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240HP Joe Rocket Honda Goldwing

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Let me begin by saying I can't confirm this. This appeared in Australian Motorcycle News in early April so this may be a joke, ... or it may be the coolest Goldwing ever. According to the article, the Joe Rocket Goldwing was massaged a bit by the racing guys. They upped the displacement to 2798cc through both bore and stroke, added four valve heads, high compression … [Read more...]

5000cc V-Twin Motorcycle Engine For Sale

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One of our readers from the land of Oz left a comment on yesterday's post about Roland Sands, suggesting another possible engine for the bike. What Dodgy found was a 5000cc Rolls Royce Merlin V-twin motorcycle engine! This engine was built in 1982 and was adapted from a 27 liter V12 aero engine by Australian engineer Lucky Keizer. According to the listing it was used in a … [Read more...]

Roland Sands Wins 2006 Biker Build Off

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Roland Sands won a real functional biker build off, this is great! Let me quote The Kneeslider from one year ago: The quick way to raise the bar on these build offs would be to create a competition at the end that had a drag strip and road course as the first step. Horsepower and engineering would enter into it, you know, could they build real motorcycles? How fast … [Read more...]

Radial Engine Motorcycle by JRL Cycles

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Thanks to a comment by Jenn, we now know where the radial engine powered motorcycle #2 comes from, it's JRL Cycles in Black Hawk, South Dakota. The bike will be on display this year at the EAA flyin and air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and after that will be in Sturgis. JRL is also an official distributor for the Rotec radial used in both motorcycles we wrote about. There's … [Read more...]

Tony Foale Planning Mid Ohio Seminar

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Attention everyone, interested in motorcycle design and motorcycle dynamics, Tony Foale is planning a two day seminar at Mid Ohio, Monday and Tuesday, July 31/August 1, 2006, immediately following the weekend of vintage motorcycle races. Many of you already know that Tony offers some of the most comprehensive training available on the subject of why motorcycles behave as they … [Read more...]

Radial Engine Motorcycle #2

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The radial engine is a thing of beauty and it looks like several other folks think the same thing. After we posted the radial motorcycle yesterday, we contacted Rotec Engineering, makers of these 7 cylinder radial engines, and according to them, there are at least 4 of these projects in various stages of completion at the present time. Yesterday's bike and this one as well seem … [Read more...]