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Honda variable displacement motorcycles

Buried among all of Honda's other announcements this week about fuel-cells, hybrids, flex-fuel and diesels were some announcements about motorcycle technology. Motorcycles have alway had good fuel economy and now Honda is trying to improve the numbers even more. Since General Motors' first disastrous attempt to create a production variable displacement engine in 1981, many other companies have picked up on the idea. When GM first tried it with the Cadillac V-8-6-4, the problem wasn't the concept. The electronic technology just wasn't ready to ... Read more →

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