The Kneeslider

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Paper V8 engine model

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When we showed you the paper models of Yamaha motorcycles, we thought they were pretty cool. The detail was high and they were nothing like you would expect. Well, those are nice but this is unbelievable. It's a paper model of a V8 engine with 5756 pieces. It has pistons, connecting rods, crankshaft, bearings, everything ... and it's all paper except for the electric motor that … [Read more...]

Hydrogen Motorcycles – Not so fast

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Now it's water vapor, not CO2, causing global warming, at least that's the result of a new study in Europe to discover the cause of increasing temperatures on their continent. Water vapour rather than carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is the main reason why Europe's climate is warming, according to a new study. The scientists say that rising temperatures caused by … [Read more...]

20 thousand rpm V8 engine dyno run

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So with all of the talk about the new Yamaha R6 able to turn 17,500rpm from its 600cc powerplant you start to wonder just how tight you can turn a piston engine. Well, as I mentioned in my post about the R6, Formula 1 engines get up around 20k and here is a video of a dyno run that shows just that. Sounds pretty cool, too. … [Read more...]

Supercharged Porsche powered motorcycle

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Bud Burkey has been tinkering with bikes since back in the '60s, built a few over the years and learned a thing or two in the process. Like a lot of us, Bud saw all of the "bike in a box" creations showing up where someone just strokes a check, bolts a few pieces together and presto, custom bike, as custom as it can be when you're just buying parts, that is. The other problem … [Read more...]

Flexible Fuel Motorcycles

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Ford Motor Company has been making a lot of announcements recently about how it is pushing development of flexible fuel vehicles and building a flexible fuel infrastructure so those vehicles can fill up, which primarily means with E85, so I started to wonder about motorcycles. What fuel options does a biker have? If you're not familiar with the term "flexible fuel," it means … [Read more...]

Bad Brothers YSR Jetbike

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When many of us hear the words jetbike or turbine powered bike, we think of Jay Leno riding around on his megabuck two wheeler powered by a helicopter turbine. Now that's a very neat bike and given the opportunity, I'd love to ride it. Most of us, though, have far less money but some guys have lots of ingenuity, and that's when interesting things start to happen. Quite a while … [Read more...]