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E85 Motorcycles – When?

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There's a very strong push among automakers to build flex fuel and E85 vehicles, able to pull up at pumps and fill up with gasoline or various ethanol blends. We've mentioned this before and basically, besides replacing a few parts in the fuel system itself, the necessary components for a flex fuel engine are a fuel injection system able to adjust mixture for the ethanol blends … [Read more...]

240HP Joe Rocket Honda Goldwing

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Let me begin by saying I can't confirm this. This appeared in Australian Motorcycle News in early April so this may be a joke, ... or it may be the coolest Goldwing ever. According to the article, the Joe Rocket Goldwing was massaged a bit by the racing guys. They upped the displacement to 2798cc through both bore and stroke, added four valve heads, high compression … [Read more...]

MotoGP and Superbike Today on TV

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Lots of racing on Speed TV today. Do Rossi and Mladin have any chance of regaining momentum? Will the young guns close the door on the championship points race? MotoGP from France 250cc @ 11AM eastern MotoGP @ 12 noon eastern AMA Superbike from Infineon Saturday's Race 1 @ 1PM eastern Sunday's Race 2 @ 11PM eastern … [Read more...]

5000cc V-Twin Motorcycle Engine For Sale

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One of our readers from the land of Oz left a comment on yesterday's post about Roland Sands, suggesting another possible engine for the bike. What Dodgy found was a 5000cc Rolls Royce Merlin V-twin motorcycle engine! This engine was built in 1982 and was adapted from a 27 liter V12 aero engine by Australian engineer Lucky Keizer. According to the listing it was used in a … [Read more...]

Roland Sands Wins 2006 Biker Build Off

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Roland Sands won a real functional biker build off, this is great! Let me quote The Kneeslider from one year ago: The quick way to raise the bar on these build offs would be to create a competition at the end that had a drag strip and road course as the first step. Horsepower and engineering would enter into it, you know, could they build real motorcycles? How fast … [Read more...]