November 2004

Eliica

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 11/23/2004

in Alternative thinking

Those boring, slow electric cars, and now for something completely different. The Eliica, an electric car from Japan has eight wheels, a top speed so far of 370kmh (230mph) and accelerates faster than a Porsche 911! OK, it’s expensive, REALLY expensive, but it just shows that things are improving on the electric vehicle front. Sooner [...]

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Foreign perspectives

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 11/23/2004

in General

Elena, has another motorcycle tour. Well scooter tour actually. Elena is the Russian who took us for a ride through Chernobyl. Now she has a tour of The Serpent’s Wall, an area around Kiev where a huge Russian/German battle took place in WWII. She rides the trails on her Scooturo, her ZX11 isn’t exactly a [...]

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Vintage Motorcycle Days

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 11/19/2004

in Vintage Motorcycles

AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days 2005 celebrate Ducati (Thanks to Roadracing World Magazine for the pointer). Ducati will be featured July 15-17, 2005 at the Mid-Ohio Roadracing Course in Lexington, Ohio. We’ll be there, will you?

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Aussie racers

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 11/19/2004

in Vintage Motorcycles

Our Australian readers like to keep us up to date on goings on down under. John Scerri sent us a few photos of the old machines they’ve been riding and racing. His Triumph racer has gone 147mph at Phillip Island. It looks great. John also has a Matchless street bike project under way. John makes [...]

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