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Bobster Trike by Zeel Design

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The Bobster trike by Zeel Design is an interesting custom, one reason being the builders are former engineers from Bombardier who design their customs completely on the computer before cutting or machining any metal. The Bobster is a copper plated trike with a 1200 Sportster engine and 5 speed transmission. The front wheel is another of those 26 inchers with a tire from Vee … [Read more...]

26 Inch Motorcycle Tires

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We mentioned the Vinnie by Matt Hotch a while back and again when I saw it at the Cleveland Motorcycle Show. One of the unique design characteristics was his use of a 26 inch front wheel and tire and as I asked in the comments on that story, where do you get 26 inch tires? I never saw them in any tire catalog I've run across. Well, the other day I did a little digging and they … [Read more...]

KillaCycle Electric Dragbike Runs 8.76 Quarter Mile

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The KillaCycle team has been working on their electric drag bike for some years now and it has gone through many evolutionary changes. Designed and constructed by engineer Bill Dube’ it now has a battery pack from A123 Systems consisting of 880 2.3 amp-hr Lithium Ion cells. Each 3.4 volt cell puts out 150 amps! If you're not an electrically oriented person, trust me, that's … [Read more...]

Ducati Terra Mostro Dual Sport

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Would Ducati build a dual sport Monster if they had the chance? Why wait to find out? Just build your own. That's what these guys did and from the looks of it, Ducati may want to pay attention. This is one seriously sweet bike. They don't give out a lot of details but from what I can see, it looks great. I like the headlight, too. Buell is just now talking about getting … [Read more...]

Jesse Rooke’s Scrambler

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Jesse Rooke is offering a new custom bike and made a deal with Swift Motorcycles to produce a limited run of 100. It's called the Scrambler and is powered by an 80 inch Harley Davidson Evolution engine and transmission, it uses a Performance Machine bike kit, FMF exhaust, has 3 paint color options and the whole deal comes in under $30k. It's DOT legal in all 50 states and comes … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Racing March 10th – 11th on SpeedTV

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The racing season kicks off this weekend on SpeedTV: All times eastern time zone Saturday March 10th: AMA Superbike 11:00AM (live) AMA Formula Xtreme (Daytona 200) 1:30PM (live) Sunday March 11th: MotoGP 250cc 5:00PM MotoGP 800cc 6:00PM Lots of good racing on tap. … [Read more...]