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Reader's Rides

Triumph Street Tracker – Reader’s Ride

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 8/17/2009

in Reader's Rides, Vintage Motorcycles

Steve Welte, one of our regular readers, saw quite a few street tracker posts on The Kneeslider and thought we might like to see what he put together
According to Steve, this bike isn’t about how much money you can spend, it is all about what you can do with the parts you have or can [...]

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The Kneeslider has quite a few regular readers and commenters with interesting stories of their own involving the motorcycles they ride. I noticed, Kim Scholer, of Denmark, who stops by frequently, has a nice article in the June 2009 issue of Britain’s Classic Bike magazine that tells the story of his 8 week tour of [...]

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What you see here is a 700cc Royal Enfield V-Twin constructed using two 350cc top ends. The whole bike appears to have come from the factory, or maybe the “special vehicle operations” section, instead of the mind and work of a creative and determined owner. Aniket Vardhan, the builder, still wants to come up with [...]

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Yamaha 900 Seca Sport Touring Prototype

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 3/6/2009

in Motorcycle Builders, Reader's Rides

Several comments on our recent Just Do It post suggested a reader’s rides category for The Kneeslider. Starting today, we have our first, Jon Fife’s nicely modified Yamaha XJ900 Seca and it’s a great example of taking a bike that suits you well, buying parts and pieces inexpensively, adding lots of labor and your own [...]

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