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Honda Leaves AMA Board – Buell Backlash?

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The AMA has just announced a big reorganization and among those changes are new rules making committees for professional racing. There's quite a lot to digest and while trying to make sense of it all, I stopped by Roadracing World and noticed a press release from American Honda: For more than 30 years, American Honda has maintained a seat on the American Motorcycle … [Read more...]

How to Paint Your Motorcycle

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After learning about building a chopper chassis from the DVD we pointed out the other day, another one of the "black arts" of building is the all important step of painting your motorcycle. Painting is something filled with a lot of myth and misconceptions but it pretty much boils down to a lack of knowledge. Things you don't understand often seem mysterious until you learn how … [Read more...]

Reverse Rotating Brake Rotors

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There was a short note on Roadracing World yesterday about this patent application for reverse rotating brake rotors. There wasn't much information and the website had no drawings of any sort. The idea seems sound, if you reverse rotate rotors in relation to the wheel, you cancel the gyroscopic precession, giving you the ability to change lean angles easily. I was trying to … [Read more...]

Ducati Hypermotard Motorcycle Design of the Year 2005

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The Ducati Hypermotard struck all the right notes for the Motorcycle Design Association, they voted it the best design for 2005. I'm curious if we'll see more of this type of bike produced. They're practical in all sorts of real world riding situations and it does look really good but I think a lot of people have to warm up to the style before they'll actually put the money … [Read more...]

Ethanol Diesel Fuel – O2Diesel

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TheKneeslider.com - Since we cover diesel motorcycles here, I thought it might be interesting to note this ethanol diesel blend called O2Diesel. I had never heard of this and ran across it yesterday. The benefits cited on their website are: * O2Dieselâ„¢ is a "fill and go" clean diesel technology available for centrally-fueled fleets in large urban areas plagued with … [Read more...]

Up-N-Smoke Engine Project

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We've all seen those motivational posters, a photo of some sort and words like "Excellence" or "Courage" underneath, they're meant to get our juices flowing and doing great things. For me, though, these prints, done in the same style would work far better. With captions like "Black Shadow" or "Chief" they focus on the mechanical beauty of vintage motorcycle engines. This … [Read more...]