MORE "NEW" Tech that's actually really OLD!
There is so much old technology people think is new that it didn't fit in one episode! So join us for our second round of interesting motorcycle and engine technology that seems new but absolutely is ...
18 Kesä 20251h 29min
The Remarkable Endurance of the BMW Boxer--More than 100 Years of Flat-Twin
BMW got serious about making motorcycle engines in 1923, when aircraft engine designer Max Friz delivered the first flat-twin to BMW. More than 100 years later, the Boxer engine remains the soul of BM...
11 Kesä 20251h 23min
FABULOUS or FAILURE? The Harley-Davidson VR1000 Superbike.
Long before King of the Baggers, Harley-Davidson committed to Superbike racing and hit the track in the early 1990s with the VR1000. This 1000cc V-twin had all the right ingredients for success, but w...
4 Kesä 20251h 20min
V8 Airplane engine in a MOTORCYCLE! The Amazing Glenn Curtiss. Was his 136-mph speed record real?
Glenn Curtiss was one of the great innovators of motorcycling and aircraft in the early days of the combustion engine. His V-8 and V-12 aircraft engines were legendary and record-setting on earth and ...
28 Touko 20251h 12min
The Single GREATEST Motorcycle HANDLING REVOLUTION: What's a FEATHERBED?
Motorcycle frames were just glorified bicycle frames for a long time--spindly, flexible, poorly balanced. That all changed with a pair of clever Irish brothers who designed a motorcycle frame that rev...
21 Touko 20251h 18min
The Surprising Origins of the Harley-Davidson Softail!
Would you believe the great success of the Harley-Davidson Softail started in one man's private garage? Technical Editor Kevin Cameron and Editor-in-Chief Mark Hoyer talk about the FX of 1971 and how ...
14 Touko 20251h 5min
"NEW" Technology You Didn't Know Was Really Old!
https://www.indianmotorcycle.com/en-us/motorcycles/#bagger This episode of the Cycle World Podcast is brought to you by Indian Motorcycle and its new Liquid-cooled PowerPlus 112 engine.If you’re looki...
7 Touko 20251h 31min
The rise of INDIAN Motorcycle in American V-Twins and the power of brand.
Indian's 2014 rebirth picked up the brand's story from where it left off, with the Thunderstroke 111 evoking the flat-head engine of yore and complemented by great big swoopy fenders, an image that cl...
30 Huhti 20251h 1min
