Archive for 'Engines' Category
V-Quad 4 Cylinder Engine
19 July 2007Several custom bikes have recently shown up with 4 cylinder V-Quad engines, essentially 2 Harley Davidson V-Twins joined at the hip. OCC built their Intel chopper, Carl Brouhard built a twin turbo version and there are probably a few others.
Got a note yesterday from Tim, who sent me the link to Nelson Engineering, makers of [...]
S&S Planning X-Wedge Frames and Rolling Chassis
17 July 2007Doing a quick scan of the September issue of Cycle World, something caught my eye. In a follow up article on the new S&S X-Wedge engine, it was noted that since the engine’s mounting points were incompatible with frames designed for Harley Davidson engines, S&S would start building their own frames and rolling chassis. Most [...]
DesmoHarley - Italian American V-Twin Completed
12 July 2007Chris Barber sent in a few photos of the now completed DesmoHarley, his own unique Harley Davidson engine with Ducati heads, and it is a beauty. A few weeks ago when we introduced you to his project, the drawings were all we could see. Since that time Chris put it all together and it’s the [...]
Steampunk Motorcycles
9 July 2007What if technology had taken a different path? What if the steam powered technology of the Victorian era had continued on to the present day, offering up the same devices we use but with the metal, gears and wheels prevalent in those early machines? That’s the idea behind steampunk, current day tech with a steam [...]
Hayabusa V8 Grows Up - 2.8 liter 455bhp
5 July 2007The Hayabusa V8 first appeared on The Kneeslider over two years ago and since that time, Radical Sports Cars has been racing their SR8 prototype, powered by the eight cylinder engine, quite successfully. It even holds the lap record at the Nurburgring. The 2.6 liter Powertec V8 engine, based on two Hayabusa cylinder heads [...]
EPA CARB and the Motorcycle Engine
21 June 2007There are few things less interesting to the average motorcyclist than the latest emission regulations, they’re as easy and fun to read as the tax code. But, like taxes, you are directly affected whether you understand the regulations or not.
Motorcyclists who never touch their bikes except to ride or wash them don’t have to think [...]
DesmoHarley - A Real Ducati Harley Davidson Merger
17 June 2007Chris Barber, builder of the Alfabike, left a comment on our story about a potential Ducati - Harley merger with a link to his latest project and I think you’ll like this. I guess he couldn’t wait for the corporations to merge and, being one of those “can do” guys, decided to take matters into [...]
Crower Six Stroke Engine Earns Invention Award
24 May 2007Popular Science magazine awarded Bruce Crower with an invention award for his six stroke engine, covered in The Kneeslider back in February of ‘06. Crower, founder of Crower Cams, retired from the company some years back but like many inventive types, he never really retired in the normal sense, he just kept tinkering and inventing [...]
