Subaru Rally Team USA champion rally drivers Ken Block and Travis Pastrana decide to do a little stunt involving a Impreza WRX STI and a motocross bike for a magazine cover shoot...Enjoy!

Subaru Impreza WRX STI jumps motocross backflip originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 30 July 2008 17:15 EST.

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As the world moves towards eco-friendly and easy-on-the-wallet modes of transportation and everything from trains to lawn movers are shifting towards alternate sources of energy, a young set of individuals have come out with a cute yet effective automobile.

A group of high school students who are fully aware of the present situation surrounding the auto industry have designed an electric two-wheeler with a roof.

Powered by lithium phosphate batteries with an output of 60 volts, the permanent magnet motor utilizes the power to propel the bike. The recharge time is just about 3 hours and should get you to sit up and notice I say its body is made carbon fiber and Kevlar composite material (stuff that F1 cars are made of). The chassis benefits from chromoly tubing.

On a full charge, the roofed-bike will cruise for 40 long miles with a pedal-to-metal velocity of 60 mph. At those speeds, safety is addressed by a proper seat and seat belts which makes it safer than a normal two-wheeler. The pod will also protect you from the heat and dust on a summer’s day and will help you keep warm during winter time.

While other high-school kids were busy learning to efficiently hit on the good-looking, this team of 19 students toiled hard for a period of one year to see this concept from the state of imagination to reality. What we appreciate is their unique thought process, a green two-wheeler is certainly pointing in the right direction and who knows? there might be a future GM or Honda head among this group of students.

High school students build unique two-wheeler originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 27 June 2008 09:53 EST.

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General Motors has announced that it will build a cheap city car for EUR 8,000 using motorcycle parts. This measure will keeps costs down and also make it easier for the manufacturer to put the car together in the assembly stage. Tata Motors were also at some point of time, thinking along those lines during the Nano’s development stage, but the plan was subsequently dropped.

Opel is presently in the "discussion and examination phase" of the project and it will be long before the rear-engined, entry-level car rolls out of their factory. Opel will outsource the parts from either a scooter or motorcycle manufacturer and is also looking at Asian suppliers to help them out. The car is expected to carry a drive train similar to a motorcycles’ and will be ready within a few years time.

Opel to use motorcycle parts for their small car originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 13 February 2008 13:32 EST.

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French motorcycle officers to come in California for training originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 22 December 2006 21:00 EST.

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New-motorcycle owners experience fewer problems with their bikes originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 21 December 2006 00:00 EST.

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Parents warned over unregistered motorcycle gifts originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 20 December 2006 15:00 EST.

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The National Road Safety Foundation calls for better driver education originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 19 December 2006 18:00 EST.

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American Chopper revs its engines on the Learning Channel originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 19 December 2006 15:00 EST.

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