You already know about the Roehr 1250sc, an American sport bike with a 180 horsepower 1250cc supercharged Harley Davidson Revolution engine. We’ve covered it here many times. The bike is for sale new at about $45k, but, here’s something you may not know, there’s a demo available for sale. This particular bike has only 2600 [...]
October 2009
Building a V12 from a pair of Honda CBX engines would be quite an accomplishment if it was the only motorcycle project a builder ever did, unlikely of course, but by itself it would stand alone quite well. Andreas Georgeades’ most recent project is exactly that, the bike shown here, but “most recent” are the [...]
Harley Davidson continues to tighten its belt adjusting to financial pressures. Harley is closing the test facility in Talladega, Alabama, eliminating about 100 jobs. Plans call for consolidating test operations from Talladega, Naples, Fla., and Mesa, Ariz. to the Arizona Proving Grounds in Yucca, Ariz. Harley Davidson also announced that they would be outsourcing non-core [...]
Losing weight isn’t just a perennial goal of human beings, it’s the holy grail of motorcycle design, at least in terms of performance. If you want a motorcycle to accelerate quicker, stop faster, get better mileage or perform better in almost any area, just reduce the weight. Plastics have long been used for many reasons [...]
