From the monthly archives:

November 2007

Kawasaki Ninja Flat Tracker?

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 11/30/2007

in Motorcycle Builders, Motorcycle Racing

Yesterday’s offline browsing led to a short piece in Cycle World about Bill Werner, the top tuner for Grand National champions, who built a Kawasaki Ninja 650 based flat tracker. That reminded me of a comment here on The Kneeslider and after doing some digging I found it along with a link to a photo. [...]

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The Kneeslider – the Motorcycle Magazine Rack

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 11/29/2007

in Engines, Motorcycle Builders

My Internet connection from the friendly folks at Verizon decided to go offline this morning, (along with the connection of many thousands of others) so I thought I would use the time to catch up on the motorcycle magazines I’ve been piling up instead of reading. Found a few interesting items …
Greggs Customs / GC-Cycles, [...]

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Mazda Rotary Engine Motorcycle Finished

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 11/29/2007

in Motorcycle Builders

Remember the Mazda rotary powered motorcycle we brought you back in May? Many of you have asked about it since then but I didn’t have any more information about it. As I was perusing the latest Cycle World, there it was again, all finished now and one of their featured American Flyers.
The bike is the [...]

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December is approaching. The last time many riders have thrown a leg over a bike with the intent to actually go somewhere is starting to seem distant. The desire to look through a corner while rolling the throttle has to be replaced with something else (but what?). What out of the saddle [...]

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Triumph Specials from Drags and Racing Motorcycles

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 11/27/2007

in Motorcycle Builders

At the recent EICMA show in Milan, there was an interesting Triumph flat tracker on display. Based on the current Triumph twin, it has the look of a classic Triumph from years ago. After doing a bit of digging I found the Triumph folks over in Italy had commissioned this build for the show from [...]

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Roger Goldammer’s ExperiMental for sale

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 11/26/2007

in Motorcycle Builders, Motorcycle Racing

Roger Goldammer’s ExperiMental, the Discovery Biker Build Off bike is for sale. It’s powered by a 250cc liquid cooled 2 stroke super kart engine with tandem cylinders and 2 crankshafts geared together. It’s a pretty impressive piece of engineering. The show featured his bike running against Matt Hotch who built his Vincent powered Vinnie. Roger [...]

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Mikuni V-Twins Have Fantasies Too Ad Campaign

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 11/26/2007

in Motorcycle advertising

Mikuni American makes a lot of high performance carburetors for motorcycles and they’re bringing back a 2004 ad campaign, the Mikuni HSR “Explicit Performance Advisory” with an all new updated image.
The “V-Twins have fantasies, too” ad highlights the … um … technical superiority of Mikuni carbs, … or something. The image is on the cover [...]

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Ecosse Heretic Titanium Series

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 11/26/2007

in Motorcycle Builders, Motorcycle Business

Ecosse Moto Works has been building some interesting high end motorcycles for several years now. The Heretic is a hand built roadster with impressive equipment right from the start, a 130 horsepower, 1966cc V-Twin and top shelf pieces front to back. But, in pursuit of the fat wallet market, they’ve taken the Heretic and made [...]

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