Have you ever looked at a two stroke off road bike and thought, you know, with a few changes, that would be pretty sweet on the road? After all, some of the most desirable vintage bikes are two strokes, but they've disappeared from the showrooms in the US. Down in Australia, though, Salt Motorcycle Company is transforming KTM enduro bikes into lightweight corner carvers. They … [Read more...]
Building a Steam Trike From Recycled Parts
If you have a pile of old motorcycle parts, some tubing, an old steel drum, the seat from a junk car, you might think it's time to get it all hauled away, so you can get serious about building your next project, right? But wait, why not upcycle this junk and turn it into parts? Professor Pardal in Brazil did exactly that, he looked at all of this and saw a steam powered trike … [Read more...]
Norton Motorcycles Gets Serious with a New Factory, Superbike and Cafe Racer
Another British marque is stirring again with new life. Norton Motorcycles, which has been struggling is now owned by TVS Motors of India and they've made a substantial investment in the company, building an all new, state-of-the-art factory and the new V4SV superbike along with the prototype V4CR Cafe Racer. These are not your grandfather's Norton, not your father's, not even … [Read more...]
How Much Technology Do You Need to be Happy With Your Motorcycle?
New cars long ago passed the point of tech necessity with so many interrelated systems on board, it’s becoming impossible to work on them yourself or, for that matter, to operate everything when desired or needed. What was that feature and how do you turn it on? If you’ve bought a new car recently, you are familiar with the delivery procedure where the sale rep sits … [Read more...]
Would You Swap Your Internal Combustion Engine for an Electric Crate Motor?
Crate engines are common in the auto world, giving rebuilders and restorers an easy way to replace a tired or blown engine with something new and more powerful. Recently, Ford and GM have extended that idea to electric crate motors, so you can replace the entire internal combustion drivetrain in your car or truck with factory built electric power. GM has shown a couple of … [Read more...]
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