Since we've been talking about Hayabusa engines, I ran across this Hayabusa with a sort of, well... , growth out back. It's a wheelie bar on steroids or something. I'm not sure what the reason behind it is but it's interesting, not your average 3 wheeler. … [Read more...]
Hayabusa V8 engine
Radical Extreme Sports Cars started building race cars powered by superbike engines back in 1996. They began using Suzuki engines and it looks like they have been fairly successful. Their latest creation, the SR8, goes a step farther. Instead of just dropping in a complete engine, they built a V8 by grafting two Hayabusa engines together. So far the figures are 372hp and the … [Read more...]
Computer Motorcycle Art
What do you do with that old computer when it's ready for the junk pile? Wait! Take it apart and look at all of the neat pieces, put them together in different ways and you get art. Very cool. Some parts look like something all by themselves but if you have an eye for this sort of thing you can get really creative. Look at the other artwork this guy has done, too. … [Read more...]
Lock picking champs
Ever watch the movies where some guy sneaks up to a door at night and pulls out a small leather case filled with picks and opens a door in seconds? Well, this isn't the movies, this is the Dutch Open Lock Picking Championship. These guys are the real deal. Your average suburban home with a Weiser lock, 15 seconds. How about those black Kryptonite U shaped locks for bicycles and … [Read more...]
The universal engine
Over the last week or so I've been thinking and writing about motorcycle engines and I came across this series of columns by Marc Cook over at AVweb. Being an aviation web site his columns look at engines from that perspective and he examines the actual differences between motorcycle and airplane engines and the reasons why they're different. It's good information. As I … [Read more...]
48 cylinder motorcycle engine
No sooner do I mention motorcycle engines up to 8 cylinders and someone points out a 12 cylinder made from two inline sixes. OK, today I come across this, this ... oh heck I don't know what this is. 48 cylinders! I would chalk this up to Photoshop but there's a video on the website. Hmm... … [Read more...]