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Zolfe Orange – Hayabusa Powered Car

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Here's something called the Zolfe Orange. It's a composite bodied car over a tubular space frame with integral roll cage. Displayed at the Autosport show, the Zolfe has a 175 horsepower Hayabusa engine with a six speed gearbox for 0-60 in 4.5 seconds, top speed is 135mph. The turbo option ups horsepower to the 300-350 range for 0-60 in 3.5 seconds and top speed around 150mph. … [Read more...]

Hotrodhawg – Harley Powered Roadster

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Here's the latest in the ever growing collection of motorcycle powered cars. The Hotrodhawg is an open wheel two seat roadster powered by a Harley Davidson V twin engine. The tube chassis is covered with a fiberglass body, there's a 3 speed automatic transmission with overdrive and an 8 gallon fuel tank for a total weight of 1350 pounds. I think it looks sharp however I'm not … [Read more...]

Barrett Jackson – How Rare is Rare?

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Did you watch the Barrett Jackson auction? I did, and I noticed an odd phenomenon, the huge number of perfect specimens of the same "rare" cars. A great example was the continuous stream of 427/435 horsepower mid sixties Corvettes. Now those are supposed to be a bit scarce, but there were so many coming across the block the announcers were having a hard time coming up with … [Read more...]

Honda Monpal ML200 4-Wheel Scooter

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Honda has just introduced a 4 wheel electric scooter, a personal mobility vehicle for those who have a difficult time getting around. If you'll recall, we mentioned Yamaha was going into the electric wheelchair market because of its potential for huge profits but it looks like Honda has an entry ready to go now. As Yamaha said earlier, the motorcycle market in Japan is actually … [Read more...]

Bladekart – Honda Fireblade powered go kart

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School projects can be a lot of fun if you get to choose what you do. Three students at a Dutch technical school needed a final project before graduation and what it would be was up to them. Putting their heads together they came up with the BladeKart Project. Seems perfectly reasonable to me, you take a 900cc Honda Fireblade engine, build yourself a very nice TIG welded frame, … [Read more...]