Archive for 'Alternative thinking' Category
TechShop - Fully Equipped Membership Workshop
5 November 2007There’s a workshop out in Menlo Park, California, TechShop, that runs a lot like a health club. They installed all of the high end equipment you would need to build most anything you can think of but would cost too much and take up too much space for the average person to buy. Then they [...]
G-Oil Non Petroleum Green Motor Oil
5 November 2007G-Oil was introduced at the SEMA show last week. G-Oil is a green oil that is completely petroleum free, it’s made from “American grown base oils” which seems to be rendered beef tallow in this case. The American Petroleum Institute should be issuing certification within a month and it’s available for all automotive applications from [...]
Motorcycle Art From the Renaissance
2 October 2007Some of you may feel that spending time on The Kneeslider isn’t quite as uplifting or educational as it should be, perhaps you’re reading during work or school hours and you need to justify your time here, so today I thought it would be appropriate to bring you motorcycle art from the Renaissance. These [...]
Roddler Custom Chopper Stroller for the Young Rider
20 September 2007Start your little rider out right with the Roddler, a custom chopper stroller with lots of motorcycle and hot rod inspired design touches. This isn’t some cheap plastic piece, either.
How about this feature list:
Aircraft-inspired, Lightweight monocoque chassis construction
Custom Pearl Paint Jobs with Pinstripes
Custom Seat and Tops (supple ostrich, stingray, alligator, cow hide or alcantra [...]
Motorcycle X Prize Ideas
14 September 2007Is there enough room for advancement in the motorcycle industry that an X Prize like competition would make sense? Envision the ultimate motorcycle, what would it be? Almost anything you can think of is a continuation of something already being done and progress would only be a matter of degree, higher speed, better mileage, lower [...]
Vespa 750
13 September 2007For the more performance oriented scooter riders out there, here’s a Vespa 750. It’s probably the result of a few spare parts, too much free time and beer. Whatever the case, it looks entertaining but I have a hunch, handling may be compromised a bit.
Video after the jump:
EEStor Ultracapacitor Battery Replacement
11 September 2007After my question about the potential for an electric Gold Wing and all of the thoughtful comments it generated, I thought I would touch on this ultracapacitor patent by EEStor that’s getting a lot of attention. EEStor says it has developed “technologies for replacement of electrochemical batteries.” A bold statement in the very least.
A capacitor [...]
Scooter and Motorcycle Lamps
27 August 2007Here’s another artist / craftsman making things from junk unused parts. Maurizio Lamponi Leopardi studied mechanical engineering in Milan but after a few years decided to go off in another direction. After working around the family’s artistic foundry and then trying his hand at photography he finally came up with the idea of creating art [...]
