From the monthly archives:

December 2004

Monster challenge 4

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 12/31/2004

in Motorcycle Builders

The Seattle show has come and gone and the new Monster Challenge winners have been chosen. This time the winner went the carbon fiber route for a super light (338 pound) Monster. The final competition between all of the winners should be interesting.

Trying to ruin a good thing

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 12/30/2004

in General

Blogs, like this one, can be a great resource for web visitors like you to find cool information you might otherwise miss. The best feature of a blog is giving you the ability to add a comment to a post, filling in missing info or adding personal perspective. Everyone benefits.

First electric, now steam cars go fast

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 12/28/2004

in Alternative thinking

The BBC has a story on a steam car. Down below I pointed out the Eliica, a really fast electric car, here’s a steam powered car that’s going for the speed record.

Not much fun…

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 12/28/2004

in General

This may be a little off topic but I just had to move this blog from one host to another. After making the first move about a week ago, I thought things would work great. What I found instead was this blog would often get so slow I think many of you might have just [...]

We’ll try this again

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 12/28/2004

in General

Lots of work moving a blog – wow!

Valentino Rossi’s winning team

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 12/27/2004

in Motorcycle Racing

Roadracing World notes a Yamaha press release that lays out the team effort necessary to put a winning MotoGP season together. Valentino Rossi has huge talent but he also has a team that followed him from Honda when he moved to Yamaha. The total effort paid off.

Motoczysz C1 on display

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 12/22/2004

in Motorcycle Design

A blogger stopped by the Seattle motorcycle show and saw the brand new Motoczysz C1 on display and lucky for us he had a camera along. He has a couple engine closeups which is great since that is the really radical component along with the single sided front end.

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Ducati Riding Experience

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 12/22/2004

in Motorcycle Racing

Ducati just announced a program for 2005, the Ducati Riding Experience. There is both a racing course and master racing course, each is one day in duration and the program runs from March to October. They don’t give any other details yet so stay tuned. If you are interested in racing this could be your [...]