Kawasaki has entered the full dress touring market with the 2009 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Voyager. They’ve done their homework and the bike looks pretty complete. It’s powered by a 1700cc, single overhead cam, 4 valve, fuel injected V-Twin with 107 foot pounds of torque. A 6 speed transmission with overdrive turns a belt final drive. [...]
From the monthly archives:
September 2008
Brammo Motorsports has just raised $10 million in venture capital funding for the Enertia electric motorcycle. According to Brammo CEO Craig Bramscher, that is enough to bring the Enertia into production.
What is especially interesting is the source of part of those funds, Best Buy Capital, yep, the Best Buy you know as an electronics store. [...]
Remember “The Machine” from Fusion Motorcycles? Well, Will Thibeault has been hard at work on something a lot of you may find interesting, he’s designed a conversion kit that will transform your donor Buell into a custom with killer looks.
Will’s kit uses a billet T6 aluminum bolt together frame with a built in oil tank, [...]
Some time ago, I pointed out Greg Nelson’s V-Quad engine, a pair of V-Twins joined at the hip to create a V4 with loads of power that still managed to look fairly unobtrusive. He mounted one in an old FXRS and rode around quite a bit, using it as his test bed for development. Since [...]
Yutaka Igarashi, whose 3D design skills are well above the norm, has created a gorgeous design for a turbo V-Twin motorcycle. There’s very little not to like. A few details are missing, such as gear shift and rear brake levers, but the design overall is quite impressive. A quick browse around his site reveals some [...]
Just got a question from Matt about what is going on with racing in the U.S. The Motorcycle Industry Council has issued a press release about their new USSB Championship Series. This will be a superbike and sportbike series run separate from the AMA/DMG series. As of right now, Yamaha is staying put, Honda, Suzuki [...]
The report that Honda and Yamaha may be planning electric motorcycles is interesting and brings with it problems and opportunities for smaller companies trying to get into the electric motorcycle business. One commenter said, “e-bike manufacturers which are currently filling a niche market will be utterly crushed and destroyed.” That’s one possibility, but not the [...]
A news report out of Japan says both Honda and Yamaha are planning lithium ion battery powered electric motorcycles to be on sale, possibly as early as 2010 for Yamaha and 2011 for Honda. Prices will be anywhere from $1900 to $3700.
With electrics coming on the market from companies like Vectrix, Zero Motorcycles and [...]
Kickboxer Subaru WRX Powered Motorcycle Concept
