February 2008

Revolution Performance Motors has introduced the RPMHemi 4 valve heads for the Evo V-twin and early Twin Cam engines, Twin Cam EFI kits are currently being tested and will be available soon. If someone asks, “That thing got a hemi?” just install these heads and you can say yes. Sweet! The heads bolt directly on [...]

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Yamaha R1 Girder Front Suspension

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 2/25/2008

in Motorcycle Builders, Motorcycle Design

Girder front suspensions are pretty much as old as motorcycles and you see them on custom bikes all the time but not very often on sportbikes. This Yamaha R1 streetfighter from R1 Engineering is being fitted with a girder setup and it looks pretty neat. There’s no reason this shouldn’t work great and it will [...]

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Salt Dreams – a Film by JT Nesbitt

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 2/23/2008

in Down Time

J.T. Nesbitt, formerly of Confederate Motorcycles and now of Bienville Studios in New Orleans, went to the salt flats and made a documentary. A new, just finished film, details the efforts of The New Orleans Race Team to rebuild a 1998 Lincoln Mark 8, damaged by the flood waters of Hurricane Katrina, turn it into [...]

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Kinematic Models – Mechanisms in Motion

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 2/22/2008

in Down Time, Engines, Mechanical

Most of you are probably interested in all things mechanical, not just motorcycles, the term gearhead is a badge of honor around here. With that in mind, you might want to check out the kinematic models website at Cornell University. The site has a lot of photos and diagrams of every sort of mechanical movement [...]

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