“Big hole” land speed electric motorcycle hits the track for first tests

There’s no bike on earth remotely like the bizarre WMC250EV, an electric land speed racer built to slash aerodynamic drag by taking the radical step of tunneling a giant hole through the middle of it. The target speed is 250 mph (402 km/h), and its cre… Continue reading “Big hole” land speed electric motorcycle hits the track for first tests

Aprilia jumps on the middleweight adventure dogpile with new Tuareg 660

Aprilia chopped its mighty RSV4 superbike engine in half in 2019 to make a 660cc parallel twin, which made its debut in a featherweight street-sport scalpel called the RS660. The same motor quickly popped up again in a baby Tuono nakedbike, and now the… Continue reading Aprilia jumps on the middleweight adventure dogpile with new Tuareg 660

Putting LEDs in Motorcyle Tail Light Shows How Trivial Becomes Tough

[Maarten Tromp]’s replacement of his motorcycle’s tail light with LED equivalents is a great example of something that every hacker learns sooner or later: interfacing to and working around existing …read more Continue reading Putting LEDs in Motorcyle Tail Light Shows How Trivial Becomes Tough