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Radial Motorcycle Engine Modifications

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The radial engine powered motorcycle Jesse James built and displayed at the recent concours drew a lot of attention, as it should, you just don't see radial motorcycle engines every day, or any day for that matter. But for those of you who are more mechanically inclined, you might look at the bike and say, "Hey, wait a minute. The prop is powered from the front of a radial … [Read more...]

Capirossi Ducati For Auction at Monterey

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The Monterey Classic Bike Auction is only in its second year and they are looking to become the big boys in the motorcycle auction arena. The list of motorcycles going on the block this year is growing rapidly and they've just added Loris Capirossi's MotoGP winning Ducati to the list. The bike he rode to victory last year in Sepang is available to the highest bidder, which is … [Read more...]

200hp Vee Two Supercharged Super Squalo

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The boys down under at Australian Ducati tuner shop, Vee Two, seem to really like superchargers. They are the shop responsible for engineering the V-Rod supercharger kit marketed by Vance and Hines, which turns the V-Rod into a real 160 horsepower Jekyll and Hyde monster bike. Very nice, but being a Ducati shop, after all, they turned their attention to the Ducati 999 and what … [Read more...]

Vyrus 985 C3 Swingarm Front End Motorcycle

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While doing a little leisurely reading yesterday, I came across an article in the August Motorcyclist about the Vyrus 985 C3 4V, a naked bike with a swingarm front end using hub center steering, a CNC machined frame and powered by a Ducati 999 V Twin. Based on the Bimota Tesi but completely redesigned, the Vyrus has the engineered look of a high tech purpose built motorcycle, … [Read more...]

Michael Czysz comments on The Kneeslider

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For those of you not following along, we've been having a rather lively exchange on a previous post, MotoCzysz Unveiling Racebikes at Laguna Seca, and yesterday both Ryan Taylor, the Motoczysz Director of Communications and Michael Czysz himself weighed in. If you are the least bit interested in the development of the MotoCzysz race bike and some of the related opinions … [Read more...]

What Are American Motorcycles?

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An interesting article on cars.com lists the top ten American made cars. The determining factor is the percentage of parts by cost in the finished vehicle coming from the U.S. and Canada. The list has many of the usual cars and trucks from Ford and Chevy but also includes the Toyota Camry and Sienna. American cars, from Toyota? I understand their reasoning but does it make … [Read more...]