The combinations are endless, take a motorcycle engine, drop it into a car and off you go, like this 1923 Model T with a Harley Davidson 1200 Sportster engine for power. I’m guessing it has more horsepower than the original engine by a fair margin plus the unmistakable V-twin sound.
The Model T uses the Sportser’s [...]
From the monthly archives:
May 2008
The little Honda Monkey bikes, the 50cc Z series mini bikes, are pretty popular in some countries. Some fans of the little guy really engineer very nifty modifications, like this 125cc inline 4 cylinder engine for instance. It’s so small it looks like a model but it’s a real engine and sounds great!
Not a lot [...]
The Daytona Motorsports Group which bought the rights to the AMA racing series has been releasing the new rules for the various classes. The last rules to be released are for the Literbike class, covering the purse, contingency money and other technical details. Tech rules are almost identical to the Canadian Superbike rules and what [...]
Here are more views and engine closeups of the new 2009 Vmax. The tach is now in the proper place, instead of the speedometer as in the original. These photos come from MotoRevue where they are citing specs of 1800cc and 210 horsepower, though until Yamaha releases the info, I can’t say those are official [...]
Scott Meyers, who has IronHorse dealerships in Montana and Minnesota, bought the bankrupt company for $6.7 million. Meyers said he will be moving to Fort Worth to run the company. Total cost is going to be around $8 million since Meyers plans to pay back rent still owed on buildings plus cover warranty expenses [...]
With all of the trike interest these days, here’s another take on a 3 wheeler. Put a 1000cc Honda inline 4 motorcycle engine into a TIG welded tube frame built just 2 tubes short of SCCA specs, add rack and pinion steering, Wilwood brakes, 6 point harness, Momo F1 type steering wheel and what do [...]
Harley Davidson sells thousands upon thousands of parts and accessories, hardly a bike rolls out of a dealer without something more than stock pieces in place. But how do you choose when you’re not sure how they’ll look on your bike? You could look for someone else who already installed those pieces but with all [...]
The new XR1200 is officially rolling off the assembly line in Kansas City for delivery to Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Some of us had been hoping that with the return of the Indy Mile to the U.S. this year, Harley Davidson would take the opportunity to unveil the XR1200 to the home folks, [...]
Kickboxer Subaru WRX Powered Motorcycle Concept
