From the monthly archives:

April 2007

Sportrack LB12 Harley Davidson Supermotard

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 4/20/2007

in Motorcycle Builders

The supermotard style of motorcycle comes in many variations but of all of the bikes you’ll see, one you probably would not expect is something powered by a 1200cc Harley Davidson Sportster engine, however, some very passionate Harley owners might see things differently.
Christian Dubreucq of Kilometre 66 has done quite a bit of work with [...]

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Pierobon F042 Ducati Frame Kit

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 4/18/2007

in Motorcycle Builders, Motorcycle Design, Workshop & Tools

Pierobon Frames is an Italian company that’s been in business for 50 years, working in and around MotoGP and World Superbike, gaining a reputation for building some very fine equipment and solving technical problems of all sorts. Being Italian, it wasn’t hard to see the passion of many Ducati owners who love to tweak, tune [...]

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Over a year ago I pointed out a project over in Germany being built by Clemens F. Leonhardt. Clemens had some very big ideas but at the time all you could see were design drawings, and when you consider what this project is supposed to be, it’s easy to dismiss it as a design [...]

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Motorcycle Designs from Oberdan Bezzi

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 4/17/2007

in Motorcycle Design

Oberdan Bezzi is a motorcycle designer over in Italy and he has a website devoted to some of his own designs which he does when he isn’t turning out work for his clients. Over the months, he has built up a pretty impressive portfolio using bikes from a wide range of manufacturers as a base, [...]

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Johnson Controls Ltd Bans Motorcycle Use?

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 4/16/2007

in Economics and Politics, Motorcycle Safety

According to Motorcycle News, Johnson Controls, Ltd has banned employees from using motorcycles during office hours on company business:
Johnson Controls Ltd has banned motorcycles as a form of transport during office hours for employees working across Europe. A spokeswoman said: “Motorcycles must not be used by employees on company business.”
She added: “The policy covers just [...]

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Recently, we had a story about perimeter brake rotors showing up on a number of custom bikes. Although they have a lot of advantages in the area of appearance there is at least some disagreement over whether they work as well as standard rotors but the point is academic since practically no one is making [...]

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If you were looking at the new Ducati 1098 and thought it was a little out of your price range, you might be able to pick one up for $25, … if you’re lucky. If you’re not quite so lucky, you still gave to a good cause.
Press release follows:
Eastern Cycle DUCATI of Beverly, Massachusetts has [...]

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Too much time and beer leads to this, a Honda 600 4 cylinder installed in a barstool racer. We’ve all seen these little machines but the engines are usually something of the Briggs and Stratton variety, this little beast has gone a step further, well actually it’s gone completely over the top but when you [...]

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