the Crossbow. The prototype for this three wheeler, shown here, is powered by an 1100cc 140hp Kawasaki engine [...]
In the hidden archives of racing history is this motorcycle engine powered racer, the Mac’s IT Special, and I can’t recall ever hearing of this before. This car was built back in the CanAm racing days of 1970 when the famous Chaparral cars of Jim Hall were racing against the McLarens and Lolas, cars with [...]
The Piaggio MP3 3 wheeled scooter will be at the Piaggio Dealer Convention in San Antonio, Texas on October 3rd. Once the dealers and media begin to see the scooter in this country, you can assume the introduction stateside can’t be too far off. Judging from comments on our posts about it, the scooter should [...]
Just a few quick motorcycle links:
Nicky Hayden grabs the pole for tomorrow’s Phillip Island MotoGP. After last weekend, Nicky’s point lead is getting slim. Can he hold on for the rest of the season? MotoGP
If you ever plan to sell your motorcycle, one of the best ways to get top dollar is to have great [...]
Here’s another very nice example of V-Twin motorcycle power in a purpose built car, called the TwinTech, it’s powered by an S&S 124 engine with 125 hp and 125 foot pounds of torque. It’s the brainchild of Dave Piontek who many years ago built the Sportech, a kevlar bodied car powered by an 1100cc inline [...]
When we wrote about the booming scooter restoration business going on in SE Asia, particularly Vietnam, many comments from scooter enthusiasts warned of the dangers of buying these rebuilds but I was careful to point out that just because some were bad it didn’t prove they all were.
We used Huy’s Scooters as an example of [...]
According to Motorcyclist Magazine, one of their readers stumbled onto a new Harley Davidson Sportster being tested in the Arizona desert. When he got up close, what he saw was a water cooled pushrod V-Twin with the word “Sportster” embossed into the engine cases. He was quickly hustled away before he could see much more [...]
Kickboxer Subaru WRX Powered Motorcycle Concept
