David Sánchez sent me an update on the BOTT XR-1 project. The chassis design is finished, they've built the jig and they're beginning to weld the first unit. Because of the positive response to their initial renderings, they have decided to go ahead with the creation of a kit so you'll be able to take a Buell XB and transform it into your very own BOTT XR-1. The frame was … [Read more...]
Hydrogen Microbeads May Provide Practical Vehicle Fuel Storage Solution
Hydrogen is another one of those "just around the corner" technologies for powering all of our vehicles. You can use it to run a fuel cell or burn it directly in an internal combustion engine. Either way works, but almost every solution requires high pressure cylinders or very low temperatures to store it before use which makes vehicle applications difficult. A new development … [Read more...]
Secret French Motorcycle Museum
Traveling with a group of tourists, you see the same thing everyone else always sees and has already seen before. When you travel alone, you might miss things you would have enjoyed, but sometimes you find really cool little places, like this collection of bicycles and motorcycles in France. Christian Pelletier was motoring around and came across this museum off the beaten path … [Read more...]
Do Harley Davidson and Apple Computer Have Something in Common?
It's starting to seem like Harley Davidson and Apple may have something in common. What? Leather clad riders on their American made V-Twins blasting down the highway and trendy folks using their iPhones for, well, ... just about everything, what could they have in common? OK, forget the people using their products, how about the companies? One company cutting costs and barely … [Read more...]
Polaris Moves Indian Motorcycle Production to Spirit Lake Iowa
Polaris has followed up their earlier announcement of the acquisition of Indian Motorcycles with the news that Indian production will move to Spirit Lake, Iowa from Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Though no new jobs will be created in Iowa, the facility has been growing with 100 new jobs added this past year due to demand for the other Polaris vehicles already assembled there, … [Read more...]
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