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Motorcycles Are Not Politics

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Motorcycles represent many things to their owners, but often, the comments some of you leave on a wide variety of posts continually try to inject politics into what should be primarily a technical discussion. No one needs to be reminded that the country is divided, politics today has become more vicious and mean than at any time in my lifetime and I've been around for a little … [Read more...]

Mavizen TTX02 – An Electric Race Bike You Can Buy

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The Mavizen TTX02 has been introduced, based on the technology of the racer that won the first TTXGP. For £25,000 ($41,500), you can buy an electric racer, ready to run. Top speed, depending on gearing, is as much as 130 mph. A grid filled with similar bikes could make for a very interesting race. When you begin to read the technical specs it's hard not to quickly notice … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson says Kentucky Only Option if York Operations Close

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Harley Davidson is in the final stages of deciding whether to restructure the York, PA production facility for greater efficiency or move those operations to another location in the United States. The decision is now down to just two options, stay in York or move to Shelbyville, Kentucky. The company had previously announced 4 potential alternatives to York, but yesterday … [Read more...]

Boeing T-50 Jet Turbine Powered Honda Magna

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Maybe you aren't Jay Leno and you can't afford a Y2K Turbine motorcycle, but you have this crazy desire to listen to the whine and smell the burning Jet A or diesel fuel while you're cruising down the road, ... well, here's your answer. This is a Boeing T-50 jet turbine powered Honda Magna. It's for sale on eBay and he's asking $7000. The T-50 has 300 pounds of thrust, 400 … [Read more...]

Uno Transforms from Parallel to Inline Wheels

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Remember the Uno? That's the parallel wheel unicycle (dicycle?) built by Canadian, Ben J. Poss Gulak. The young student, now an MIT sophomore, found riding the original a little scary once he began to pick up speed. Like a Segway, the Uno moved forward when he leaned forward, but, though it worked, he knew he would have to do something different if he was going to get others … [Read more...]

Royal Enfield Plans to Double Production Capacity

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Not every motorcycle company is slowing down, Royal Enfield is set to invest almost $14 million dollars to expand manufacturing capacity in their Chennai plant, raising capacity from the current 50,000 units a year to 100,000. The company, which currently sells between 4,500 and 5,000 motorcycles a month, expects to sell 50,000 motorcycles in 2009, Mr. Lal said. "From 5% … [Read more...]