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Derringer Cycles Board Track Style Motorized Bicycles

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The 50cc homemade motorized bicycle spotlighted the other day looks pretty neat as a fun project but I found a company already producing something very similar. Derringer Cycles makes a Honda powered motorized bicycle in the classic board track style that has the same choice of power or pedal of the homemade version. Brakes are drum up front, coaster in the rear. It holds … [Read more...]

TSS RS500 2 Cylinder 2 Stroke

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While most everyone else has moved on to the land of 4 strokes, there's a group of intrepid engineers and builders in Australia devoted to the idea of building a 500cc 2 cylinder 2 stroke motorcycle, starting with the Aprilia RS250 chassis and installing their own highly engineered 2 stroke powerplant. Grand Prix Engineer Wayne "Wobbly" Wright who has a 30 year career … [Read more...]

Honda 50 Powered Vintage Bicycle Project

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Here's an interesting project that takes little money, isn't too hard to do and actually has a practical side, it's a Huffy bicycle found at a flea market, a couple of vintage looking pieces found on eBay, a new Honda 50cc engine and a few other modifications to make it look like an early grey Harley Davidson. According to the builder it gets about 120 mpg and cruises at a … [Read more...]

2009 Confederate C120 Renaissance Fighter

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Confederate Motors has put more photos of their new Confederate Fighter up on their web site, or more accurately the "C120 Renaissance Fighter." It's a much better look at how everything goes together, it was difficult to get an idea of proportions from the single perspective of the catalog shot. One thing that would be helpful is a photo of a rider on the bike to get an … [Read more...]

Erik Buell in Time Magazine

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Erik Buell and Buell Motorcycles got a little publicity in Time Magazine this week in a very positive article. Even though well known to most of us, Buell is not exactly a common name to most folks and the extra exposure helps the motorcycle industry as a whole. The article highlights how working at Buell is different, if you're on the assembly line you have to know several … [Read more...]

2009 Confederate Fighter from Neiman Marcus

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The Neiman Marcus Christmas book has a little something you might be interested in, it's called the Confederate Fighter from the Confederate Motor Company. They're making just 45 and you can have yours for only $110,000. If you want to blend in, this is not your bike. The catalog makes it seem they have a special edition of some sort but there are specs for a 2009 … [Read more...]