June 2010

House Rockers CB750

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 6/30/2010

in Motorcycle Builders

House Rockers of Saitama in Japan, put together some very nicely done Honda CB750s, called the GooBike. Priced at 3,500,000 yen or $40,000, they’re street legal and look superb. Dan, one of our readers gives us the rundown: ■K-1 racer replica with aluminum tank: ■Kayaba fork ■Brembo front brake ■Lockheed front and rear calipers ■Forged [...]

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Gordon Murray Design T25 – A Car Invades the Motorcycle Space

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 6/29/2010

in Motor Vehicles

Gordon Murray Design just unveiled their T.25, a vehicle in the “city car” class, or, in other words, it’s tiny, at least in comparison to other cars, it’s just under 4 feet wide and 8 feet long, smaller than a Smart Car. The British car is powered by a 51 horsepower inline 3 cylinder engine [...]

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Have you noticed the two schools of thought about electric motorcycles? One side, where I tend to be, looks at e-bikes as not ready for everyday use because it requires too many compromises and adjustments about distance, speed and direction. If you want to go a long distance, occasionally at high speeds, you may very [...]

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The TT Zero at the Isle of Man was won quite handily by the Motoczysz team, with their E1PC electric racer. Michael Czysz, illustrating what you get when you combine ample budgets and a very capable engineering team, put together a beautiful, high performance racing motorcycle. This is top shelf all the way. Electric motorcycle [...]

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