Posts Tagged ‘motorcycle’

Ever ridden a Barley? How ’bout a Harley Busa?

Thursday, December 13th, 2007
We've run across plenty of custom motorcycles in our time, and the goal of many of them is to combine the best features of both sportbikes and cruisers into one machine. The Suzuki Hayabusa is arguably the king of the sportbike, and there is no arguing that Harley-Davidson is the owner of both the c......

Will the motorcycle replace the car for performance-minded drivers?

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
We ran across an interesting question posed by Paul Crowe over at The Kneeslider and decided to see what our readers thought: Are motorcycles the future of performance? This question seemingly has some merit due to the tighter CAFE requirements that the government is forcing upon automakers. General......

Inventor patents cancer-shielding motorcycle seat

Friday, November 23rd, 2007
This just in: Motorcycles are dangerous. Don't tell the surgeon general. But Randall Dale Chipkar, author of Motorcycle Cancer?, has been awarded a patent for a motorcycle seat that would block electromagnetic radiation permeating from the engine to the rider. According to Chipkar's research, extrem......

Australia’s monster motorbike from hell

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Proving once again that it is always easier to tear things apart than it is to build them is the Australian monster, as seen above. The builder, Ray Baumann, says that "this is a way of taking a bit more care," if you can believe that. You see, his previous job was as a stunt driver. He claims that......

Indian offers glimpse of next production Chief

Friday, November 9th, 2007
In their latest blog post, Indian Motorcycles' newest owner calls itself "The Guardians of the Jewel". Although that sounds a little self-indulgent, as can be seen by the positive comments to that posting, Indian has such a huge following and loyal fan base that they are probably not too far off. At......

Yamaha drops a 3,000-pound hint on the next V-Max

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
We really do love us some V-Max, despite the fact that the bike is well past its prime in this day and age of remaking a motorcycle every two years or so. Just because the bike is older than some of our readers doesn't diminish the fact that the V-Max packs a heavy dose of power. It's never easy to ......

Ever see a tilting three-wheeled V-Max?

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
The Yamaha V-Max is pretty much a two-wheeled muscle car, and many people have had a hard time keeping them on two wheels. Solution: add another wheel? Sure, according to Tilting Motor Works. Starting with Legos before moving on to something more substantial, Bob Mighell designed a new front end for......

10-year ban for popping a wheelie in Miami

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
South Florida has a motorcycle problem, and lawmakers are introducing legislation to show bikers that they'll go a long way to punish those who break the rules. Stunt riding (including wheelies), excessive speeding, and concealable license plates will get you a 10 year ban on your motorcycle license......

SEMA 2007: Dropping by the DeBerti Ford Super Duty

Friday, August 24th, 2007
click above image to view more high-res photos of the DeBerti Super-Duty Earlier we showed you a preview of three Super Duty trucks that Ford's brought to SEMA, and we hunted down the DeBerti version to see just how low they could get an F-450. This ground scraping pickup has a Dallas Smith Axleless......

Lost in Translation: Taiwanese company introduces oddly named Ecooter

Sunday, August 12th, 2007
Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) brings you this: the Ecooter. That's right: the Ecooter. It's just as much to write as it is to say it. The conveyance, which looks like it will either eat you Aliens style or demand to see your leader, is a 4-wheel, single-person, electric ve......