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Ducati History

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Ducati: The Official Racing History by Marco Masetti will be published January 6th, 2005. All new, it covers the history of Ducati, the designers, racers, engineers, loads of illustrations and photos. If you're passionate about Ducati's, this book's for you. … [Read more...]

Well, maybe…

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Personal Air Land Vehicle (PALV) In another attempt to show what wonderful things we can do with technology without dealing with that sticky issue of the actual drivers on the road, a Dutch entrepreneur is developing a combination 3 wheel vehicle that has a sort of built in gyrocopter enabling it to take off and fly. Is the technology available? Sure. Can this be built? Don't … [Read more...]

Sachs MadAss

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In some weird disturbance of the space-time continuum, Sachs built a version of their MadAss scooter that looks ultra contemporary and powered it with a 500cc engine from (are you ready?) a Royal Enfield! Displayed at Intermot in Europe, it features fuel in frame and a few other interesting features. I am at a loss for words. A comment on one forum says it best, "EuroBuell." … [Read more...]

Motoczysz C1

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An American Builder Builds a Racer and it's an amazing piece, the MotoCzysz C1! Michael Czysz has a running prototype that's getting coverage in the motorcycle press and it deserves a lot of attention. An inline 4, mounted longitudinally usually has a lot of torque transferred to the bike, so Czysz split the four into a pair of twins then reversed the front pair so it … [Read more...]

Eliica

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Those boring, slow electric cars, and now for something completely different. The Eliica, an electric car from Japan has eight wheels, a top speed so far of 370kmh (230mph) and accelerates faster than a Porsche 911! OK, it's expensive, REALLY expensive, but it just shows that things are improving on the electric vehicle front. Sooner or later, this technology makes it into the … [Read more...]

Foreign perspectives

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Elena, has another motorcycle tour. Well scooter tour actually. Elena is the Russian who took us for a ride through Chernobyl. Now she has a tour of The Serpent's Wall, an area around Kiev where a huge Russian/German battle took place in WWII. She rides the trails on her Scooturo, her ZX11 isn't exactly a trail bike, and gives us a glimpse of what it was like. Personally, I … [Read more...]