From the monthly archives:

May 2007

Triumph Street Triple

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 5/29/2007

in Motorcycle Business

The Triumph Street Triple, based on the Triumph Daytona 675 which we mentioned a couple of months ago is now official. It has an expected MSRP of $7,999. In what seems to be a growing trend with new models these days, Triumph will be accepting pre orders as of July 1st at any Triumph dealer. [...]

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Mr Turbo Intercooled Turbo T-Rex

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 5/26/2007

in Motor Vehicles, Three Wheel Motor Vehicles

Most of you are well aware of the T-Rex, we’ve covered them before. Powered by Kawasaki, it’s fast, a little crazy and it looks like it could be a whole lot of fun. Well here’s one for sale on eBay that might be a little bit more fun. The owner took it to Mr Turbo [...]

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Crower Six Stroke Engine Earns Invention Award

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 5/24/2007

in Diesel Engines, Engines, Workshop & Tools

Popular Science magazine awarded Bruce Crower with an invention award for his six stroke engine, covered in The Kneeslider back in February of ‘06. Crower, founder of Crower Cams, retired from the company some years back but like many inventive types, he never really retired in the normal sense, he just kept tinkering and inventing [...]

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Preorder Your Victory Vision on the Victory Website

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 5/23/2007

in Motorcycle Business

Victory Motorcycles has a new section on their website where you can get in line now for one of the new Victory Vision touring motorcycles coming out later this year. You can choose your color, select from a list of local dealers and then visit the dealer to make your deposit.
The Victory Vision sparked a [...]

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Female Mechanics Needed for 2008 Calendar

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 5/23/2007

in Motorcycle Business, Workshop & Tools

Sarah Lyon is looking for female mechanics for the 2008 edition of the Female Mechanics Calendar Project. As you may recall, Sarah set out last year on a ride across the U.S. to photograph and interview female mechanics in their daily work environments, compiling the results into the 2007 Female Mechanics Calendar. You can still [...]

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Jeff Parker and Brian Okeefe work around hydraulic machinery everyday and have a knack for building some pretty interesting equipment. It turns out they’re interested in motorcycles, too, so after spending some time in the shop, they wondered how they might combine their knowledge of hydraulics with their love of motorcycles and the bike you [...]

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There’s a group of folks called The Crucible, building all sorts of neat stuff out in Oakland, California. It looks like they’ve put together a biodiesel motorcycle with a couple of goals in mind. They want to promote the use of biodiesel and other bio fuels but they also want to set a new land [...]

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The idea of a tilting trike with a fixed rear drive section has been getting a bit more press with the Carver and Clever and the VentureOne, but I saw this one, called the Trilean, for sale on eBay based on a Honda Gold Wing and according to the description, it was built in [...]

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