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March 7, 2011
Why the Motus MST-01 needs design strength
I honestly am not trying to be unkind or snarky. As the product of a tiny American startup, the Motus MST-01 is the kind of product Hell For Leather wants to champion. Truth is, I really think this small company needs the right kind of start or it will not make it. Here's why Motus needs to re-think its design. Modus Operandi Creating something new, something that is genuinely new, is very hard...
Watch this CBR600RR defy physics
In 2011, we tend to think of “gymkhana” as something Ken Block does with a rally car, energy drink sponsorship and a limitless tire budget. But before he was doing donuts around Segways, motorcycles were ripping up impossibly tight parking lot courses in Japan. This video of a CBR600RR performing impossible lean angles at low speed is simply stunning. What blows our minds is that he’s at ful...
Buell can still kick Harley ass
So this is just a Harley XR1200, right? No. Where that bike weighs 260kg and makes 85bhp this Bott XR-1 will weigh just 170kg and make 100bhp. How’s it do that? Why Buell parts of course. The XR-1 will take its wheels, suspension, brakes, engine and swingarm from a Buell XB12, housing them in a custom steel spine chassis. Looks, like the XR1200, are inspired by Harley XR 750 trackers of yore. ...