Avon Tyres has a new line of motorcycle tires aimed at sport and supersport machines. From the Avon press release: Now available in North America for 2005, Viper builds upon the success of previous Avon ranges and offers a wider choice of sizes and a host of improved technologies. Viper Sport comprises 11 sizes: AV59 Front: 110/70R17, 120/60R17, 120/65R17, 120/70R17, & … [Read more...]
DIY motorcycle powered cars and more
Back around 1975 or 1980, Mechanix Illustrated, Popular Mechanics and Home Mechanix magazines had loads of articles featuring the work of Robert Q. Riley. The articles centered around do it yourself motorized vehicles, often combining power from a small gasoline engine with electric batteries or, in some cases, powered by one or the other alone. The vehicle bodies were often … [Read more...]
Coors brewing ethanol from spilled beer
With the price of gas on everyone's mind, lots of folks are looking for alternatives, like ethanol for instance. Nice idea, made out of corn or sugar or ... spilled beer? Yep. Over at Coors, they noticed a lot of spilled beer sloshing over the sides, according to this story, millions of gallons of spilled beer, so they decided they might put it to good use. They pipe it down to … [Read more...]
AirVest promoters sentenced
John Duhamell and Toni Duhamell, promoters of an inflatable motorcycle vest know as the "AirVest," were sentenced in San Bernardino County Superior Court. The Duhamell's made a number of false statements about their company to potential investors, bilking them of over $5 million dollars. The pair said Harley Davidson had invested heavily in the company and that John … [Read more...]
More automatic motorcycles – now from China
Had an interesting comment yesterday on my post about the Honda DN-01 automatic sports cruiser. Tom mentioned a motorcycle built in China, the CFMoto V5. (That's version 5, not a V5 engine, don't get excited) I had never heard of it, so I took a look. If you jump over to their (very slow) site, you'll see a small displacement (244cc) motorcycle with a CVT trannsmission. You'll … [Read more...]
Triking Cyclecars – Morgan 3 wheeler replicas
If you like the idea of motorcycle engine powered cars like we do, the older variants are fascinating. The old Morgan 3 wheelers were very cool looking and there was a company in England, Triking Cyclecars, building kits with a Moto Guzzi engine. They had both kit and preassembled models available. There were also a few photos that look like they rebuilt some of the originals, … [Read more...]
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