July 2006

Mid Ohio and Tony Foale

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 7/29/2006

in Motorcycle Design, Vintage Motorcycles

It’s been an interesting week, we were very busy with offline events which kept us from our normal schedule. We’re also getting ready to run down to Vintage Days at Mid Ohio tomorrow, normally I would make that a Saturday visit but I’ll be following Vintage Days with Tony Foale’s motorcycle design seminar Monday and [...]

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One of life’s pleasures is mechanical repair… really. If you’ve never understood the reason so many of us spend hours in the garage, wrenches in hand, figuring out what went wrong or what needs to be fixed, it might be hard to explain. Motor vehicles have the advantage of moving when they work so if [...]

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MotoCzysz at Laguna Seca

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 7/26/2006

in Motorcycle Builders, Motorcycle Business, Motorcycle Design

Here is a photo of the new MotoCzysz as it was first shown Friday evening at Laguna Seca. Tech specs for this bike are under 350 pounds and over 220 horsepower which should make for some impressive performance figures. You can see complete specs on the MotoCzysz website. I don’t have any more info yet [...]

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After writing about the Indian Motorcycle Company and their new home in North Carolina, one comment by Rattsbikes made mention of Kiwi Indian, a company I wasn’t familiar with so I checked them out. After looking them over, I would say he did it right. Mike Tomas started making Indian parts back in New Zealand, [...]

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