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Revetec Engine Developments

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The Revetec engine was first mentioned on The Kneeslider over 3 years ago and there's been considerable progress since that time, the engine has been developed in many more configurations, as shown above, and in testing they've found it to have very high efficiency. Several of these could be adapted for motorcycle use, they have an X4 running in a rear engine … [Read more...]

Which Motorcycle Engine Technology Will Win?

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Which alternative, if any, to the gasoline 4 stroke engine do you think is most likely to become dominant in future motorcycles? Will we continue as we are now or adopt one or more of the alternatives? Over the last several years, we've highlighted many motorcycles built with all sorts of power plants, some of those bikes worked and looked great, some were a bit more … [Read more...]

TTxGP Clean Emissions Grand Prix Race

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June 2009 will mark the first running of the TTxGP Clean Emissions Grand Prix Race at the famous Isle of Mann TT circuit. The whole point of the race is to show clean and green doesn't have to mean slow. There have been a lot of alternative energy drivetrains proposed and built but the image many of them have in the minds of the public is, "OK they're clean but they sure are … [Read more...]

Rocketshields – Detachable Sportbike Canopy

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Given the rising price of gasoline and more people commuting on their motorcycles to save a little money, why not turn your sportbike into an all weather commuter? With Rocketshields, the detachable sportbike hardtop canopy, you can do just that. You've seen similar canopies on scooters, here's one for your full size motorcycle, in this case a Kawasaki Ninja. Blast down the … [Read more...]

Pulsejet Powered Bicycle

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Feeling depressed because you can't afford a turbine motorcycle? Don't despair, you can have a pulsejet bicycle instead. It may not be quite as impressive but if you tell folks you have a jet bike without giving them too many details, they'll think you're a real rocketman. :-) Robert Maddox builds pulsejet engines. Pulsejets, for those of you not up on your aviation history, … [Read more...]

EFuel100 MicroFueler – Home Ethanol Micro Refinery

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With gasoline rapidly becoming a luxury item, the EFuel100 MicroFueler might be just the ticket. You just set this up next to your garage, plug into 110 or 220 volts, route to a wastewater drain, add sugar, yeast and water and in a couple of days you pump ethanol into your tank at a cost of about $1.00 per gallon. It makes 5 gallons per day. Hmm ... The MicroFueler is … [Read more...]