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Electric Super Motard Motorcycle

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The electric motorcycle guys over at Thunderstruck Motors have come up with this AC Motard powered by a 48 volt AC motor. It's geared for 60mph, has dual disc brakes with regenerative braking and a seat height of 36 inches. Price is $6200. If you've watched any videos of electric motorcycles, you can see the performance possibilities of a high torque electric motor. Great … [Read more...]

Feet Forward Motorcycle Designs

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A comment on The Kneeslider a couple of weeks ago from Ace King, points to his own site where he's designing a "feet forward" or recumbent motorcycle powered by a Honda VF750. It's an interesting design with double A-arm front suspension, a seat from an Acura, a GSX-R radiator, and a lot of unique pieces created by him specifically for this project. He's trying to design a … [Read more...]

Roland Sands Wins 2006 Biker Build Off

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Roland Sands won a real functional biker build off, this is great! Let me quote The Kneeslider from one year ago: The quick way to raise the bar on these build offs would be to create a competition at the end that had a drag strip and road course as the first step. Horsepower and engineering would enter into it, you know, could they build real motorcycles? How fast … [Read more...]

Radial Engine Motorcycle by JRL Cycles

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Thanks to a comment by Jenn, we now know where the radial engine powered motorcycle #2 comes from, it's JRL Cycles in Black Hawk, South Dakota. The bike will be on display this year at the EAA flyin and air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and after that will be in Sturgis. JRL is also an official distributor for the Rotec radial used in both motorcycles we wrote about. There's … [Read more...]

Tony Foale Planning Mid Ohio Seminar

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Attention everyone, interested in motorcycle design and motorcycle dynamics, Tony Foale is planning a two day seminar at Mid Ohio, Monday and Tuesday, July 31/August 1, 2006, immediately following the weekend of vintage motorcycle races. Many of you already know that Tony offers some of the most comprehensive training available on the subject of why motorcycles behave as they … [Read more...]

Piaggio 3 Wheel MP3 Scooter

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We noted back in February that Piaggio had a 3 wheel scooter concept at the Bologna Motor Show. Well, it's more than a concept now because Piaggio has introduced it as their new MP3 Scooter. It comes in two versions, 125cc and a 250cc. The advantage of two front wheels is much greater stability and traction in wet and rough road conditions. The tilting front wheels give you an … [Read more...]