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The bottom end block was painted green for racing or red for road, and had a centrally positioned flywheel, twin inboard main bearings, overhung crankpins, and doors for easy access to the engine. The redesigned three-speed gearbox, multi-plate clutch and the repositioned magneto were all significant improvements. [2] 1932 Squirrel
Ian Simpson's 1994 Championship-winning Crighton Norton RCW588 in its last guise wearing Duckham's oil company livery displayed at the 2009 TT races. The Norton RCW588 is a Works Racing motorcycle, produced for the 1988 to 1994 racing seasons, [1] initially with an air-cooled version of the road-going twin-rotor Wankel engine used in the Classic soon followed by watercooled versions from 1989.
Scott made several appearances at the Isle of Man TT Races between 1910 and 1914 with specially built racing machines. [10] In 1910 a Scott was the first two-stroke motorcycle ever to complete a full TT course under race conditions and in 1911 a Scott ridden by Frank Phillip gained the TT lap record of 50.11 mph (80.64 km/h) continuous average ...
Attempting his jumps on motorcycles whose suspensions were designed primarily for street riding or flat track racing was a major factor in Knievel's many disastrous landings. The terrific forces these machines passed on to his body are well illustrated in the super slow-motion footage of his Caesars' landing.
This is nuts. An upstate man whose beloved squirrel was cruelly killed by the state said he was treated like a “terrorist” when 10 government agents descended on his home during a five-hour ...
Monica Keasler, a woman who faced a barrage of hate comments after being falsely accused of reporting Peanut the Squirrel to the DEC, has finally spoken out to prove her critics wrong. Keasler’s ...
The decision to euthanize the squirrel was met with such criticism that Jake Blumencranz, a state lawmaker, proposed legislation to improve animal rights statutes, calling it “Peanut’s Law ...
Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics is the science of the motion of bicycles and motorcycles and their components, due to the forces acting on them. Dynamics falls under a branch of physics known as classical mechanics. Bike motions of interest include balancing, steering, braking, accelerating, suspension activation, and vibration. The study of ...