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NERO Motorcycle Concept

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Ian Galvin and Craig Mackiewicz developed a new motorcycle design, the NERO, as their senior project at CCS, the College for Creative Studies. The pair forsees the possibility of a new golden age of motorcycles in America due to the convergence of factors such as traffic congestion and restrictions on fossil fuels. They believe a mid sized naked bike might best address those … [Read more...]

3000cc Single Cylinder Motorcycle

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After writing about the 2000cc thumper of Franz Langer, I thought that was about as big as you go with singles and we could move on, but when records are involved, it's never quite that simple. A comment on the first post directs us to Claus Mees who has that little 2 liter thumper beat with this 3034cc monster which is called the HG3000. There's BMW suspension bits, some … [Read more...]

RetroSBK Motorcycle Builder for Transformers 2

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Will Kenefick, of RetroSBK, builds some really high quality, low volume superbike specials. It looks like he was the one tapped to build the bikes for the upcoming Transformers 2 movie coming out next year. We mentioned the leaked call sheet last week that speculated on a Buell Firebolt being used but Kenefick is giving nothing away as far as what kind of bikes were … [Read more...]

NSU 2000cc Single Cylinder Motorcycle

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Franz Langer held the record for the largest displacement single cylinder motorcycle engine, with a 1000cc thumper built in 1998. Not long afterwards, Werner Dienstkrad built a 1440cc steampunk motorcycle designed after a comic strip creation, which we mentioned on The Kneeslider in this article last year. Franz wanted the record back so he built the NSU Bison 2000, a 2000cc … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson Opens Taiwan Dealership

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Continuing their overseas expansion, Harley Davidson is now open for business in Taiwan. As with several other countries, Taiwan had a ban on large displacement motorcycles which has since been lifted. With a soft market in the U.S., opening a few more international dealerships could be good thing. I'm a little curious how the new dealers in other countries have been doing, … [Read more...]