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TwinTech V Twin Motorcycle Powered car

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Here's another very nice example of V-Twin motorcycle power in a purpose built car, called the TwinTech, it's powered by an S&S 124 engine with 125 hp and 125 foot pounds of torque. It's the brainchild of Dave Piontek who many years ago built the Sportech, a kevlar bodied car powered by an 1100cc inline 4. The TwinTech story goes that Dave was watching American Chopper when … [Read more...]

Vietnamese Scooter Restoration Update

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When we wrote about the booming scooter restoration business going on in SE Asia, particularly Vietnam, many comments from scooter enthusiasts warned of the dangers of buying these rebuilds but I was careful to point out that just because some were bad it didn't prove they all were. We used Huy's Scooters as an example of one of these rebuild shops and a comment we received … [Read more...]

Baker Drivetrain N1 Drum

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With all of the bobber guys running around these days, jockey shift setups are gaining ground, and for that crowd, the Baker Drivetrain N1 Drum is pretty cool. What this does is change the shift pattern, swapping 1st gear and neutral, so neutral is all the way down and the gears go up from there. Since you're running a foot clutch, all you have to do is slap the shift lever … [Read more...]

Smartuki Finished Again and For Sale

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Just got a note from Andreas Viktorsson, owner and builder of the new and vastly improved GSXR powered Smartuki, that it's finished and on the road. He took a little 130 mile trip over the weekend and it performed great. He is going to put it on display at the entrance of Semcon for a few weeks where he's the Powertrain Manager and then off on a trip to the Nurburgring. He also … [Read more...]

Dodge Tomahawk Replica Update

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After our post on the Dodge Tomahawk replica, we received a comment pointing out these were for sale on Alibaba as the X Racer. Well, that's true, but it gives a misleading idea about the one we had in our post. I had a phone conversation with Howard Dorf, the builder of the replica in the photo, a replica he designed and built. In the course of building this project, he … [Read more...]

More Motorcycle Builders for Go Not Just Show

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While I was at the news stand, perusing some of the other magazines I don't always read, I see the ever increasing trend to motorcycles that actually work instead of bikes built just for show. The chopper mags are definitely changing and Roland Sands and Jesse Rooke are having an impact. But to underscore the crossover effect of the hot rod customs of Sands and Rooke, Super … [Read more...]