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Can-Am Spyder First Drive: Embracing The Third Wheel

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As a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast, I cannot tell you the number of times I’ve wanted to sneak stories about two-wheeled transportation onto this website. Despite having seen them around for years, they were models I had long assumed would be marginally better than the atrocious three-wheeled motorcycles offered by Harley-Davidson.

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Pinnacle 4-stroke opposed-piston SI engine shows fuel economy improvements of between 30-60% at light loads, 12-30% at medium loads over conventional

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The results represent a light-load indicated efficiency improvement of 15-30% (up to 40.9%). Pinnacle Engines’ 110cc production-intent prototype packaged for a motorcycle application. Compression ratio was set at 15:1, and the fuel used was 87 octane gasoline. There is no ISFC improvement at high load. Click to enlarge.

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Top 10 Most Weird And Wonderful Electric Vehicles

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Beautiful leatherwork and an LED lighting make it futuristic and elegant when it comes to appearance. The Urb-E is available in two-wheeled or three-wheeled versions. #4 Since the 1970s, skilled technicians have been attaching tiny gasoline engines and chain drives to skateboards. 2 Specialized Turbo. In under 3.3