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Suzuki RMZ4 Pickup Truck – Offroad Motorcycle Carrier

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Suzuki introduced the Equator midsize pickup truck at the Chicago autoshow in 3 different versions specialized for different outdoor sports, the Quad for the ATV market, the Quay for the fishing and watersports crowd and the RMZ-4, aimed at the motorcycle enthusiast. It looks like a nice truck but I keep getting flashbacks, how many of you remember the Yamahauler? Press … [Read more...]

Standard Catalog of Japanese Motorcycles 1959-2007

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A few days ago, The Standard Catalog of Japanese Motorcycles 1959-2007 arrived and it looks like I'll be referring to it quite often. Inside are pages filled with photos and lists of literally every Japanese motorcycle offered for sale in the U.S. from 1959 through 2007. If you have a need or desire to know who sold what and when, this is your book. It's not anything other … [Read more...]

Custom Motorcycles from Japan – Bratstyle

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There's an active Japanese custom bike culture that has a style all its own. Starting with some of the same bikes we would start with over here in the U.S. and many that get no attention here whatsoever, they put their own unique mark on these machines. A bit of cafe racer with lots of street tracker mixed in, too. These images illustrate some of the work and they all … [Read more...]

Honda Super Cub Gets Electronic Fuel Injection

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Here's something I would have never noticed without a tip from Tom, but the Honda 50 Super Cub, a motorcycle that last year 2 years ago went over the 50 million unit mark in numbers produced is adapting for the future by adding electronic fuel injection. I guess Honda figures this little workhorse, still sold in 160 countries (that seems to be almost everywhere but the U.S.), … [Read more...]

Rotohak – 325hp Twin Turbo Rotary Engine Sidecar

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What it looks like is a nicely done BMW sidecar rig, what it is, is a beautifully crafted, 325 horsepower twin turbo rotary engine powered sleeper, ready to embarrass the unwary. Of course the wheelie bar might give you a hint. Rotohak, the creation of builder Bob Pelikan, is subtle and deceptive, that valve cover jutting through the fairing is a fake. Rotohak began way … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Powered Hydrostatic Drive Racecar

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As long as we're discussing hydrostatic drive around here with the diesel hydrostatic drive motorcycle and a 2WD hydrostatic trail bike, how about a hydrostatic drive race car? Bob Horn sent in this link showing some design work done by students at Aston University in England. As part of a project called the Global Design Initiative (GDI), students in countries around the … [Read more...]