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Gordon Murray Design T25 – A Car Invades the Motorcycle Space

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Gordon Murray Design just unveiled their T.25, a vehicle in the "city car" class, or, in other words, it's tiny, at least in comparison to other cars, it's just under 4 feet wide and 8 feet long, smaller than a Smart Car. The British car is powered by a 51 horsepower inline 3 cylinder engine mounted in the rear. The driver is front and center, 2 passengers sit behind. The front … [Read more...]

Is the Motorcycle Available for How You Ride?

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Have you noticed the two schools of thought about electric motorcycles? One side, where I tend to be, looks at e-bikes as not ready for everyday use because it requires too many compromises and adjustments about distance, speed and direction. If you want to go a long distance, occasionally at high speeds, you may very well end up out of juice before you reach your destination … [Read more...]

Electric Motorcycles – Has Anything Really Changed?

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The TT Zero at the Isle of Man was won quite handily by the Motoczysz team, with their E1PC electric racer. Michael Czysz, illustrating what you get when you combine ample budgets and a very capable engineering team, put together a beautiful, high performance racing motorcycle. This is top shelf all the way. Electric motorcycle advocates are slapping each other on the back and … [Read more...]

Design Cycle CB450R For Sale

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Last summer, Kurt Blankemeyer of Design Cycle Inc., put together his prototype CB450R, a street legal version of a CRF450R MX bike. More than a few guys riding in the dirt have had the idea, "Hey, this thing would be a hoot on the street" and Kurt figured he'd do something about it and design a kit so anyone could give it a try. Kurt has fully tested this prototype which … [Read more...]

Vintage Flat Track Racing June 25th and 26th

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The fine folks at Metro Racing want you to know there will be some vintage flat track racing on June 25 and 26. Mert Lawwill is going to be there, the Metro Trophy Girls and a swap meet, too. Camping is available at the track. Press release: Metro Racing is proud to announce that vintage flat track racing is back in Harpursville, NY on Friday, June 25th and Saturday, June … [Read more...]

Horex Motorcycles Returns with New 1200cc VR6

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Horex, a very old German motorcycle manufacturer, is returning and introducing an all new motorcycle, the Horex VR6. If you like engines with interesting designs, you'll love this bike. The VR6 engine, is a 15 degree V6 triple overhead cam, with 3 valves per cylinder and a crankshaft driven variable ratio supercharger. Power output is said to be 175 to 200 horsepower, probably … [Read more...]