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400 MPH Motorcycle Tire in Development

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In the current motorcycle land speed record wars, the contestants have accomplished some amazing things, now running over 360 mph on the salt. However, going faster isn't simply a matter of more horsepower, you have to make sure every part of your machine is up to the task and at current speeds, the streamliners have outrun the design specs of the tires they're using. Think of … [Read more...]

Norton Rotary to Race 600cc GP Class?

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While reading an article in the December issue of Classic Bike magazine, about the new Norton Motorcycle company, which recently returned to British hands, I noticed a statement by Brian Crighton, technical director of the company saying they would like to try qualifying for the new 4 stroke 600cc class which will replace the 2 stroke 250cc bikes in 2011. The twin rotor Norton … [Read more...]

Supercharged Honda 50 Racing

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Anders Elsberg of Denmark has a long history of tuning and racing small displacement engines and the Honda 50 is one of his favorites. Though many tuners and racers of the little Honda will simply increase displacement and compression and add performance cams, Anders didn't want the tradeoffs required, a higher and narrower useful RPM range being the primary problem. High … [Read more...]

Kawasaki Officially Out of MotoGP

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Kawasaki has now made official what everyone already knew, they are pulling out of MotoGP racing effective immediately. They do say they are continuing racing "using mass-produced motorcycles as well as supporting general race-oriented customers." So Superbike and all other racing based on bikes you can buy will still have a Kawasaki in the lineup. Kawasaki press … [Read more...]

Joe Bar One Unlimited Motorcycle Racing

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Not too many months ago I suggested motorcycle racing without rules as a way to avoid disqualifying winners because of some arcane technical violation. Quite a few of you liked the idea, those opting for rules of some sort usually focused on a few minimal restrictions related to safety. Well, over in France they've put together a little race series taking the unlimited … [Read more...]

Kawasaki Pulling Out of MotoGP?

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Kawasaki has not yet made it official but the news is flying all over the European web sites that Kawasaki is pulling out of MotoGP. Evidently, the same high costs of racing while doing business in a slow economy that have prompted Honda to pull out of Formula One and Subaru and Suzuki to pull out of the World Rally Championship have put sufficient pressure on Kawasaki to … [Read more...]