Bikes in the Fast Lane: Bol d’Argent - A Quick Action Photo Look plus 2 more

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• Bol d’Argent - A Quick Action Photo Look
• Yearning For The Old Times? Get The Simulated Kickstarter
• Electric vs Gas Powered - A Video Look

Bol d’Argent - A Quick Action Photo Look Posted: 13 Apr 2012 09:00 AM PDT Apart from the premature e-bike race, the FIM e-Power, and the always impressive sidecars, the main pre-event for the Bol d'Or race is the Bol d'Argent. For those who don't read French, "Or" means gold, "Argent" means silver. The "Or" are the supersports bikes racing for 24 hours, the "Argent" are stock road bikes, racing for 3 hours. Any stock bike will do, single, bi or 100 cylinders. The Bol d'Or gets enough publicity, so here are some action shots of the Bol d'Argent qualifiers for your amusement. NOTE: All photos can be enlarged by clicking on them, but let the whole page load first before you do. ...

Yearning For The Old Times? Get The Simulated Kickstarter Posted: 13 Apr 2012 05:00 AM PDT If you fondly remember the good old days, when you had to be a "man", preferably a heavy one, to start your motorcycle, then this is the product for you. Remember the days that you had to jump on your kickstarter to start your motorcycle. And remember how difficult it was for the bigger cylinder ones? Nowadays, all you need to do is press a button and the engine purrs away. But if you still want to remember the old days, the Simulated Kickstarter is for you. It attaches to your motorcycle, and by kickstarting it, it will actually start your engine. Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Electric vs Gas Powered - A Video Look Posted: 12 Apr 2012 11:00 PM PDT I used my trusty iPhone 4 smartphone's video camera to shoot some video of some of the motorcycles doing their free practise runs at the Bol d'Or at Magny-Cours. Obviously I also filmed the e-Power electric motorcycles, so here's a brief video clip of not only the e-bikes, but also comparing them in the same curve with a "normal" bike. The "normal" motorcycles were the Bol d'Argent category, so not full race endurance motorcycles. The first bit is a warm up lap for the e-bikes, followed by a fast lap, followed by a "normal" bike, followed again by 2 more of the electric ones. I think you'll need to start getting used to seeing more and more footage of electric bike races, but it might take much longer if I look at FIM's attempt at organizing the e-Power race. It's just comical, and I'm not talking about the teams, but the organization. Click on the headline to see the video....... ...

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