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Umbrella Girls USA

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Who came up with the idea of having great looking women holding umbrellas over racers gathering on the starting grid? Let's face it, their whole job lasts about 5 minutes. They run out there, hold an umbrella, smile at any camera that comes by and that's it. Everyone on the grid pretends not to notice them but the fans sure do. But, there was a problem. Up until a few years … [Read more...]

Freecharge Weza Portable Energy Source – and range extender?

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Here's something for The Kneeslider garage. You've all seen those portable jumpstart packs you can attach to the battery of your car or motorcycle or whatever and get going when your battery is dead and you've probably also noticed how many electronic devices like radios are coming out now with a hand crank charger for emergencies. The Freecharge Weza (where did that name come … [Read more...]

Tourist Trophy for PS2 from Sony

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For those of you who are a lot more proficient on game consoles than I am, Sony has just announced their Tourist Trophy motorcycle racing game for the PS2 which will be released in the Spring of 2006. If you jump over to their site they have a video clip and some images of the bikes. There are 35 race courses and over 80 different bikes and the images look superb. Now I am … [Read more...]

20 thousand rpm V8 engine dyno run

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So with all of the talk about the new Yamaha R6 able to turn 17,500rpm from its 600cc powerplant you start to wonder just how tight you can turn a piston engine. Well, as I mentioned in my post about the R6, Formula 1 engines get up around 20k and here is a video of a dyno run that shows just that. Sounds pretty cool, too. … [Read more...]

The Spykster – R1 powered 3 wheeler from Australia

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How many projects owe their existence to the "life changing experience?" They must number in the millions though most never go very far. Like anything else, after the event recedes into memories, the project demands focus, perseverence and drive if it's ever to see the light of day. So, whenever you see one on its wheels and moving, tip your hat to its creator, he stayed the … [Read more...]

Motoczysz update and correction

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We received additional information today from Federico Cioni, President of Motoczysz, clarifying information in our recent post about developments there. It turns out the 600cc engine is being developed for a new, additional project and the 990cc C1 is still very much alive. You can read his comments at the end of the Motoczysz article here. … [Read more...]