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MitJet Motorcycle Powered Race Series

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Scaled cars powered by motorcycle engines are popular in a number of countries, the MitJet series runs over in France and Spain. These cars are small versions of Dodge Vipers, Porsche 911s and a few other sports models and, like the Pro Challenge, Baby Grand and Legends race series cars over here, these can deliver full size performance. The MitJet cars use a Yamaha XJR1300 … [Read more...]

Mystery 3 Wheeler – From BMW?

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[Photo removed at photographer's request] One of our comments yesterday on another post linked to these spy photos of a very finished looking 3 wheeler out for a road test. Evidently the photos were taken at Deals Gap and the photographer says he believes it's a BMW, though he does not know for sure. The trike would make a run, then they would plug in a laptop and tweak a … [Read more...]

ACE Cycle Car from Liberty Motors

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Liberty Motors of Seattle, Washington, builds and restores some very nice sidecars. The business is the work of Pete Larsen and his wife Patty. Pete is an industrial designer and fabricator and recently started building something a little different, the ACE Cycle Car, a 3 wheeler that looks an awful lot like the old Morgan 3 wheelers, only this one is powered by a Harley … [Read more...]

BMW Clever One of Time’s Best of 2006

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The BMW Clever 3 wheeler that we wrote about is one of Time magazine's best of 2006 award winners. It's very similar to the Carver which we covered in the same article. The Clever's performance is acceptable for this type of vehicle and mileage numbers cited are pretty impressive but I think some independent confirmation of those numbers would be a good thing. The tilting 3 … [Read more...]

Hayabusa Powered DP1 First Drive

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It lives! Dennis Palatov dropped us a note to let us know the amazing Hayabusa powered DP1 prototype he's been building over the past 4 years has fired up and moved under power. If you've followed the build process over the past months you already know what a jaw dropping piece he's put together. Dennis notes that although the prototype is currently running the stock … [Read more...]

Crossbow Kawasaki Powered Trike

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Our friends up north are building a trike and thought you might like to take a peek at what they have so far. Mike Sabatino of Jesler Enterprises in Peterborough, Ontario sent us these photos of the Crossbow. The prototype for this three wheeler, shown here, is powered by an 1100cc 140hp Kawasaki engine but Mike says that may change with final engine selection currently in … [Read more...]