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Coors brewing ethanol from spilled beer

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With the price of gas on everyone's mind, lots of folks are looking for alternatives, like ethanol for instance. Nice idea, made out of corn or sugar or ... spilled beer? Yep. Over at Coors, they noticed a lot of spilled beer sloshing over the sides, according to this story, millions of gallons of spilled beer, so they decided they might put it to good use. They pipe it down to … [Read more...]

AirVest promoters sentenced

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John Duhamell and Toni Duhamell, promoters of an inflatable motorcycle vest know as the "AirVest," were sentenced in San Bernardino County Superior Court. The Duhamell's made a number of false statements about their company to potential investors, bilking them of over $5 million dollars. The pair said Harley Davidson had invested heavily in the company and that John … [Read more...]

More automatic motorcycles – now from China

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Had an interesting comment yesterday on my post about the Honda DN-01 automatic sports cruiser. Tom mentioned a motorcycle built in China, the CFMoto V5. (That's version 5, not a V5 engine, don't get excited) I had never heard of it, so I took a look. If you jump over to their (very slow) site, you'll see a small displacement (244cc) motorcycle with a CVT trannsmission. You'll … [Read more...]

Triking Cyclecars – Morgan 3 wheeler replicas

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If you like the idea of motorcycle engine powered cars like we do, the older variants are fascinating. The old Morgan 3 wheelers were very cool looking and there was a company in England, Triking Cyclecars, building kits with a Moto Guzzi engine. They had both kit and preassembled models available. There were also a few photos that look like they rebuilt some of the originals, … [Read more...]

Twincharger engines – maybe motorcycles, too?

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Speaking of engine ideas for the Vmax, here's a recently developed engine from VW, the Twincharger, that holds promise not only for small displacement cars but possibly the motorcycle market as well. The Twincharger, is a 1390cc 4 cylinder engine with both a supercharger and a turbocharger. The supercharger is used for power below 2400rpm well before the turbo gets spooled … [Read more...]