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Wide Rear Tire Trend Fading Fast

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It's amazing how fast things change but if you've been watching the custom motorcycles showing up at the bike shows, created for the build offs and featured in the magazines, you'll notice the rear tires are getting narrower, a LOT narrower. In the same way that someone finally noticed you couldn't actually ride a bike that's over ten feet long with some ridiculous rake, it's … [Read more...]

Duss V2

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Noticed this in Motorcyclist magazine and thought it looked pretty interesting. It's the Duss V2, built by Roland Duss. Roland designed the engine himself after rejecting Aprilia and Ducati as too wide. It displaces 993cc with a claimed output of 120 hp and 76 foot pounds. Dry weight is 319 pounds! Belt drive, 3.2 gallon tank and supposed to be produced for delivery this … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson V4 Nova

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Here's a bike most motorcycle folks have never heard of, the Harley Davidson V4 Nova. Bob Horn brought this up in a comment yesterday and pointed to a pretty interesting page that tells the story of a motorcycle that might have been and I thought it deserved a story of its own. At the time the Shovelhead's replacement was being designed (the engine that eventually became the … [Read more...]

KillaCycle Lowers Electric ET Record to 8.16 Seconds

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KillaCycle, the electric dragbike we just told you about that ran an 8.76 sec ET, went out and lowered that ET record again, this time running an 8.16 second quarter mile. Electric motorcycle doubters are going to have a really tough time if KillaCycle keeps this up. Press release follows: A123Systems today announced that The KillaCycle, the world’s quickest electric … [Read more...]

Scorpa Trials Quad Prototype

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At the EICMA Show last fall, Scorpa had a quad concept on display that looked very neat but was nothing more than a concept. Well, funny how things work out because the engineers took the quad out on a test track in France and found it to be extremely capable and a lot of fun. The visitors at EICMA loved it and next thing you know, Scorpa starts thinking about building it. … [Read more...]

Cagiva Production Moving to India

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Cagiva seems to be restructuring their business a bit. According to this article, Cagiva has partnered with Kinetic Engineering of India to begin manufacturing the 125cc Mito in both 2 and 4 stroke versions, however, they are also considering production of a 650cc version in India as well. Cagiva President Claudio Castiglioni, planning to restructure his company … [Read more...]