Archive for October, 2007
Detonator Fantasy Concept Motorcycle by Daniel Simon
31 October 2007A question in the comments about one of the ads on The Kneeslider brings us to this fantasy concept motorcycle. It’s called the Detonator and it is the work of Daniel Simon. As pointed out on his website, there is no intention of this being a functional motorcycle, it was just a design produced by [...]
Rare Ner-A-Car Rolls Up at Barber Vintage Fest
29 October 2007The arrival of a rare 1924 Ner-A-Car, ridden by a gentleman in full period attire, was the highlight of the 3rd Annual Barber Vintage Festival. As he sputtered by, the crowd eagerly followed to see where he would stop. Even with today’s motorcycle technology, it’s hard not to appreciate an 83 year-old 100 mile-per-gallon motorcycle [...]
The Kneeslider - Guest Contributor Brian Case
29 October 2007Today, Brian Case joins our list of guest contributors. The name may already be familiar to many of you, he often comments here on The Kneeslider, but Brian spent the last 3 and a half years at Confederate Motorcycles where his task was to design the carbon backbone, aluminum frame and front suspension for the [...]
Bourget Shredder Small Block Chevy Powered Quad
29 October 2007Bourget’s Bike Works produced a new quad for the SEMA show that runs this week in Las Vegas. Called the Shredder F-80, Bourget will be building as many as 25 per year at the rather healthy price of $90,000. It’s powered by a 425 horsepower, small block 383 fast burn Chevy engine mated to a [...]
VMAX Awakens Need 6
29 October 2007In Yamaha’s extremely long lead up to their new V-Max, they had a display at the Tokyo Motor Show titled “The VMAX Awakens Need 6.” There was a highly stylized video with a rear tire smoking and a 3D profile artwork of a new V-Max, or rather, parts of the bike in a semi assembled [...]
Honda 50 Was a High Mileage Champ 45 Years Ago
25 October 2007Using high mileage as a selling point isn’t new as this ad from Honda clearly shows. The “thrifty Honda 50″ as the ad calls it, touted 225 miles per gallon at a time when gas was cheap, this ad appeared in May of 1963.
1963 was 10 years before the first oil embargo and high [...]
Megelli Motorcycles to Debut at EICMA in Milan
23 October 2007Megelli Motorcycles is set to introduce a brand new line of small displacement (125cc) motorcycles November 6th in Milan, Italy at the upcoming EICMA motorcycle exhibition. When you hear about new motorcycles in this category you might picture a cheap product from the Far East. Megelli Motorcycles looks like it is planning to break free [...]
No Haggle Dealer Pricing is Growing
22 October 2007There’s a small but growing movement among car dealers to a no haggle policy. Instead of going in and enduring the back and forth nonsense dealers are known for, the price is set and that’s that. No more, “I have to get approval for this” or “I’ll see if my manager will go along with [...]
