Archive for July, 2006
Selling Motorcycles in China
19 July 2006So many times in the past, we’ve commented on all of the companies charging into China in the hopes of selling to the vast numbers of new, up and coming motorcycle buyers. If sales are flat or rising slowly elsewhere, surely, setting up shop in China will solve that problem. Harley Davidson most recently and [...]
Wakan 1640 - New French V-Twin Motorcycle
18 July 2006A new motorcycle company from France? It looks that way and their first bike is pretty sweet. Wakan Motorcycles has produced the Wakan 1640, a single seat, V-Twin powered sport bike built around the AC Cobra idea of dropping a big American powerplant into a sporty European frame.
Joel Domergue, the man behind Scorpa, a company [...]
Traction Control Legal for AMA Superbike and Formula Xtreme
17 July 2006The new AMA rules committee just met for the first time last Thursday and already they have made a change that was rumored and then denied just one month ago. According to Cycle News, a notice went out this morning with a rules change that states traction control is not allowed for AMA Supersport and [...]
Hyanide and Baal - Others Finally Notice
16 July 2006It looks like Popular Science finally discovered what The Kneeslider reported on six months ago. Back in January, we reported on the Michelin Challenge Design 2006 where two tracked motorcycle designs were introduced, the Hyanide and the Baal. We thought they were pretty cool and if you noticed, Tilmann Schlootz, one of the designers, jumped [...]
The Kneeslider Summer Update
15 July 2006Here at The Kneeslider, we’re preparing for a bit of short term traveling and a lot of behind the scenes tech work that will keep us fully occupied.
In the meantime, you can catch some racing tomorrow in Germany:
The German MotoGP on SpeedTV:
MotoGP Sunday 4PM eastern
250cc Sunday 5PM eastern
Laguna Seca MotoGP
14 July 2006The MotoGP is in Germany this weekend but next weekend the circus comes to the U.S. and there’s a lot going on.
Nicky Hayden will still be in the points lead no matter what happens in Germany which makes his home track performance that much more exciting.
The race will be covered live on SpeedTV with coverage [...]
Chinese Restrict Vehicle Exports
13 July 2006Beginning next year, the Chinese are going to restrict the number of vehicle makers allowed to export. It seems they’ve been getting a bad reputation around the world for dumping low quality vehicles in foreign markets. And, wouldn’t you know it, motorcycles are what got their attention in the first place:
The motorcycle industry provides the [...]
Reverse Rotating Brake Rotors 2
12 July 2006Back in February, we mentioned the patent application for reverse rotating brake rotors. The idea is to cancel the gyroscopic precession generated by the wheel with the reverse rotation of the rotors enabling much faster lean angle changes and the elimination of the tank slapper.
Robby Kasten, the man behind these rotors, has been doing quite [...]
