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Diesel Engines to Race LeMans

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Over in the auto world, the LeMans 24 hour race has a long and prestigious history where manufacturers are always pushing their new engineering and designs in hopes of winning. The advertising that results from a win can be an even bigger win. All of the car sites are talking at once about the new car Audi is running this year, the R10, and the item of interest to readers of … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson and Changing Demographics

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As I believe Mark Twain once famously said, "Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated" and likewise the decline of Harley Davidson, because of one reason or another, may be grist for another news story but how much is true and how much simply tantalizing speculation? Harley Davidson, like any other company, has a customer base with certain similarities, in their … [Read more...]

VW GX3 Spy Photos

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The Volkswagen GX3 looks to be headed for production. When the 3 wheeler showed up at the LA Auto Show, VW said they would gauge public reaction before deciding whether to make it. I guess when they saw people pulling out checkbooks they decided they might be on to something. Christa Lehman, one of those spy photographers, was loitering about the Lotus works and saw the GX3 … [Read more...]

Rossi Challenges Alonso

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Fernando Alonso, Formula 1 Champ seems to have dismissed Valentino Rossi's show of speed while practicing in F1, in fact, Alonso said, that with a little practice, he could podium in MotoGP. Is this guy nuts? Well, Rossi said that he challenges Alonso to a three way race in F1, rally cars and MotoGP. Add the lap times together and see who's fastest. OK, Fernando, what do you … [Read more...]

Troy Corser’s Suzuki for sale – sort of

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How would you like to own and race Troy Corser's Suzuki GSX-R 1000 in Team Alstare Corona Extra colors? You would? Great. You can have this 1/5 scale radio controlled model that has a top speed of 30km/hr. It's made by Nikko and should be available everywhere by the end of April. There's no mention of the cost but all of you R/C guys may have an idea of what this sort of thing … [Read more...]

IRL Indycar V8 for the Street

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As long as we're talking about car engines in bikes, and because we just think engines are cool, here's an interesting small displacement V8, it's a 3.5 liter, that's 214 cubic inches, Chevy IRL (Indy Racing League) V8 converted to run on 91 octane pump gas. Falconer Engines has been around for quite a long time building their very impressive V12 engine for both auto and … [Read more...]