BMW calls the 15-horsepower 48 volt electric motor in the new CE 02 electric scooter an "externally excited air-cooled synchronous motor." That's a really fancy way of saying that the Motorrad ...

For how common motorcycles are, the designs and parts used in them tend to vary much more wildly than in cars and trucks. Sometimes this is to the rider’s advantage, like Honda experimenting with ...

You can find stators in many types of electric generators, motors, and rotors. A stator is also the part of the alternator that’s stationary (while the rotor, also called the flywheel, moves).

Upgraded stator provides 50 more Watts of power for the DR650. That’s 25% more juice than the wimpy 200 Watts pumped out by the DR650 stock alternator at its maximum of 5,000 RPM. Does it make a ...

My Honda CBR600RR died at the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado. I was stuck behind a ponderous minivan with a driver who was struggling with the concept of a parking lot. Combine the snail's pace of the ...