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Norton Motorcycles Ownership Returns to the UK

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Norton Motorcycles has been purchased by Stuart Garner. All of the trademarks and development work relating to the Norton, Manx, Atlas, Commando and Dominator brands are now owned by the British businessman and owner of Norton Racing Ltd. Plans are to return to the street and track in 2009. After the abrupt end of the effort to bring back Norton in the U.S. and following … [Read more...]

Derringer Cycles Board Track Style Motorized Bicycles

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The 50cc homemade motorized bicycle spotlighted the other day looks pretty neat as a fun project but I found a company already producing something very similar. Derringer Cycles makes a Honda powered motorized bicycle in the classic board track style that has the same choice of power or pedal of the homemade version. Brakes are drum up front, coaster in the rear. It holds … [Read more...]

Utah Implementing Multi Level Motorcycle License

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The idea of multi level motorcycle licenses is standard fare in many countries around the world, though not in the U.S., but now, according to this news item, the state of Utah is about to implement several divisions within the license categories requiring separate tests. It's a little confusing from the description but it seems you have dividing lines at 90cc, 249cc and 649cc … [Read more...]

TSS RS500 2 Cylinder 2 Stroke

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While 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" Wright who has a 30 year career … [Read more...]

Honda 50 Powered Vintage Bicycle Project

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Here's an interesting project that takes little money, isn't too hard to do and actually has a practical side, it's a Huffy bicycle found at a flea market, a couple of vintage looking pieces found on eBay, a new Honda 50cc engine and a few other modifications to make it look like an early grey Harley Davidson. According to the builder it gets about 120 mpg and cruises at a … [Read more...]