Archive for 'Motorcycle Racing' Category
World’s Fastest 50cc Motorcycle Project
4 November 2008A Real Machine
Eric Manning is one of those guys who are driven to make something real and tangible. He’s a guy I know personally, and I am privileged to have the opportunity to shed some light on his recent project. I felt a formal interview would be the best way to get Eric’s ideas across [...]
TSS RS500 2 Cylinder 2 Stroke
15 October 2008While most everyone else has moved on to the land of 4 strokes, there’s a group of intrepid engineers and builders in Australia devoted to the idea of building a 500cc 2 cylinder 2 stroke motorcycle, starting with the Aprilia RS250 chassis and installing their own highly engineered 2 stroke powerplant.
Grand Prix Engineer Wayne “Wobbly” [...]
US Motorcycle Racing Splits In Two
11 September 2008Just 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 [...]
450cc Super Singles Will Race at Mid Ohio
8 September 2008The 450cc Super Singles class will be racing at Mid Ohio, September 19-21. The new class is made up of road racing bikes that started life as 450cc MX bikes which are then transformed into lightweight, single cylinder racers.
We’ve written about this new class before and it looks like it’s about to hit the track. [...]
Mladin Loses Appeal - Spies Wins Championship
5 September 2008The disqualification of Mat Mladin for a crankshaft violation was on appeal until today when the AMA announced its final decision:
AMA Pro Racing announced today that the appeal of the disqualification of Mat Mladin on the #6 Suzuki from the Superbike races at Virginia International Raceway on August 16-17, 2008 has been deemed without merit [...]
No Rules Buell 1125CR
25 August 2008With our recent post on no rules racing and the current flap over Matt Mladin’s crankshaft, I thought this new ad for the Buell 1125CR was appropriate. The words are on a scale from, “Follow the rules” to “Write your own.” The Buell is positioned well into the “Write Your Own” side of the scale. [...]
Mat Mladin Disqualified Over Engine Rules
22 August 2008We don’t cover racing a lot here on The Kneeslider but I noticed over the last week the AMA was inspecting Mat Mladin’s motorcycle after he won both Superbike races at VIR. After a complete engine teardown and much head scratching, the officials asked Suzuki to send them a stock crankshaft for comparison and after [...]
Motorcycle Racing Without Rules
15 August 2008Every sport has its share of controversy, whether it involves a human athlete like the Olympics or motorsports like auto or motorcycle racing. Those controversies usually center around the rule book, in the Olympics it’s age rules or doping rules, they’re too young or they took some performance enhancing drugs, and in motorsports it might [...]
