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California Fines Suzuki – Tells Motorcycle Owners Hands Off Your Engine

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California doesn't want motorcycle owners messing with their engines and if the manufacturer makes it possible to do so through the use of an aftermarket tuner, then they'll fine the manufacturer for allowing that to happen. The California Air Resources Board (ARB) today announced that American Suzuki Motor Corporation and Suzuki Motor Corporation of Japan have agreed to a … [Read more...]

Allen Millyard Builds a 5 Liter V-Twin

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Allen Millyard, everyone's favorite Dr. Enginestein, has done it again, this time taking two cylinders from a Pratt and Whitney 1340 radial and making himself a 5 liter V-Twin, the "Flying Millyard." Everything is hand made, including the crankshaft and connecting rods, then, in what seems to be the new popular skill among high level engine builders, he created some wooden … [Read more...]

Locomotives May Shake Up the Transportation Fuels Market

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What do locomotives have to do with transportation fuels? Maybe a lot. Warren Buffet, who owns BNSF Railway Co., the largest railroad and one of the largest consumers of diesel fuel in the US, is planning to begin testing the use of natural gas as fuel for the locomotives in the 6900 unit BNSF fleet. Others have been been experimenting with natural gas, too, but BNSF, in … [Read more...]

Toyota i-Road Leaning Electric Reverse Trike Concept

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We've seen a number of leaning 3 wheelers on The Kneeslider, the factory rides like the Piaggio MP3, the now defunct Carver and the never produced Harley Davidson Penster along with home engineered examples like Jim Harrell's Harley TRT. But if Toyota decides to jump into the leaning 3 wheeler market, we may see a whole fleet of these little pod like trikes cruising through … [Read more...]

Interesting Times and Self Reliance in the New Normal Economy

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It's been an interesting week, and if you've been around here for a while you know that when I say interesting like this, I'm using the meaning inferred by the old Chinese curse of, "May you live in interesting times." While my computer was sleeping I was rather involved and, while so occupied, it made me think again of how important it is to be technically self reliant, like … [Read more...]