While motorcycle engines aren't usually strong enough for heavy cars, some models are lightweight, allowing them to make full use of these powerhouses.

An engine number is a special alphanumeric code that is imprinted on a motorcycle engine, and its primary use is as a unique identifier for the engine. Manufacturers differ on what is included, but ...

There is this phrase Americans love that says there's no replacement for displacement. For one reason or another, the country came to the conclusion that the bigger the engines used in their cars are, ...

One way of looking at how vehicles are made today is to consider cars habitats on wheels, while motorcycles are, of course, nothing more than engines on wheels. And it's those engines, the biggest of ...

A Simple Step-by-Step Guide Every Rider Can Follow For many riders, especially beginners, a commuter bike is more than just a machine—it’s freedom on two wheels. Whether you ride to the office, ...

Whether we're talking about vehicles with two or four wheels, a primary goal of engineers is to wring out as much power from each unit of displacement for every engine they make. This keeps weight ...

Over on his YouTube channel [Tom Stanton] shows us how to build a Stirling Engine for a bike. A Stirling Engine is a heat engine, powered by the expansion and contraction of a working fluid (such as ...

The coolest car you’ll read about today is a Nissan Leaf. Yeah, really. Sure, it’s a mighty fine car for tooling around town, but it’s pretty tough to make the Leaf sound or look cool. That is unless ...

We rarely expect high reliability from a high-compression track bike, yet this CBR serves as an anomaly ...

Have you ever imagined a bike powered not by gasoline or electricity, but by the simple act of heating and cooling air? It might sound like something out of a science fiction novel, but the concept is ...

Whether you’d like to enjoy the scenery or hunt apexes on your favorite road, these ten bikes will do it with equal ...