A few recent articles popped up about the Scuderi Split Cycle engine. The reason for the latest interest is because of the funding they recently received of around $8 million dollars, including $1.2 million from the Department of Defense. They also say they are going to show their technology to the SAE next month. The Scuderi Split Cycle engine periodically shows up in the … [Read more...]
Pivotal piston water cooled two stroke engine
Pivotal Engineering of Christchurch, New Zealand has designed and built a new two stroke engine. The pivotal engine utilizes a pivoting wedge shaped piston that pivots on a shaft while the driving force is transferred by a connecting rod from the bottom of the piston to the crankshaft. The piston itself is directly cooled by water which circulates through the piston from the … [Read more...]
What is a hybrid?
With the introduction of the Yamaha Gen-Ryu hybrid concept motorcycle, we keep our eyes on the topic of hybrids and yesterday a few articles appeared pointing to a website that underscores the willful misdirection used by some hybrid activists. (That wasn't the intention of these other articles but it is clear when you follow the links) A Wired news article points to the … [Read more...]
Honda RC174 Replica
Honda's 6 cylinder 297cc RC174 racebike ridden by Mike Hailwood has been one of the more amazing race bikes ever built. The April issue of Motorcyclist magazine has the story of George Beale, a retired pharmacist, who has scratch built a number of replicas, taking on and completing the replication of the tiny Honda. Fascinating story of the highly advanced technology Honda used … [Read more...]
AMA Rules Cause More Controversy
Fresh off the Buell XBRR dust up where they may have been a bit lenient in applying rules about what qualifies as a legal motorcycle for Formula Xtreme, the AMA has now created another controversy, this time penalizing Ricky Carmichael for using illegal fuel, which, upon testing, was found to have trace amounts of lead and as a result he was penalized 25 points. Hmm ... What … [Read more...]
MegaSquirt – Electronic Fuel Injection Kit
A comment on our post about flexible fuel motorcycles mentioned the MegaSquirt Electronic Fuel Injection kit which I had never heard of, so I thought I should check it out. In my post, I mentioned how E85 ethanol is getting a lot of coverage these days and I was wondering if any motorcycles were capable of running this without damage or major modifications. Our commenter … [Read more...]
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