About a year ago we wrote up a report on a work in progress, it was Kevin DeShazer's 3 cylinder radial engine, designed from scratch and created in his own shop. Well, as much as works in progress are interesting, it's always nice to see the project get to the finish line, or as much as projects like this are really ever finished, but the radial is on wheels. Kevin tells … [Read more...]
Kawabusa 2 is For Sale if You Like High Quality Customs That Really Perform
Norm Wilding of Mid Missouri Motorcycles had an idea some years back, why not take a Kawasaki ZRX and slide in the engine from a Suzuki Hayabusa? Why not, indeed? His gorgeous creation was called Kawabusa. The first one he built was eventually sold to Jesse James. Of course, seeing it was such a great idea, he did it again and built Kawabusa II. I caught up with Norm at Vintage … [Read more...]
1959 Norton Esquire is a Rare Combination
The Norton Featherbed frame may have been one of the most common starting points for cafe racers ever produced, Triumph engines so often took the place of the factory power plant, you could be forgiven if you thought Triton was another factory down the street, but a Norton Esquire? I've never seen one, in fact, I don't recall ever hearing of it before. The Esquire was … [Read more...]
Honda BMW and Yamaha Agree to Build Connected Motorcycles
If you remember our articles from past months and years when we pointed out the increasing automation in vehicles of all sorts and how we predicted transponders and communication between vehicles would soon become standard, then you won't be surprised to read this: BMW Motorrad, Honda Motor Co. Ltd. and Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd. are now collaborating to enhance … [Read more...]
Virago Custom by Greg Hageman
Yamaha could have done then what Greg Hageman does now, but then it wouldn't be special, would it? They produced the Virago, a nice looking engine hidden in a Japanese cruiser, somewhat popular at the time, but leaving things like this to the imagination of builders yet to come. Most of you have seen Doc's Chops customs before and this is just one more, built around what … [Read more...]
Ilmor V4 800cc MotoGP Engine
Ilmor Engineering is one of those companies you always hear about in racing circles, designing all sorts of exotic racing engines and back in 2007 they decided to put together an engine for the then new 800cc MotoGP rules after the phase out of the two strokes. While researching an article about ICEngineWorks for HorsePowerSports, I came across this photo someone from their … [Read more...]
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