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Motorcycle engine parts

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After yesterday's post on the round engine I was thinking about how different it was from the engines we have in our bikes today. I reread this month's article in Cycle World by Kevin Cameron where he talks a lot about the g forces on pistons in today's engines at high rpm. The round engine has almost none of these forces since the speed may vary but the acceleration and … [Read more...]

Jesse James and his flying car

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Another chapter is written in the annals of aviation history as Jesse James builds a flying Panoz Esperante. Say what? Yep, the aeronautical engineers of the Monster Garage managed to put wings on a car and fly for about 100ft at an altitude of 5 feet. Although this project has absolutely no value in a practical sense, it's kinda neat from a tool guy's perspective. He had … [Read more...]

The Round Engine

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The Round Engine is a new engine design being developed by VGT Technologies, Inc. in Alberta, Canada. This is not a normal rotary but instead is called a toroidal, with two continuously rotating pistons, an external combustion chamber and a rotating timing disc. The displacement and compression can be altered during operation by an engine management system. It's hard to … [Read more...]

Oxtar features roadracers as models

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The Kneeslider's European news bureau, (ok, I saw this on Susanne's blog) picked up these new ads by Oxtar featuring their roadracing boots. Nice boots. The ads feature three roadracers wearing Oxtar boots and nothing else. This is advertising at its best since we don't get distracted from the product by useless clothing and other items strewn around the room. I like it. … [Read more...]

Daytona Bike Week TV coverage

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Daytona bike week is well known to most everyone who rides and Speed Channel will be providing extensive coverage of the events this year and maybe showing some folks who aren't bikers just what all the fuss is about. Starting next Tuesday, March 8th and continuing until the following Tuesday, there's an extensive programming lineup. If you can't be there, mark your calendar, … [Read more...]