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The universal engine

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Over the last week or so I've been thinking and writing about motorcycle engines and I came across this series of columns by Marc Cook over at AVweb. Being an aviation web site his columns look at engines from that perspective and he examines the actual differences between motorcycle and airplane engines and the reasons why they're different. It's good information. As I … [Read more...]

Future transportation – looks like today

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An interesting post over at Marginal Revolution notes that predictions of future transportation always have a lot of "gee whiz" yet when we finally arrive at the time of the predictions, things look a lot like they were. Is it steady progress that makes the changes seem small or are things really not changing much? Motorcycles and cars are faster, more powerful, more fuel … [Read more...]

Cycle World Show this weekend

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For those of you up in the northeast where we are, don't forget to check out the Cleveland stop of the International Motorcycle Show this weekend. It's usually a pretty good time with a lot of bikes on display. The show is at the I-X center right next to the Cleveland airport. I'll be there taking a few photos, you just never know what might show up. … [Read more...]

Defiant Scooters

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Everyone knows what a scooter is, one of those little things you see around some college campuses and downtown in crowded cities. Usually a bit small. I ran across this and it takes care of the small factor and it should cruise on the highways just fine since it's powered by a Harley Sportster engine. From what I can tell … [Read more...]

Old motorcycles and motorcycle engines

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It's probably apparent that I like motorcycle engines. Old motorcycles and motorcycle engines are especially neat because there was such a wide variation in their design and appearance. Today, many engines are hard to distinguish from one another. As I was looking for something else I came across this web site, the Wolverhampton Museum of Industry in England. Now I admit I … [Read more...]

Technical illustrations

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Sometimes when we read an article about the latest motorcycle we look at the illustrations to better understand what the words are all about. It's easy to breeze right over the skill involved in putting the illustration itself together so it's accurate and artistic. Jim Hatch is one of those guys putting out great work, you've probably seen an illustration or two by him in … [Read more...]