Archive for 'Motor Vehicles' Category
Honda 600 Barstool Racer
14 April 2007Too much time and beer leads to this, a Honda 600 4 cylinder installed in a barstool racer. We’ve all seen these little machines but the engines are usually something of the Briggs and Stratton variety, this little beast has gone a step further, well actually it’s gone completely over the top but when you [...]
Want to Build a Smartuki? Reserve a Smart Car Now
3 April 2007After all of the articles we’ve had on the Smartuki over the last couple of years, many of you have asked about building your own. If you’re up in Canada or over in Europe, the Smart Car has been available for a long time and Bill Allen can set you up with a kit to [...]
Motorized Monowheels and Dicycles
8 March 2007Garage builders are a fascinating group, especially when they have time on their hands and a pile of parts or a wild idea about the next big thing. I followed a link a little while ago and found myself looking at all of these kinda crazy but very cool monowheels and dicycles. It makes you [...]
Motorcycle Engine Powered Airplanes
5 March 2007The Kneeslider has covered a lot of motorcycle powered cars, but we’ve only briefly mentioned airplanes. After the recent flurry of interest in motorcycles with radial airplane engines, why not look at the flip side and examine airplanes with motorcycle engines? A note the other day from Bob Horn got me thinking about [...]
KTM X-Bow First Photos
21 February 2007KTM has released the first photos of the real X-Bow in preparation for the Geneva Show next month. As you can see, they are exactly like the scale model so no surprise there. What I think is pretty interesting is the steering wheel which seems to have all of the functions of an F1 wheel, [...]
VentureOne Tilting 3 Wheeler
18 February 2007The VentureOne is a new vehicle design based on the Carver tilting vehicle but substitutes either a hybrid or all electric drivetrain in place of the more conventional internal combustion power in the Carver. I think the image above which shows a more fully faired or extended front end design looks better than the Carver [...]
KTM Builds a Car - The KTM X-Bow
12 February 2007KTM builds a car, the X-Bow. This comes after Bombardier builds the Can-Am Spyder, a road going 3 wheeler and Buell says they’re going to race Rotax powered motocross bikes. You have to wonder what else is cooking in some of those back rooms.
Since the beginning of the new century, KTM, as the world market [...]
Can Am Spyder Details
10 February 2007The Can-Am Spyder official website is live and it’s very well done. Loads of information to answer most all of your questions which is a good thing since they are introducing a new type of vehicle.
A few highlights:
VSS - Vehicle Stabilization System, developed with Bosch which helps maintain vehicle control.
Brakes are activated by the right [...]
