Royce Creasey did this feet forward electric motorcycle design study for sponsors planning to back him in the carbon free TTXGP race scheduled for June. The bike has 330 pounds of Li-ion Phosphate batteries powering a twin rotor electric motor. According to Royce, the power output would be about 100 horsepower with anticipated top speeds [...]
From the monthly archives:
March 2009
BMW has issued a recall for 2008 BMW F800 GS motorcycles for a problem with axle shaft wall thickness. Please read the details below.
Manufacturer: BMW of North America
Model Year: 2008
Models affected: F800 GS
NHTSA Campaign Number: 09V088000
Problem: BMW is recalling model year 2008 F800 GS motorcycles. The axle shaft wall thickness may not have been [...]
Krista Marie will be riding her Harley Davidson V-Rod Muscle in Milwaukee supporting women motorcycle riders.
Harley Davidson press release:
Recording artist and NHRA spokes-singer Krista Marie has connected with Harley-Davidson motorcycles and Screamin’ Eagle racing in support of Harley-Davidson’s efforts to encourage women to ride.
Krista will be riding her 2009 Harley-Davidson V-Rod Muscle when she participates [...]
Harley Davidson got some good news when a $500 million loan originally set to expire on March 31 and requiring repayment in full was extended to March 17, 2010. The loan gives the company some breathing room and the stock jumped on the news.
Harley Davidson finances motorcycle sales through its finance arm and then sells [...]
If the Harley Davidson edition of your basic Ford pickup isn’t quite enough truck for you but you want something with a bit of Harley Davidson style, how about the International LoneStar Harley-Davidson Special Edition. Introduced at the Mid-America Trucking Show, only 250 will be made with production beginning in June.
The International LoneStar is a [...]
Roehr Motorcycles now has a sales office on Ocean Front Walk in Santa Monica, California. If you’re from the area, or could be in the area, you can arrange a private demo of the new Roehr 1250sc. 180hp of supercharged V-Twin power in an American sportbike, … pretty cool.
Link: Roehr Motorcycles
Since we’ve seen so many radial engines here on The Kneeslider, the Rotec radials used in the bikes by Jesse James and JRL Cycles, plus the radial being built by Russell Sutton, I thought it might be worth mentioning the Pratt & Whitney R-4360, a 28 cylinder radial built in 4 banks of 7, each [...]
With the plethora of riders now doing backflips and other crazy nonsense, a little precision riding seems so mundane, combined with the fact the display shown here is a group of Italian policemen in 1953, there couldn’t possibly be anything worth watching, … but then again, take a minute anyway and see what these guys [...]
Kickboxer Subaru WRX Powered Motorcycle Concept
