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Horex Engine Patent Indicates W Configuration

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Doug dropped me a note to take a look at the engine patent application from Horex for their offset cylinder inline engines. Their VR6 engine has two staggered rows of 3 cylinders in a narrow 15 degree V configuration with triple overhead cams. Nice engine. They first describe the advantages of compact size for a V-inline configuration and discuss such things as an inline 5 or 6 … [Read more...]

Brammo 6 Speed Integrated Electric Transmission from SMRE Engineering

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Remember last year when we wrote about the Integrated Electric Transmission from SMRE Engineering of Italy? Well, Brammo just announced they obtained the exclusive global license for this technology and are going to apply it to their upcoming Engage and Encite electric motorcycles. When we wrote about this idea the first time there was some debate about whether or not you … [Read more...]

Moto Guzzi Daytona Custom Cafe Racer

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This Moto Guzzi popped up on my radar a few days ago while looking for something else and it just stopped me in my tracks. It's a Moto Guzzi Daytona that's been highly modified and the work that's been done gives it a completely different look, nothing like the Italian sport bike appearance of the original. Digging for more info, I see it was written up on BikeEXIF where we get … [Read more...]

Earl Grey – a BMW Cafe from Urban Motor

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The older BMWs look pretty good when given the cafe treatment and there seems to be more efforts in that direction, Ritmo Sereno over in Japan does some nice work, but what about the Germans? After all, that's the home turf of the airhead, you might imagine a few builders in Germany would know their way around the older twins and you would be right. Urban Motor, located in … [Read more...]

BOTT XR-1 Progress Continues with Chassis Design

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David Sánchez sent me an update on the BOTT XR-1 project. The chassis design is finished, they've built the jig and they're beginning to weld the first unit. Because of the positive response to their initial renderings, they have decided to go ahead with the creation of a kit so you'll be able to take a Buell XB and transform it into your very own BOTT XR-1. The frame was … [Read more...]

Hydrogen Microbeads May Provide Practical Vehicle Fuel Storage Solution

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Hydrogen is another one of those "just around the corner" technologies for powering all of our vehicles. You can use it to run a fuel cell or burn it directly in an internal combustion engine. Either way works, but almost every solution requires high pressure cylinders or very low temperatures to store it before use which makes vehicle applications difficult. A new development … [Read more...]