July 2005

Harley Davidson Screamin’ Eagle Destroyer

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 7/29/2005

in Motorcycle Business, Motorcycle Racing

Harley Davidson introduced it’s new models the other day but I missed this at first glance, the Harley Davidson Screamin’ Eagle Destroyer. Looks like Harley has a special division just like the car companies, CVO or Custom Vehicle Operations, is the secret skunk works facility which created this beast specifically for quarter mile duty. The [...]

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Honda Jet Debuts at Oshkosh

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 7/28/2005

in Science frontiers

The HondaJet we mentioned just the other day debuted at Oshkosh today. Seems they’ve been testing in Greensboro, North Carolina for two years which makes it pretty amazing that it’s been under wraps for so long. They have a deal with GE to jointly develop jet engines for the business jet market. Just the other [...]

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Rossi and the British MotoGP

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 7/28/2005

in Motorcycle Racing

Valentino Rossi won the British MotoGP last week and we’re right back to where we were. When Nicky Hayden won very convincingly over here at Laguna Seca it showed he has the talent and equipment to beat everyone else and with Colin Edwards second you saw the same thing but it also raised the question [...]

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Motorcycle derestrictors

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 7/27/2005

in Engines, Motorcycle Accessories, Workshop & Tools

A short while ago I mentioned the Nikko G pack derestrictor and I just found two more similar products. Muzzy’s has the Bonneville Box that works for the ZX-12R and the Timing Retard Eliminator from Ivan’s Performance Products. The Bonneville Box eliminates the 300km/hr top speed limit but is only made for the 2001 and [...]

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