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Kawasaki highlights fuel efficiency on new site

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

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Starting with the KLX 250S, which scores an excellent 70 miles per gallon, Kawasaki has 23 motorcycles that get 33 miles per gallon or better. In case you were wondering, that is every single bike that the manufacturer makes, including beasts such as the Ninja ZX-10R and the 1.4-liter ZX-14. To highlight the possible fuel savings that a two-wheeled vehicle offers over its four-wheeled and enclosed cousins, Team Green has created a new micro-site that shows you each model and its mpg rating.

Of course, riding on a saddle is not for everyone. A motorcycle offers plenty of thrills and excitement, as Kawasaki is eager to point out, but the rider is left out in the elements and there aren’t really any safety measures to speak of on most bikes, especially the smallest and most fuel efficient options available. Still, those who do choose to ride will enjoy the extra spending money left in their pocketbooks after filling up, this particular blogger included.

[Source: Kawasaki]

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Maxton 2007, day one

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

Not all land-speed racing takes place out West. For the last few years, the East Coast Timing Association has overtaken a one-mile landing strip outside Maxton, North Carolina, for those folks who either can’t get out to or can’t wait for Bonneville or El Mirage. Scott H from the H.A.M.B. took some pictures over the […]

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Any Crosley devotee knows that the CoBra four-cylinder engine that powered the post-war Crosleys was essentially repurposed from its use in generators that provided many an Allied war unit with necessary electricity. But Powel Crosley tried to offer plenty more assistance in the war effort.

For example, Crosley built at least a couple different three-wheeled prototypes, […]

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BREAKING: H-D strike over

Monday, February 19th, 2007

Late reports yesterday suggest that a two-week-old strike at Harley-Davidson’s huge York, Pennsylvania, manufacturing plant may be over.
The walk-out began on February 2, when 2,800 workers laid down their tools in protest over a new three-year health care and benefits plan, which union leaders said would create a “two-tiered” system of benefits, and cost employees […]

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