XCOR's innovative piston pump technology took a ride from Roswell, NM to Mojave, CA in April 2012.

Technology - Engineering

May 04, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 12 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Lightning Motorcycles SuperBike recently set a speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats as the world’s fastest electric bike, vrooming in at over 200 mph. Lightning Motorcycles set ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Aug 28, 2011 3.9 / 5 (12) 9 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Purdue University student who created a solar-powered motorcycle is launching a club to help likeminded students expand environmentally friendly transportation options.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Oct 01, 2010 4.8 / 5 (5) 4 |

Japan's Yamaha Motor unveiled on Wednesday a zero-emission electric motor scooter for city use that it said could travel five times farther than a gasoline model for the same cost.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Jul 14, 2010 4.6 / 5 (19) 21

Zero Motorcycles recently unveiled the first mass-produced electric motorcycle capable of traveling more than 100 miles, breaking down one of the long-standing obstacles to consumer adoption.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Nov 18, 2011 5 / 5 (6) 10

Japan's best-known toilet maker on Wednesday unveiled a "poop-powered" motorcycle that can travel as far as 300 kilometres (180 miles) on a tank filled with animal waste.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Aug 29, 2012 not rated yet 0

Moped riders crash more frequently, and motorcyclists are more than three times as likely to die in accidents, a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) road safety researcher has found.

Other Sciences - Other

Apr 19, 2012 not rated yet 0

A team of Virginia Tech College of Engineering undergraduate students this week will take its self-built electric-powered motorcycle to the third-round race of the North American TTXGP eGrandPrIx competition. If the team ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Jul 25, 2012 not rated yet 0

Banning biker gangs and criminalising membership of outlaw motorcycle groups will not be an effective way to combat organised crime says legal expert Dr Andreas Schloenhardt of UQ's TC Beirne School of Law.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

May 04, 2012 not rated yet 2

African-American victims of motorcycle crashes were 1.5 times more likely to die from their injuries than similarly injured whites, even though many more of the African-American victims were wearing helmets at the time of ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Sep 23, 2010 not rated yet 4

Motorcycle helmets, long known to dramatically reduce the number of brain injuries and deaths from crashes, appear to also be associated with a lower risk of cervical spine injury, new research from Johns Hopkins suggests.

Medicine & Health - Health

Feb 09, 2011 not rated yet 0

A motorcycle police officer on an urgent call faces huge information processing and decision-making demands. A new European research project aims to prevent potentially dangerous information overload.

Technology - Engineering

Sep 01, 2010 not rated yet 0

A French company has found business success by blending high-tech fibers used in ESA space mission with old-fashioned denim to create comfortable, stylish protective gear for bikers.

Technology - Engineering

Dec 22, 2010 5 / 5 (2) 2

Most motorcycles in the world today use engines that burn gasoline, contributing to greenhouse gasses and adding air pollution to the surrounding area. Now two scientists in India have conceptually designed a new, cleaner ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Jun 22, 2010 2.6 / 5 (7) 0

New research using a world leading motorcycle simulator to analyse rider behaviour has proved that safer doesn’t necessarily mean slower and that formal advanced training for bikers can demonstrate improved ...

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Nov 30, 2010 not rated yet 0