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Gasoline or Electric – Why Not Both?

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Start a conversation about electric motorcycles or cars and you get responses quickly falling into either of two camps: One group has no time for electric vehicles because they haven't made the leap to practicality, they have too little range and take far too long to recharge. While admitting they have some performance potential, the downside outweighs any upside. Check … [Read more...]

Electric Scooters Become Pedestrian Friendly with Dominos Safe Sound – Problem Solved

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Some say electric vehicles are dangerous because they lack engine sounds and pedestrians can't hear them approaching. Dominos Pizza has a whole fleet of electric delivery scooters so they decided it was their responsibility to protect the public and their research department developed the "Safe Sound" system. Real world tests as shown in the video confirm, it works pretty well, … [Read more...]

GE Garages Creates Another Option for Builders

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With TechShop slowly expanding, GE seems to be jumping into the same space with GE Garages. Further, they are partnering with several companies in the process, and TechShop is one of them. GE Garages are a series of skill-building centers developed in partnership with Skillshare, TechShop, Quirky, Make and Inventables that serve as manufacturing labs for technologists, … [Read more...]

Low Budget Bitsa Custom by Dolf Peeters

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The other day I received a note from Dolf Peeters in the Netherlands. He said he's been looking at all of the custom builds on The Kneeslider and finally got the inspiration to make his own custom instead of dreaming of owning a "someday" bike. After a a little scrounging and trading he got to work and made a Uraldneprdafvwsuzukihonda, or what we might just call a "Bitsa." … [Read more...]

Russell Sutton’s Honda Radial Engine is Close to Initial Start Up

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Russell Sutton's 9 cylinder radial engine based on the Honda XR600 is one of the most complicated home built engine projects we've seen. These latest photos just in from Ian Drysdale, show the progress Russell's made since the last video. You'll notice the heads are on, the exhaust is on, oil lines in place, and according to Ian, we're going to see a start up in the very near … [Read more...]