Bikes in the Fast Lane: World’s Fastest Motorcycle Sold plus 2 more

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• World’s Fastest Motorcycle Sold
• France: A Look At The New Schuberth Helmets For The Police
• France: Le Touquet Enduropale 2013 - Photos and Video

World’s Fastest Motorcycle Sold Posted: 04 Feb 2013 08:00 AM PST Imagine that... a motorcycle capable of doing 400 mph (640 kph). And it was up for sale at eBay for US$27,000. Of course, it's not a motorcycle that you can ride in traffic. No, the motorcycle built by Glenn Brittian is a rocket motorcycle. So it's one step up over the Marine Turbine Y2K motorcycle, since it has a rocket, not a turbine engine. The "motorcycle" is meant for drag races, since it'll last a quarter mile before you need to feed it pennies to go again, or more likely hydrogen peroxide. The bike's rockets provide 3500 pounds (that's 15.6 kN or the equivalent of 7,000 horsepower) of thrust, and it uses 30 lb (14 kg) of fuel PER SECOND........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

France: A Look At The New Schuberth Helmets For The Police Posted: 04 Feb 2013 04:00 AM PST There's been quite a lot of heated articles and debates concerning the helmets used by the French police. Even so much so that a part of them went on "strike", since their helmets were totally inadequate. However, the French National Police and the Gendarmerie (which is a different authority), have contracted German motorcycle helmet manufacturer Schuberth to deliver 7,000 police version C3 helmets (not the C3 PRO which was introduced later). This means that over the next 4 years all the old helmets are being phased out, and replaced by the newer, but heavily modified, Schubert C3........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

France: Le Touquet Enduropale 2013 - Photos and Video Posted: 03 Feb 2013 10:00 PM PST #Touquet #Enduropale - Another year, another crazy Le Touquet Enduropale beach motorcycle race is over. And what a race it was.... suspense, drama, fights, weather. A 3 hour super tough beach race which lasted 2 hours, since the weather had become impossible and the tide was therefore turning in much quicker than expected, making it not only very difficult, but also very dangerous. And it was a good thing for the declared winner Jean Claude Mousse since he had to rip off his goggles halfway through the last lap (a lap takes 15 minutes to complete) and he couldn't see anything. He was passed just before the finish line by Potisek, but since the red flag was out, the previous lap counted, not the finished one........... ...........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

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