Many emails ( a LOT! ) have been coming in to The Kneeslider asking why I have not mentioned the issue of youth motorcycles and ATVs being essentially taken off the market due to the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. The problem is, I don’t know where to start. This incredibly far reaching law [...]
From the monthly archives:
February 2009
The stimulus bill was signed into law yesterday and among the late additions is an incentive which allows motorcycle buyers to deduct the sales and excise taxes on their 2009 tax return. How much a buyer benefits will depend on the taxes paid and their personal tax situation, it’s not going to be an enormous [...]
Corbin, probably one of the best known brands among motorcycle seat and accessory makers, is up for sale. Everyone knows the Corbin name, they make seats and a line of accessories for practically every make and model of motorcycle. Most of us have owned one or more of their seats, personally I’ve owned 3.
This [...]
BSA will be the AMA’s featured vintage marque at this year’s Vintage Motorcycle Days, July 24-26 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. It will be a great opportunity to see an extensive display of these famous British bikes. BSA, for a while, was the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world so they [...]
Since we’ve been looking at some interesting engines lately that take the road less traveled, a comment by rafe03 on the Ellwood Hybrid story pointed to this hybrid that needs no oil in the crankcase and no oil pump either, but it operates as a 4 stroke. The fuel mix lubricates the engine like a [...]
We just got word that the Italian builder CR&S (Cafe Racers and Superbikes) is working on a cafe racer type motorcycle to be powered by an S&S X-Wedge engine with displacement in the range of 2 liters. Although these images are early computer models, the basic outline is apparent, with a single tube backbone frame [...]
Privateer’s Garage is a great idea. The concept is simple, you have a motorcycle and technical know how but no good place to work or you don’t have the right tools for many repairs or upgrades you would like to do yourself. Located in San Diego, California, Privateer’s Garage provides a fully equipped garage with [...]
James Parker has an interesting comparison of horsepower per liter among several different motorcycles in the March issue of Motorcyclist. It’s not a difficult calculation but I seldom think about it, though I may think about it more after reading these numbers.
According to Parker, the 800cc MotoGP bikes are making about 240 horsepower or [...]
Kickboxer Subaru WRX Powered Motorcycle Concept
