News

Updates from the motorcycling and automotive press.

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• BBC News reports on the risk of damage to smart phones (especially iPhones) from motorbike vibrations [posted 14 Sept 2021]

• Ruroc are developing a new smartphone app for meshed rider communications [posted 29 March 2022] 

• STS FullAuto Commando (750/850) cylinder heads are now available worldwide from a number of suppliers including Andover Norton. John Snead of Special Tool Solutions (STS) has updated and re-engineered the cylinder head. See Roadholder 411 March 2022 page 17 for further details [posted 29 March 2022] 

• MAG have released a document (pdf format, for downloading) called “A Journey to a Brighter Destination” which considers the future of motorbike riding in an environment which will be more carbon neutral regarding the use of fossil fuels for transportation. [posted 4 April 2022] 

• Developing carbon-neutral synthetic-fuel technology for internal combustion engines is the logical approach to bridging the gap between phasing out current fossil fuels and the electric drivetrain technology that is still evolving. Synthetic fuels that are a drop-in replacement for fossil fuels may be the only scalable solution on offer and they have the advantage that they use existing fuel delivery and service station infrastructure. [posted 13 February 2023] 

• Lightning Motorcycles and Enevate team up to deliver 150 miles range on a 10 minute charge [posted 17 Feb 2023]

• Sodium-ion batteries take on Lithium-ion technology [posted 17 Feb 2023]