A new motorcycle company from France? It looks that way and their first bike is pretty sweet. Wakan Motorcycles has produced the Wakan 1640, a single seat, V-Twin powered sport bike built around the AC Cobra idea of dropping a big American powerplant into a sporty European frame. Joel Domergue, the man behind Scorpa, a company known for some excellent trials motorcycles, and … [Read more...]
Kawasaki Donates Vehicles & Engines for Training
Kawasaki donated a truckload of equipment to WyoTech, Motorcycle Mechanics Institute, PowerSport Institute, Cleveland, Ohio and Central Carolina Community College so upcoming technicians can get their hands on the newest gear. New motorcycle and power sports mechanics don't grow on trees, they have to be trained because, especially with some of the latest models, you don't … [Read more...]
200hp Vee Two Supercharged Super Squalo
The boys down under at Australian Ducati tuner shop, Vee Two, seem to really like superchargers. They are the shop responsible for engineering the V-Rod supercharger kit marketed by Vance and Hines, which turns the V-Rod into a real 160 horsepower Jekyll and Hyde monster bike. Very nice, but being a Ducati shop, after all, they turned their attention to the Ducati 999 and what … [Read more...]
What Are American Motorcycles?
An interesting article on cars.com lists the top ten American made cars. The determining factor is the percentage of parts by cost in the finished vehicle coming from the U.S. and Canada. The list has many of the usual cars and trucks from Ford and Chevy but also includes the Toyota Camry and Sienna. American cars, from Toyota? I understand their reasoning but does it make … [Read more...]
MotoCzysz Unveiling Racebikes at Laguna Seca
Michael Czysz is planning to publicly unveil the MotoCzysz C1 factory racebike at the 2006 Red Bull USGP, July 21-23. Deposits for the first 50 production bikes will also be taken on the MotoCzysz website, starting at midnight, July 23rd. Asking price is expected to be $100,000+. What the "production bike" will be exactly, isn't completely clear. According to a new and … [Read more...]
Production Motorcycle Top Speed Records
In the last few days there have been a number of stories about the fastest production sedan (Brabus Mercedes, 225.19mph), the fastest production pickup (Holden HSV Maloo R8 Ute, 168.66mph, no, I never heard of it either) and not long ago, the fastest production car (Bugatti Veyron, 253mph). Nothing wrong with touting the abilities of cars and trucks but it seems so politically … [Read more...]
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