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IET Integrated Electric Transmission Motorcycle from SMRE Engineering

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Look at any electric motorcycle these days, whether TTXGP competitor or one of the first general purpose commuters and you'll notice one thing is missing, the shift lever. Electric motors have all of this torque available so you just twist the electric throttle and pour the electrons to the motor. Want to go faster? Spin the motor faster. SMRE Engineering of Italy, … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson Will Build Assembly Plant in India

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As reported in July, Harley Davidson was considering building an assembly plant in India and they have now confirmed that they will be opening a factory there in the first half of 2011. Harley-Davidson India has been importing completely assembled motorcycles from the Company’s U.S. final assembly plants. Once the Indian CKD assembly facility in the Indian State of … [Read more...]

Mission Motors Launches Mission Electric Vehicle Technology

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Mission Motors is known to most of us for their Mission One electric motorcycle, but, when you're working on that sort of thing every day, it only stands to reason you'll come up with some pretty cool technology that could work in any electric drivetrain. So, Mission Motors announced MissionEVT, their high performance electric vehicle powertrain division. Press release … [Read more...]

Urban Trials Riding

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Trials riding can be spectacular, out in the backwoods, riding over huge boulders and down impossible paths, but what about taking those bikes and skills into the city? OK, this goes under the "don't try this at home" category because, ... well, just because. The video below shows Fred Crosset of Belgium on the Monster Energy trials team, running around an urban setting, … [Read more...]

Honda NR750 Oval Piston 32 Valve V4 for Sale

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You don't see many oval piston sport bikes for sale these days, or any other days, for that matter. The Honda NR750, an outgrowth of the NR500 GP bike, was a rare specimen back in the early 1990s when it was new and I just got a note from Tim, one of our regulars here, that he spotted one of these exotic machines for sale on eBay over in the UK. The NR750 has four oval … [Read more...]