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Ducati Monster Terra Mostro in Production

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We showed you a couple of early photos of the Terra Mostro last year, a Ducati Monster based dual sport motorcycle. The bike is now in production, so if your riding tends to be a bit more adventurous than your sportbike riding friends would like, this might be you. Long travel suspension, dual sport tires, spark arrester on the pipe, all of the things you would expect of a … [Read more...]

Ducati Monster Turbo

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There aren't many motorcycles that haven't been subjected to the turbo treatment but some are common, some not. Turbo Hayabusas are everywhere and if you didn't know better you would think it was a factory option. Ducati Monsters, on the other hand, seem to be modified in many ways but turbos are a lot less common. Bill Johnson, over at DucCutters, dropped us a line to … [Read more...]

Build Your Own 72 Volt Electric Motorcycle

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Here's one more example illustrating the growing fleet of homebuilt electric motorcycles, this one is based on a 1984 Honda Interceptor frame. The builder bought a non runner on eBay and proceeded to pull the engine and install an electric motor, controller and batteries. The end result is a bike with a bit over 70 mph top speed but only about a 10 mile range, luckily, he only … [Read more...]

High School Motorcycle Projects – Nisky Garage

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Technical skills don't come from a book, you might absorb the basics from reading, listening to a lecture or watching a demonstration but developing the actual skill means getting your hands involved and doing it. Planning a project, gathering materials and tools and finally, putting something together is the test. Some high schools are coming up with pretty cool projects … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson 4 Valve Big Twin Sportbike

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Digging around in some old images I came across this bike and I have zero information about it but as you can see, there's something very interesting here. Housed in a custom sportbike frame is a Harley Davidson big twin, with 4 valve heads no less! There is some type of induction system with velocity stacks sticking up through the tank and beyond that, you know as much as I … [Read more...]

DesmoHarley – Motorcycle Build Underway

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Remember the DesmoHarley, the Harley engine with Ducati heads? Lost track of the engine a little while ago and I was wondering what happened to it and look what just turned up. The engine found its way across the pond and is currently in the early stages of being used in a custom bike build over in the U.K. Not much info yet but I thought you might want to see the photo. … [Read more...]