Reader’s Rides

Honda FT500 Gets a New Life

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 5/19/2011

in Motorcycle Builders, Reader's Rides

After visiting the rareified air of the motorcycles displayed at the Quail Lodge, it’s always good to return to the world of machines most everyone can modify and ride. A good example is this Honda FT500 Ascot. Nolan Arihood sent in some photos of his bike, an 83 FT500 which he worked over to fit [...]

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Yamaha Maxim Transformed

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 1/7/2010

in Custom motorcycles, Motorcycle Builders, Popular, Reader's Rides

The economy is slow, you really want a new or custom motorcycle but you’re short on cash, well, how about investing some time instead? Chris Tschiffely, along with his brother and dad, went to work on an old $300 Yamaha Maxim and turned it into the bike you see here. In my New Year’s post [...]

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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 [...]

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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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