Archive for December, 2007
The Kneeslider - Happy Holidays 2007
21 December 2007Another year winding down, … Wow, already? I’m a little out of breath and like every year at this time, I have to slow down a bit. The increasing traffic makes me feel really good, we must be doing something right but it’s tiring, too.
During this last week or so before the new year, [...]
Indy Mile Flat Track Motorcycle Race Returns in 2008
20 December 2007The Indy Mile will run again at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in 2008, the night before the Indianapolis GP race. The Indy Mile hasn’t run since 1999 and what a perfect time to bring it back when so many will be in attendance for the MotoGP.
Flat Track is about as American as it gets [...]
Veloce3 - CBR1000RR Powered 3 Wheeler
19 December 2007Wayne Fjerstad of Rochester, Minnesota likes motorcycles, his girlfriend likes her vehicles a little more stable, so Wayne figures why not modify his Honda CBR1000RR? Wayne fired up SolidWorks and designed this 3 wheeler he calls, Veloce3. With the automotive seats, seatbelts and rollbar, his girlfriend is happy which, of course, means Wayne is pretty [...]
ASI Customs Street Bob for sale
19 December 2007We wrote up one of these Street Bob Customs back in June and I just noticed there’s another one for sale. This is a brand new Harley Davidson Street Bob modified by ASI Customs of Racine, Wisconsin. It has a pretty cool look, subtle, nothing crazy but a lot of very neat features.
American Racing Torq [...]
Ducati Financial Roller Coaster
18 December 2007There’s an interesting story on Portfolio.com about Ducati that follows the company from Cagiva to the purchase by the Texas Pacific Group and the eventual sale to the Italian Investindustrial Holdings equity group. The differing ideas about how to market the brand and what styling best suits the taste of buyers of this particular marque [...]
KAlex AV1 Prototype Motorcycle by Kalex Engineering
17 December 2007Alex Baumgartel and Klaus Hirsekorn decided to build a motorcycle to compete in the 2008 European Sound of Thunder race series. The rules for this series seem quite open and encourage the development of one off race bikes, there’s no need for any production based racer. Alex and Klaus, who both work for a the [...]
ShocKing Electric Motorcycle by Patterson Cycles
14 December 2007Jeff Patterson runs Patterson Cycles where he builds custom bikes of the conventional variety but after seeing “Who Killed the Electric Car” he decided to try a full size electric motorcycle. The end result is ShocKing.
The handbuilt hardtail frame has an aftermarket springer fork and Road King wheels. 6 batteries in series yield 72 volts [...]
MotoGP Technology
14 December 2007MotoGP is like Formula One, extremely expensive, high tech and secret. Everyone wants to know what the other guys are doing but unless you’re part of the team, you only see the results on the track, the inner workings of the engine and chassis are kept under wraps.
When the allowed engine displacements were reduced from [...]
