This is just one more example of what you can do with a Hayabusa engine, a welder, skill and the desire to go really fast. Rick Yacoucci has been going to the salt for some years. Last year he went 331mph. Rick previously raced a Hayabusa but it looks like he decided a special purpose [...]
From the monthly archives:
April 2005
Those not so great sales and earnings numbers I’ve mentioned in the past week make me wonder, why aren’t motorcycles selling in greater numbers due to the price of gas alone? If we can get 40 or 50mpg and sometimes far more, that alone should help sales especially with many motorcycles being far less expensive [...]
Over the last week we’ve seen Harley Davidson announce lowered earnings and expectations and Yamaha said their production and exports were down, today, General Motors announced they lost $1.1 Billion in the first quarter. Talk is of closing up to 4 plants and cutting 20,000 to 30,000 jobs along with dropping the Buick brand. Wow.
If you follow sports of any sort or if you just watch the news, you’ve noticed all of the steroid hearings and talk of cheating by athletes who use performance enhancing drugs. There are many differing views on this topic but as soon as the government gets involved in defining what’s fair, watch out. An [...]
I mentioned Make magazine some time back. It’s dedicated to the person who just can’t leave well enough alone and keeps asking, “What if?” They’ve just completed their second issue and their third issue is going to have a transportation section. In the meantime, if you have some ideas for car and transportation hacking, you [...]
What happens if you take a bicycle and strap on a rocket? Donald Pottier did just that and set a new record at 242.61kph (that’s 150.75 mph). Now, I’ve had my ZX11 up at that speed but a bicycle? Hmm… I didn’t know there were any Z-rated bicycle tires. A man and his workshop can [...]
OK, why is The Kneeslider doing a post about flight simulator software? Besides the fact that X-Plane is the most unbelieveable software available for absolutely realistic flight simulations, I believe Kneeslider readers might enjoy the technical beauty of this. After all, you can get heads up displays for your motorcycle helmet and those are [...]
After the Harley report a few days ago, Yamaha is saying it produced about a third less motorcycles over the last 11 months and exported 30% less. As I suspected, the motorcycle market is getting soft.
