The New York Monster challenge is in the books and the winner took a little different route and actually used some building skills to get his Monster together. A bit of welding and metalwork was required to modify his 2004 Monster 1000. It's nice to see a little more skill involved as opposed to bolting on accessories. There's nothing wrong with bolt ons but in a competition I … [Read more...]
The universal engine
Over the last week or so I've been thinking and writing about motorcycle engines and I came across this series of columns by Marc Cook over at AVweb. Being an aviation web site his columns look at engines from that perspective and he examines the actual differences between motorcycle and airplane engines and the reasons why they're different. It's good information. As I … [Read more...]
Defiant Scooters
Everyone knows what a scooter is, one of those little things you see around some college campuses and downtown in crowded cities. Usually a bit small. I ran across this and it takes care of the small factor and it should cruise on the highways just fine since it's powered by a Harley Sportster engine. From what I can tell … [Read more...]
48 cylinder motorcycle engine
No sooner do I mention motorcycle engines up to 8 cylinders and someone points out a 12 cylinder made from two inline sixes. OK, today I come across this, this ... oh heck I don't know what this is. 48 cylinders! I would chalk this up to Photoshop but there's a video on the website. Hmm... … [Read more...]
Motorcycle engines and car engines and airplane engines and …
I've always loved internal combustion engines, anything that powers and moves something else is fascinating. These days, electric motors are getting into the act but they don't hold the same appeal, at least not for me. I like cars, but there's often so much sheet metal and plastic covering up the engine we lose sight of the mechanical drive system and that's what is so cool … [Read more...]
Monster challenge 3
Long Beach Monster Challenge has a winner and he took the performance route with a turbo delivering 112hp to the wheel from a Monster 900. The runners up were nice, too. … [Read more...]