Wednesday Afternoon Moto News - SWIGS.COM Pro Racing & Ilmor Viper 152

SWIGS.COM Pro Racing's Chip Yates has been working hard on his TTXGP project machine - his team has been working just as hard and they have even signed on some more sponsors. The team is on track to meet their performance goals; it looks like they may be able to produce an electric racing motorcycle which will lap as quickly as a Suzuki GSX-R600. The ePower, TT Zero and TTXGP confusion is not helping, though. Good interview...

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The Ilmor and Viper Motorcycles joint venture has been merrily plugging along and they have finally released some information on their 152-cubic inch V-twin engine - it has been built and is running just fine! That is good news for the group as they prepare to launch the new custom cruiser engine on the worldwide market. They have even been able to hook it up to a dyno, but have not released any number yet. The first machine to sport the Viper Motorcycles-Ilmor V-Twin will be the Diamondback Super Cruiser, which is scheduled to be sold in the second half of 2010.

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Viper Motorcycle Company Releases 2010 Diamondback

A joint venture with Ilmor Engineering, the 2010 Viper Diamondback 152 has been officially released. It is powered by a proprietary 152 cubic inch engine, but not much was available about the machine itself. Availability of the Diamondback will be very limited at first as both Viper and Ilmor will continue their JV and prepare for a full-scale launch. To see where you may see the new machine, take the link and there is a list of dealers around the US who will possess one very soon...

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