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H-D celebrates the impact and contribution of legendary African American riders to motorcycling culture. Watch the Journey of the Iron Elite video .Triumph Bonneville custom
Clay Rathburn of Atom Bomb Customs is an old-school craftsman, and the creator of one of my all-time favorite bikes, ‘ Doctor Who ’. When Clay builds a bike, very little work is farmed out—an admirable approach in this age of off-the-shelf parts. This lovely 1966 Triumph Bonneville T120 is Clay’s latest creation, and it reveals its charms slowly, eschewing glitz for a subtle, timeless style. “I built the frame in-house, using the original-numbers-matching neck, and reusing the cast rear engine mount,” he says. “I think the factory castings are beautiful when they’re cleaned up and reshaped a bit.” Clay then fabricated a new fuel tank, oil tank and fender out of aluminum, the old-fashioned way using a planishing panel hammer.
V.O.W N°4 ( Video Of the Week, 23-30 January 2011 ) T he qualities of a great craftsman begin way beyond their first interaction with the tool. In many instances, the education begins with vision.
V.O.W N°4 // Enjoy a ride with Shinya Kimura | Yatzer™
Every once in a while something comes along so crazy, so unearthly cool, we have to shout it from the rooftops. Today just happens to be that once in a while, so feast your eyes on the BMW boxer engine powered Hoverbike . Framed around an 1,170cc 4-stroke BMW boxer engine that powers the twin rotors, the Hoverbike was the brainchild of Australian inventor, Chris Malloy.
BMW Powered Twin-Rotor Hoverbike | Gear Patrol
Atom Bomb Custom Motorcycles
I'm not even sure the last six weeks really happened. Somehow between May 15 and now we manged to get our selves, our household, and the entire shop moved to Richmond VA, 180 miles away from our old home base in Salem. The moving part was pretty painless, with only one major box truck fire and one shredded trailer tire. Pretty typical and uneventful.
Lightning Lithium Superbike: No Emissions : TreeHugger
Remember the electric Killacycle ? Lightning Motors' electric motorcycle is similar, but it's made for the street instead of the racetrack. It goes 0-60 in around 3 seconds, hits close to 100 mph at top speed, and has about a 100-mile range at cruise. The bike is a Yamaha R1 that has been modified to be powered by lithium-ion batteries. The entire engine is missing. So are the tailpipes, radiator, gas cap, transmission and clutch.
Mission Motors Intros The World's Fastest Production Electric Motorcycle – Gas 2.0
Mission Motors , an electric vehicle start-up from San Francisco, has chosen TED 2009 “The Great Unveiling,” as the venue to introduce itself, and it’s first production vehicle, to the world. The all-electric Mission One sportbike promises a top speed of 150 mph and a 150 mile range — rivaling the stats of gasoline powered sportbikes. Additionally, the bike features a recharge time of less than 2 hours using a 240v outlet. It’s currently scheduled for delivery in 2010.
Untamed Velocity - Tour of the Barber Motorsports Museum, Birmingham, Alabama
Yes, this is the entrance to Barber Motorsports Park. Fortunately they don't discriminate against happy-go-lucky idiots who love riding motorcycles. The Professor and Chris demonstrate. Vintage military motorcycles, looking like they're fresh off the showroom floor. Professor Ted says he tried several times, but the guns don't fire. The Bimota V-Due.Mission One: Now Offically the Fastest-Ever (Production) Electric Motorcycle | Fast Company
The last time we heard from Mission Motors, they were gingerly revving their first sportbike, the all-electric Mission One , onto stage at TED. This morning, they've announced a milestone in proving that their bike, which was designed by Yves Behar's Fuse project, is a worthy steed for speed demons: On September 1st, the bike hit a 150.059-mph average speed over two one-mile test runs on the Bonneville Speedway, reading top speeds of 161mph. And that makes it the fastest production electric motorcycle of all time. The bike also pulled at least one feat important to speed geeks: It's able to do a power wheelie at 80 mph. But what's most impressive is that Mission claims that the record-setting bike wasn't a hot-rodded test bed.
