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AirHead – Air Powered Motorcycle Design Concept

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Matthew Perez, a Mechanical Operations Technician for the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, sent me some details of a design he's working on, he was a little tired of seeing only electric motorcycles when someone mentioned alternative fuels and he thought he would come up with something that would carry him back and forth to work, a trip of 10 miles each way so he … [Read more...]

Antarctic Snow Chopper from Junk Parts

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What do you do in your spare time when you're working in Antarctica maintaining snowmobiles for the U.S. logistics hub and you do mechanical and fabricating work back at home? Well, you could build something out of some of the junk and discards found at the station, like a snow chopper, maybe? Bob Sawicki and Toby Weisser did just that using the engine and track from a … [Read more...]

Royal Enfield Musket 1000cc – The Musket V-Twin Gets Bigger Guns and Plans for Production

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Aniket Vardhan just told me the Musket V-Twin is bringing bigger guns to the fight. Since Royal Enfield only offers the 500cc Bullet in the U.S., the Musket will be moving up to 1000cc. The crankcase design will be modified to accept the 500cc barrels found here which also means you'll be able to use whatever performance parts are available, that's right, YOU, because Aniket's … [Read more...]

Belt Drive Norton Featherbed Cafe Racer

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Canadian Jean Des Rosiers knows his way around Nortons and thought we would like to see his slightly different take on a Norton cafe racer, he added some of his own ideas and the result is this very nice looking Norton 850. Besides all of the other detail work, he added some features you can't get from a catalog or swap meet, Jean designed and fabricated both the primary and … [Read more...]

Yamaha Maxim Transformed

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The economy is slow, you really want a new or custom motorcycle but you're short on cash, well, how about investing some time instead? Chris Tschiffely, along with his brother and dad, went to work on an old $300 Yamaha Maxim and turned it into the bike you see here. In my New Year's post I said, "Do you have an interesting bike? Tell us about it and it might become a Reader's … [Read more...]

Motus Motorcycles MST-01 Makes Progress

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Motus Motorcycles is making progress. There's a write up in the latest Motorcyclist magazine that adds some numbers to the general information we already have. The 525 pound MST-01 sport tourer is aiming for 140 horsepower at 7800 rpm and 120 foot pounds of torque at 4500 rpm. The 90 degree V4 will be mounted longitudinally, as shown above, with a single cam in the valley of … [Read more...]