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Harley Davidson Twin Cam Powered Cafe Racer

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V-twin powered sport bikes have a lot going for them, great sound, lots of torque and I'm always on the lookout for good designs. Stopping by Mark van der Kwaak's CADbike site I spotted this one right away, it's his twin cam cafe racer project. It's a beauty. Mark has designed this with twin cam power and a Garrett turbo, Single sided swingarm out back with a monoshock … [Read more...]

Supercharged R1 HighPressure by RF Biketech

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Built too late for the Terminator movies, this bike would have been perfect. This is the Yamaha R1 "HighPressure" built by German tuning firm RF-Biketech. Other than the rather obvious blower and the rear tire which must be a 360, not to mention the front tire that's pretty beefy, I can't tell you much more about this. Their site doesn't have a lot of information about it, but … [Read more...]

Ransom Bikes – More Sport Choppers

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We wrote about Wayne Ransom last March when he built Revelation, a Honda CBR929RR powered custom motorcycle that took the chopper idea and tossed the V-twin in favor of a sportbike sourced inline four. Wayne hasn't been sitting still since he's built a couple more bikes, one with Suzuki GSX-R1000 power and one with a turbo Hayabusa engine which gives it a bit more go than your … [Read more...]

Indian Autorickshaw Challenge

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For some, the challenge is a race like the Baja 1000 or perhaps the Paris Dakar Rally, but to the truly adventurous, there is the Indian Autorickshaw Challenge, this year with a route covering 1191 miles in 13 days, it literally defines extreme sport. Should you decide to take part, you'll be driving a race prepared 145cc, 7 horsepower, single cylinder two stroke autorickshaw, … [Read more...]

John Britten Documentary Film

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There's a documentary film available about John Britten produced by Ruffels Documentaries of New Zealand. It's titled "One Man's Dream." I have not seen this but John Britten is one of the more fascinating fellows in the motorcycle world, having produced a superbike, pretty much on his own. It had a unique design and surprised a lot of onlookers and other racers when they saw … [Read more...]