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Survival bike engineering: this single-sided bike by 'exmoor customs' won "best in show" & "best engineering" at the UK Rat and Survival Bike rally, 2006. The term "survival bike" originated in the British motorcycle press, particularly Back Street Heroes [ 7 ] and the now-defunct AWoL in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
This system was derived from a 1970s RCB1000 world endurance race bike. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The DCBS system was introduced to assist rider braking where the front brake lever operates two of the three pistons on the front calipers but also proportionally applies pressure to one piston of the rear brake caliper, while using the rear brake will engage ...
In addition to the large aftermarket companies several smaller companies are also marketing a wide range of parts for these bikes. In most non-US countries, this model is simply referred to as the "Yamaha XV950" and is available as a standard, or the higher spec "R" and "C" models which features ABS brakes and uprated rear shock absorbers.
The VRSC was introduced in 2001 in a single model called the V-Rod aiming to compete against Japanese and American muscle bikes. The V-Rod's Revolution engine was developed for road use by Porsche Engineering with the aid of a few Harley-Davidson engineers [6] [7] [8] from Harley-Davidson's VR1000 V-twin racing bike engine.
L – Rupp manufactured two L-series dirt bikes in 1973, the L80 and L100. Both bikes used 2-cycle Fuji engines, in 80 and 100cc sizes. They were equipped with four- and five-speed manual transmissions, respectively. SS – The SS-5 was Rupp's only dirt bike that used a Tecumseh engine and automatic transmission. The engine was a Tecumseh HS50 ...
On August 6, 2015, the daredevil stunt performer Doug Danger [22] at the Sturgis Bike Rally at the Buffalo Chip, broke Knievel's record for most cars jumped on a XR-750 with 22 cars. Knievel attempted this feat of 22 cars in Monroe, Washington on September 1, 1972, and cleared 21 cars but landed on the safety deck covering the 22nd car.
For their Ultra-Lightweight class (50 cc) Grand Prix race bikes during the 1964, 1965 and 1966 race seasons, Honda re-introduced the 1920s format of cable-actuated caliper rim brakes with shoes/blocks directly acting on the aluminium rim-sides (alloy wheel rim), creating almost a 'consumable' item from the wheels, but dispensing with heavy ...
Joey Dunlop coming down Bray Hill, Isle of Man in the 1992 Senior TT race, on his Honda RC30. While being inspired by the Honda RVF endurance racer (not to be confused with the Honda RVF750 RC45) the VFR750R instead had its engine based on the 1986-7 VFR750F (RC24). The engines are almost identical externally, the only visible differences being ...