Matt Hotch Designs is working with a company to develop a new motorcycle battery. They are a Lithium-ion Polymer battery which can be built in a variety of configurations with the leads positioned wherever they are needed. They weigh about one quarter of the weight of a conventional battery, but what makes these different is what they can do. There is a video on their … [Read more...]
Jesse James Fined for Non Compliant Motorcycles
Jesse James was fined $271,250 by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for building 50 motorcycles between 1998 and 2005 violating state emissions standards. While some may feel this just shows no one is above the law, looking a little closer makes it appear it was more about the money. Jesse James is not turning out thousands of motorcycles and when told his bikes … [Read more...]
Evel Knievel Skycycle Snake River Rocket For Sale
About 30 years ago, Evel Knievel kept popping up with one wild motorcycle jump after another, buses, trucks, almost anything you could line up and precede with a ramp and finally, the Snake River Canyon. Many of his jumps were successful, some spectacular failures but you have to admit, he was a showman and promoter. Other jumpers have come since but everyone remembers the name … [Read more...]
Triazuma by Ludovic Lazareth
Ludovic Lazareth made a logical move with the Triazuma, a design based on his Quadrazuma. In the U.S., quads are not street legal but three wheelers are because they're considered motorcycles. Lazareth built this three wheeler with homologation in mind for France and the United Arab Emirates, as far as I can tell. How about the U.S.? To me, this looks extremely cool. Based on … [Read more...]
BMW R1100S Streetfighter
Markus Fritsch lives in Germany very near the BMW factory. His business, No Limit Streetfighters, builds high quality, highly modified bikes but BMWs are so straight laced and proper, so he thought, what better bike to modify and make unique? The bike here is a BMW R1100S and it strays quite a bit from the norm while retaining a very nice look all around, the sort of thing a … [Read more...]
Who Builds for Famous Motorcycle Builders?
We've received more than a couple of comments about who really did the work on some of the well publicized custom motorcycles seen on TV or in the magazines. They come from the big name shops but did the "Big Name" build the bike? Well, sometimes yes, sometimes no or sometimes some of the parts. It isn't a conspiracy or super secret that once a business becomes successful … [Read more...]
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