Archive for 'Down Time' Category
Goodspeed 500 Garage Racing Series
4 April 2007Professional racing in the parking garages of Europe, well, semi professional, perhaps, but interesting for sure. The website conjures the image of an elite yet friendly way to compete and blow off a bit of steam, a “gentleman’s racing” series or perhaps a Fight Club on bikes. Their code of conduct, however, lays out rules [...]
OpenRoadJourney Motorcycle Route Planner
26 February 2007For a lot of us, it’s a bit cold for riding right now so what better time to start thinking about a few road trips when the weather turns warm? You probably know where to go for a nice ride if you have an hour or two or even a day but what happens when [...]
What Motorcycle Magazines Do Best
22 February 2007If you have been reading The Kneeslider for any length of time you’re already familiar with Jesse James’ radial motorcycle, the Wakan 1640, Roland Sands’ KRV5, Matt Hotch’s Vinnie, the new Vmax, the eCycle hybrid motorcycle, the new Can-Am Spyder, the changing trend away from the old choppers and even the recent CARB fines Jesse [...]
Chopper Chairs
6 February 2007First we have Cycle Faucets, now we have Chopper Chairs. It’s just the thing to complete the whole house custom motorcycle theme. Springer suspension absorbs the bumps, a skull topped jockey shift extends the highway pegs so you can stretch out on those extended TV tours.
The model you see above is called the GothRod, [...]
Michael Ulman Motorcycle Sculptures
28 January 2007OK, I’m impressed, … really impressed. Michael Ulman is a “found-object” sculptor, taking things found in the trash, at junkyards and fleamarkets, almost anywhere and then using the parts and pieces to form his mechanical artwork. He’s focused on fantasy motorcycles but turns out the occasional speedboat or hot rod, too. His pieces look like [...]
John Britten Documentary Film
15 January 2007There’s a documentary film available about John Britten produced by Ruffels Documentaries of New Zealand. It’s titled “One Man’s Dream.” I have not seen this but John Britten is one of the more fascinating fellows in the motorcycle world, having produced a superbike, pretty much on his own. It had a unique design and surprised [...]
The Kneeslider - Happy Holidays
22 December 2006I’m going to be slowing down here for the next week, doing some work on the site, catching up with old friends and generally taking a little breather. If anything happens you should know about, I’ll write it up but news gets a little sparse this time of year and we all need some down [...]
2 Wheel Passport Motorcycle Travel TV Series
14 November 20062 Wheel Passport is a new motorcycle travel show coming to the U.S. next year, based on a show by the same name shown in Europe in 2003. Each one hour episode will take a group of motorcyclists on a ride to and through a destination in the U.S. like Deals Gap, the Blue Ridge [...]
