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Ghostrider riderless motorcycle

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DARPA, the R&D guys at the Department of Defense, came up with a competition last year called the Grand Challenge. The goal is deceptively simple, a driverless, autonomous vehicle must complete a 150 mile desert course in less than 10 hours. If you are quickest across the line, you get $2 million dollars. Last year, no one made it beyond 8 miles. Well, they're doing it again … [Read more...]

Tilting Vehicle concept

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Here we have one Phillip James, an Australian of considerable self taught technical skill, who has built a prototype tilting vehicle that drives like a car, tilts like a motorcycle and looks very stable. With a bit of work, this could be one helluva vehicle. He's applied for a patent which is a good thing because I think a lot of other guys are going to try to build something … [Read more...]

Motorcycle kits and components

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Many visitors here, probably you, are a lot more technical than most folks and I bet more than a few of you can build your own computer. If you can, you know a computer is made from very few and very standard parts and those parts can be purchased from a wide variety of sources. Once parts become standardized, producing your own version of the finished product is easy and so is … [Read more...]

Confederate Motorcycles Category Five HellKat Auction

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Confederate Motorcycles is alive, kicking and coming back from Katrina and the first vehicle released following the hurricane will be a one off, special edition, the "Category-Five HellKat." This beast will be based on the 2006 Hellcat with a lot of carbon fiber pieces, a 131 cubic inch turbocharged engine along with a number of very special visual design features to show the … [Read more...]

The World’s Fastest Indian movie

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They don't make enough movies like this. The World's Fastest Indian starring Anthony Hopkins, to be released first in New Zealand, then Australia. Don't know when it will get over here but I'll be waiting. From the site: Anthony Hopkins stars as Burt Munro, a man who never let the dreams of youth fade. After a lifetime of perfecting his classic Indian motorcycle, Burt set … [Read more...]

Diesel motorcycles set speed records

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Hayes Diversified Technologies, makers of the upcoming Bulldog, set some new diesel motorcycle speed records at the International Speed Trials by BUB. Diesel records set: Division A, Type III, Class 1, Kilometer, 154.392 km/h, mile, 95.875 mph Division A, Type IV, Class 1, Kilometer, 167.893 km/h, mile, 104.512 mph Division B, Type III, Class 1, Kilometer, 163.709 … [Read more...]