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SE-Service Esox Lucius

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This one-and-only Championship custom motorcycle is for sale. Current World Champion of Custom Bike Building, Stellan Egeland, of SE-Service in Sweden, is offering up for sale his 2006 contender “Esox Lucius”. After meeting Stellan and his wife at the 2007 World Championship in Sturgis, where he took first place for his Hulster 8-Valve, we became fast friends through … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Hill Climb Racing – A Look Up

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Your Honda CBR 1000RR is frighteningly fast down the back straight of your local roadrace track, isn’t it? The rev-happy motor is thrilling as the tach needle points further to the right. What about putting that motor in a dirt bike chassis with an extended swingarm and riding it straight-up a hillside? Hillsides so steep, track staff use ropes to help them climb the hill … [Read more...]

Honda Super Cub Gets Electronic Fuel Injection

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Here's something I would have never noticed without a tip from Tom, but the Honda 50 Super Cub, a motorcycle that last year 2 years ago went over the 50 million unit mark in numbers produced is adapting for the future by adding electronic fuel injection. I guess Honda figures this little workhorse, still sold in 160 countries (that seems to be almost everywhere but the U.S.), … [Read more...]

Rotohak – 325hp Twin Turbo Rotary Engine Sidecar

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What it looks like is a nicely done BMW sidecar rig, what it is, is a beautifully crafted, 325 horsepower twin turbo rotary engine powered sleeper, ready to embarrass the unwary. Of course the wheelie bar might give you a hint. Rotohak, the creation of builder Bob Pelikan, is subtle and deceptive, that valve cover jutting through the fairing is a fake. Rotohak began way … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Powered Hydrostatic Drive Racecar

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As long as we're discussing hydrostatic drive around here with the diesel hydrostatic drive motorcycle and a 2WD hydrostatic trail bike, how about a hydrostatic drive race car? Bob Horn sent in this link showing some design work done by students at Aston University in England. As part of a project called the Global Design Initiative (GDI), students in countries around the … [Read more...]