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Kawasaki Indicates Work on a Supercharged Engine

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Way back in late 2011, we showed you a series of patent drawings for a supercharged engine from Kawasaki. The patent was pretty straightforward, a compact blower was tucked in behind the cylinders, but other than those drawings, nothing. At the Tokyo Motor Show just completed, Kawasaki had an exhibit of a supercharged engine that looked just like the patent drawings, though … [Read more...]

A Gallery of Persistence Shows the Musket Project Moving Forward

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After everything we've already said about the Musket project, turning a 500cc Royal Enfield single cylinder engine into a 1000cc V-Twin, the most impressive takeaway from it all has been the dogged persistence of Aniket Vardhan. Over the years, he's taken an idea from napkin sketch to running motorcycle, and now, he's taking it to the next stage, having completed the initial … [Read more...]

Kubo – A Two Wheel Electric Pickup Truck

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You remember the Lit Motors guys, they're the ones doing the gyro stabilized enclosed two wheeler that sits still without any side stands because of the gyros in the base of the bike. Well, if you were paying attention to the other projects they had in motion at the time, you might have noticed Kubo. It's what they call a 2 wheel electric pickup truck because of the big cargo … [Read more...]

Brough Superior SS100 is Back and Brand New

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Among the long list of motorcycles introduced at EICMA, we just noticed one that slipped by at first, the brand new Brough Superior SS100. It's quite the bike. It's been a work in progress for a long time and we can imagine there was a lot of planning and debate within the company before launching a new model carrying the name of the most famous Brough Superior of all … [Read more...]

Yamaha Warrior 14 Cylinder Radial Engine Project Begins

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As mentioned in the progress report on Russell Sutton's 9 cylinder radial engine, he's already begun work on his next project. This one's going to be a real beauty, a 14 cylinder radial in two rows of 7 cylinders each. The top ends for each cylinder will be from a Yamaha XV1700 Warrior. The complete engine will displace 11.7 liters, 835cc per cylinder. We've seen some … [Read more...]