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Ducati Monster Terra Mostro in Production

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We showed you a couple of early photos of the Terra Mostro last year, a Ducati Monster based dual sport motorcycle. The bike is now in production, so if your riding tends to be a bit more adventurous than your sportbike riding friends would like, this might be you. Long travel suspension, dual sport tires, spark arrester on the pipe, all of the things you would expect of a … [Read more...]

Ducati Monster Turbo

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There aren't many motorcycles that haven't been subjected to the turbo treatment but some are common, some not. Turbo Hayabusas are everywhere and if you didn't know better you would think it was a factory option. Ducati Monsters, on the other hand, seem to be modified in many ways but turbos are a lot less common. Bill Johnson, over at DucCutters, dropped us a line to … [Read more...]

Ridley Automatic Trike

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There are a lot of trike conversions and kits available for almost every motorcycle out there but Ridley, the company that makes a line of automatic transmission motorcycles with slightly smaller dimensions, is now producing the Auto-Glide Trike as one of their 2008 models. Like their other motorcycles, the trike has a CVT transmission so you're pretty much twist and go. … [Read more...]

Build Your Own 72 Volt Electric Motorcycle

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Here's one more example illustrating the growing fleet of homebuilt electric motorcycles, this one is based on a 1984 Honda Interceptor frame. The builder bought a non runner on eBay and proceeded to pull the engine and install an electric motor, controller and batteries. The end result is a bike with a bit over 70 mph top speed but only about a 10 mile range, luckily, he only … [Read more...]

Looking Inside the Combustion Chamber

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BMW wanted to make a video showing the inside of an engine cylinder during one revolution, including the actual ignition and combustion. 3 engines, a bit of sawing and drilling plus some high speed cameras and this is what you get. No special effects other than a very high frame rate to slow everything down. I like it. Video below: … [Read more...]