By now you've probably heard, Audi went to LeMans and placed first and third with their diesel racers. Adding to their win at Sebring, they've done quite a job. Next year, Peugeot will be coming to LeMans with a diesel of their own. This is how you break down perceptions of diesels being noisy, smelly and slow, by coming out with a racer powered by a diesel that is quiet, clean … [Read more...]
Vance & Hines V-Rod Supercharger
Vance and Hines, those guys who make the V-Rods go really quick at the drag strip, have developed a new supercharger for the V-Rod and it looks like a well engineered kit. Installation takes eight hours or less, it looks very clean and compact and when you're done you get 152 rear wheel horsepower. Very nice! The complete kit includes: 1. Sprintex Supercharger 2. Plenum … [Read more...]
Roland Sands MotoGP V5 Chopper?
Roland Sands, who's getting to be our favorite motorcycle builder, has reportedly built a chopper powered by the V5 engine from a Kenny Roberts 2004 MotoGP machine. The upcoming Goodwood Festival of Speed tossed that little tidbit into their press release: World-famous motorcycle customiser Roland Sands will also be showing his monster V5 chopper – projected by the same … [Read more...]
Alternative Fuel Filling Stations
In a sign of things to come, the Pearson Ford Fuel Depot in San Diego offers just about all of the choices you'll find these days. They have all of the gasoline grades, diesel, BioWillie biodiesel, E85 ethanol and even propane. I haven't seen anything quite that diverse in my neck of the woods but it's only a matter of time. Then how far off will the high pressure hydrogen … [Read more...]
Turbo Egli Kawasaki
Fritz Egli has been known for a long time as a builder of interesting motorcycles and looking through some old motorcycle magazines I came across this turbo Egli Kawasaki built by Fast Company International, a Swiss company that seems not to be on the Internet if it still exists. The company was owned by Erich Korman, a transplanted Californian, who moved to Switzerland to … [Read more...]
240HP Joe Rocket Honda Goldwing
Let me begin by saying I can't confirm this. This appeared in Australian Motorcycle News in early April so this may be a joke, ... or it may be the coolest Goldwing ever. According to the article, the Joe Rocket Goldwing was massaged a bit by the racing guys. They upped the displacement to 2798cc through both bore and stroke, added four valve heads, high compression … [Read more...]
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