From the monthly archives:

April 2006

Watch the Races – Go For a Ride

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 4/30/2006

in Down Time

Every now and then you need to get the motorcycle out, go for a ride, then watch the races and relax. How about today?

Fake Ferrari – Watch Out Harley!

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 4/29/2006

in China, Economics and Politics, Motorcycle Business

Harley Davidson is all set up with a dealer in China, but, as we’ve said before, they need to be very careful. A news story is out that a fake Ferrari has turned up. On the difficulty scale, a Ferrari is a lot harder to copy than a Harley Davidson or most any other motorcycle. [...]

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Racing on TV this weekend

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 4/29/2006

in Motorcycle Racing

This year is getting interesting, Rossi has his hands full with a lot of quick guys and Ben Spies is giving Mat Mladin fits. Makes for good racing.
MotoGP Sunday 4 PM eastern
AMA Superbike race-1 Sunday 5 PM eastern
AMA Superbike race-2 Sunday 6 PM eastern (live)

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Blender 3D Modeling Software

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 4/28/2006

in Motorcycle Design

No sooner do we have a post on the free version of SketchUp 3D software and in comes a comment on that post pointing out Blender, an open source 3D package, that, unlike Google SketchUp, is full featured and capable of turning out high level work.
Reading through the Blender website shows this package will go [...]

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Vespa Still Sexy at Sixty

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 4/28/2006

in Motorcycle Business

Ah, those Italians! Piaggio, parent company of Vespa, are promoting the idea that Vespa scooters have always been a very sexy mode of transportation. We previously noted their rather interesting Vespa LX magazine ads showing a female gymnast balancing herself atop a scooter in a somewhat unconventional pose. With their current Vespa “Still Sexy at [...]

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SketchUp – Free 3D modeling software

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 4/28/2006

in Motorcycle Design

Some of you who were interested in the idea of a motorcycle design contest, here at The Kneeslider, mentioned you didn’t have any 3D software, after all, that stuff’s expensive. OK, I think most of us can afford free. That’s right, … FREE!
SketchUp became a part of Google about a month ago. They have [...]

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CNG/LPG Motorcycles From Bajaj Auto

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 4/28/2006

in Engines, Motorcycle Technology

Bajaj Auto, the second largest motorcycle manufacturer in India is planning to produce a line of CNG/LPG powered motorcycles beginning this year. The motorcycles will actually be dual fuel capable and besides running on either CNG or LPG, they will also run on regular gasoline.
Like the CLEVER concept we wrote about yesterday designed with [...]

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Carver and CLEVER Tilting 3 Wheelers

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 4/27/2006

in Motor Vehicles

Trikes with a difference, might be one way to describe these tilting three wheelers and they both deserve our serious attention. The BMW CLEVER (Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transport) concept vehicle and the Carver, produced by Carver Europe in the Netherlands, are two very similar vehicles built to answer essentially the same question, [...]

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