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Monster Challenge 7 and 8

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The last two winners from the Monster Challenge before Daytona are up. These two are from the Detroit and Montreal shows. They were transported to Daytona for the final challenge with the other winners. … [Read more...]

Ford Flathead motorcycle

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If you've been around a while you may remember the Honest Charley ads in Hot Rod magazine and other car mags back in the sixties. Back then, they were one of the premier speed parts suppliers. These days, "Honest Charley hisself" as they used to say has passed on but the name and trademark was purchased by Coker Tire and they continue the tradition of old time speed. They … [Read more...]

700 Horsepower Hayabusa

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Getting huge horsepower from a motorcycle engine is always an interesting blend of good old engine building, forced induction and a little black magic. The DynoJet Horsepower Challenge has just produced some totally insane results. Hank Booth of Great Falls, Montana put his 1999 Suzuki Hayabusa on the dyno and turned out 701.32 horsepower! There were others in the 400 and 500hp … [Read more...]

Vectrix electric scooter

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New designs keep coming and now here's the Vectrix, an electric scooter with decent performance. Top speed of 62mph, range of 68 miles, 0-50mph 6.8 seconds, recharges to 80% in 2 hours, full charge in 3 hours from a standard wall outlet. It looks like a nice design and their site has quite a few variations including what looks like a race or sport version. For shorter range and … [Read more...]

Mert Lawwill builds a flat tracker

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Mentioned back here that a group was in the process of building a Triumph flat tracker for competition. Now Mert Lawwill, former Grand National champion, is building one, too, but this one is for the street and it's based on a Harley Davidson. It's featured in the April issue of Cycle World and it looks great. Called the Street Tracker, it looks just like a flat tracker from … [Read more...]

Thunder Star 1200 Diesel by Star Twin

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Stop the presses! er... stop the keyboards, I love this! Star Twin, a company over in Holland, has designed and built the Thunder Star 1200 TDI Sportbike. This is a 1200cc, three cylinder turbocharged direct injection diesel. They started with a 3 cylinder diesel engine from the VW Lupo, redesigned numerous parts using SolidWorks 3D computer modeling software, created patterns … [Read more...]