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The Honda CG150 Titan Mix

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Earlier this year Honda released a new motorcycle in to the Brazilian market – The CG150 Titan Mix, a motorcycle designed to run on ethanol, gasoline or a mixture of the two. The bike is being sold exclusively in the Brazilian market because of the huge market there (almost 2 million bikes sold in 2008 […]

What’s better for the environment, a scooter or a car?

Sunday, March 22, 2009

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Cecil from TheStraightDope.com takes on this common conundrum with a level-headed look at the facts. I could spoil it for you, but I think the whole story makes for fine reading. You might be surprised by his answer, I was pretty comfortable with it and I think he finally puts this argument to bed, at […]

UK Police already watching you, can now sneak up on your arse.

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

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(The Vectrix has a whole new career and uniform to match)David D. sent over this scoop from London Bikers (title link). Looks like the Hampshire police force has put a couple of these babies on the road for a 6 month test run. Their goal? Reduce carbon emissions, save money, sneak up on your arse […]

Worlds most environmentally friendly motorcycle

Friday, November 9, 2007

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This is either the greenest motorcycle I’ve ever seen (with a tree growing out of it’s gas tank), OR this is the rare motorcycle eating tree (related to but not to be confused with India’s “cow eating tree“). What is that? A Honda? Thanks again to motoblog.it (title link) for their cool photo-of-the-day.

Non Petroleum based "Green Motor Oil" = G-Oil

Monday, November 5, 2007

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(There she is G-Oil! Not to be confused with Olive Oil, who is Popeye’s “goil” as he would say.) Found this over at the Kneeslider (see title link) who caught it on the Popular Mechanics site. Seems a new company, Green Earth Technologies, has come up with a way to render motor oil from beef […]

French race car legend Matra returns as a green bike

Thursday, October 4, 2007

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One of our friends, FM, sends news from the Paris show that can be found over at CyberScooter.it (title link). This is the Matra, an electric hybrid bicycle that reminds me a bit of the MadAss if it were greener and a hell-of-a-lot more expensive. Here we’re looking at a 60 mile range at 30mph […]