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Kawasaki confirms ER-6n

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Photos of the new Kawasaki ER-6n began popping up on the Internet the other day and Kawasaki has confirmed its existence. It has a fuel injected parallel twin displacing 649cc, a monoshock rear suspension and styling that takes a jump forward from older models. It looks nice and could be a great beginners bike or just a lot of fun all around for any rider. It will be introduced … [Read more...]

Perpetual motorcycles

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Have you ever watched someone bend up a new exhaust pipe with an automatic pipe bender? Feed in the right numbers with a length of straight pipe and presto, exhaust pipe, exactly like the factory piece. Think about that. As long as you have the right numbers for the machine, you can make any pipe for any car, and what does that have to do with motorcycles? For quite a few … [Read more...]

Motorcycles most likely …

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Here are a couple of motorcycle lists you may not want to be on, motorcycles most likely to be stolen and most likely to be crashed. Of course they have their opposites as well with least likely in both categories. Most stolen: Suzuki GSX-R series Yamaha YZF series Honda CBR series Suzuki Hayabusa Kawasaki Ninja series … [Read more...]

China bidding for US companies

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Chinese companies are trying to buy Maytag, the appliance manufacturer and Unocal, the US oil producer. They want our companies and our jobs but just say no to free speech. It's like I said before, they'll just keep coming and wear you down and US companies keep running over there with dollar signs in their eyes. American CEO's making deals in China that build up their … [Read more...]

Electronic Data Recorders, EDR

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Cars have had electronic data recorders for quite a few years now but I'm curious if any motorcycle manufacturers have thought about adding them. Originally installed to help deploy airbags, they have grown in sophistication and amount of data recorded. Although the government does not mandate their use, if installed, they do require EDRs to record quite a bit of information. I … [Read more...]

Future transportation on two wheels

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Is the future of transportation arriving on two wheels? While everyone is not going to begin riding motorcycles we may see practical wide scale production of alternative power in motorcycles before we see it in cars. Hybrids and biodiesel are moving forward in cars but these technologies are more like variations of the internal combustion engine than a new form of power. … [Read more...]