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Bienville Legacy Superbike by JT Nesbitt Comes to Life

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A couple of years ago, JT Nesbitt released the first drawings of a new motorcycle, looking more like a fantasy concept, it was hard to believe it would ever be built, let alone look anything like what he envisioned. Yet here we are, two years later and the Bienville Legacy Superbike, has been built, three of them, in fact, looking just like the drawings we were originally … [Read more...]

Rohorn EXperimental500 Recumbent Racer Has its TV Debut

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Bob Horn's EXperimental500 recumbent racer had its first appearance on the Road Warriors segment of Discovery Canada's Daily Planet TV show. It's not a complex technical discussion or really extensive report, but Bob had the opportunity to talk about the racer and show some of the details plus you get to see a bit of action on the track and viewers who would not otherwise have … [Read more...]

NHTSA Proposes Requiring Vehicle to Vehicle Communication – Just Like We Predicted

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Just over a month ago, I wrote this: you still have a little time before the mass adoption of robotic vehicles makes every trip a chance to catch up on your sleep, but, near term, there may be some intermediate steps in the process and I think transponders will be among them. Just like the "motor vehicles only" signs of today, I can easily imagine "transponder equipped motor … [Read more...]

Tesla Motors Keeps Pushing the Envelope with Extended Warranty

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Some people have a way of earning your respect. It doesn't matter whether you agree with them on every issue, their actions set them apart. For me, Elon Musk is one of those people. He just increased the warranty on the the Tesla Model S 85kWh drive unit to eight years or infinite miles, whichever comes first, so it now matches the battery pack. It's also retroactive, so if you … [Read more...]

Building a Turboshaft Powered Motorcycle Land Speed Racer

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When Anders Johansson got the idea of building a land speed racer powered by a TV94 turboshaft engine, he did what many dreamers don't, he went out to his shop and got to work. This was back in 2010. He just took his project out for its first test run and from the looks of it, he's definitely on the right track. The turbo was running at high idle and he just rolled in a bit of … [Read more...]