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Delphi Infrared Side Alert

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Delphi has developed an infrared side alert system, called Forewarn, to detect vehicles in your blind spot. It measures temperatures in the lane 10 feet to your side and 26 feet back and if it detects a vehicle it signals in your side mounted rearview mirror. The information on the company website describes the sensor system as designed for light duty vehicles but it has just … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson Shipping Service

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Harley Davidson has just announced it will ship your bike to where you want to ride. A little short on vacation time and want to ride the roads a couple thousand miles away? No problem, HD will pick up your bike and send it to where you're going. All you need to do is ride. I think it's a neat idea. There are already a number of companies that will ship your bike around the … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson Police Bikes still going

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Just a quick update if you haven't been following the discussion on an earlier post, the HD police bike is still being produced. There was, however, one model, the Dyna Defender, that has been discontinued. I've never followed the different HD police models, in fact I didn't even know they had multiple models. I think there is only one Honda and BMW with different levels of … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Air Pollution – part 3

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The study we mentioned twice before is now online. Reading through the findings confirms a few things, the study reflects the Swiss traffic fleet and the vehicles in use there. It includes two stroke motorcycles or scooters in the mix which we do not have in the U.S. and the motorcycles, as outlined previously, were not new, in fact some were a decade old. Other than … [Read more...]

Volkswagen GX3 at LA Auto Show

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Here's another 3 wheeler, there seem to be so many these days. This concept, shown at the LA Auto Show and built by Volkswagen, is powered by a 1.6 liter 125hp 4 cylinder engine. 0 to 62.5mph (100kmh) is in 5.7 seconds and is said to pull 1.25 lateral g's! Very nice. They say a production version could be on the market soon, depending on feedback. Projected price is under … [Read more...]