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ACE Fireball 535 Royal Enfield High Performance Kit

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What we have here, fellas, is the ACE Fireball 535 Royal Enfield high performance engine kit. You take your stock, single cylinder Royal Enfield Bullet and with the addition of this kit, turn it into a real, ... well, fireball. No, you're not going to challenge any of the boy racers out there, but compared to any stock Royal Enfield, you'll be the man to beat, seriously. This … [Read more...]

Why Do You Ride?

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Why do you ride? "If I have to explain it, you wouldn't understand." That's the all too often non response given by some riders in an effort to sound profound or philosophical, but it doesn't answer the question, does it? Maybe it's a question best left unanswered because it's really an emotion without any reason behind it, trying to analyze your attraction to motorcycles, the … [Read more...]

Helical Camshafts – Variable Valve Actuation with a Mechanical Twist

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Unless you're directly involved with engine design, it's hard to keep up with all of the creative methods engineers have used to integrate variable valve actuation into a standard internal combustion engine. In this day of computer controls, you would think mechanical methods would be losing ground, but I received a note from Danny Williams about the Williams Helical Camshaft … [Read more...]

Get Your Physics up to Speed – Learn Online

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Remember MIT Open Courseware? It's the program to put all of the MIT curriculum online so you can learn mechanical engineering or whatever you want for free. Well, there's something else you should be aware of, because some of you might find the MIT offerings a bit too much to start with. If that's the case, try Khan Academy. One of the problems we run into on The … [Read more...]

MotoCzysz Electric D1g1tal Dr1ve System – Drive Solutions for Electric Racers

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Motoczysz has developed an electric drive system, the MotoCzysz Electric D1g1tal Dr1ve, and will be offering it for sale to teams that want to take part in the upcoming electric racing series. The ability of small teams to develop class leading drive systems is getting out of reach so in an effort to fill the grid, these setups will be for sale in 2 configurations, one has the … [Read more...]

Hub Center Steering Kit from ISR of Sweden

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Maybe you can't build a motorcycle quite like Stellan Egeland, but at least now you have access to some of the same exotic components he uses. The Harrier, Stellan's most recent custom, had a very unique look due to hub center steering, which more than looking good, worked very well, too. ISR, a Swedish company responsible for a number of components used by builders worldwide, … [Read more...]