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Harley Davidson Water Cooled Heads Patent – Updated

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Everyone keeps talking about Harley Davidson making the move to water cooling, but there's nothing like a patent to show us what they're up to. Charles from Strasbourg sent me a note about this patent they just turned up, and sure enough, it's Harley Davidson's plans to water cool the heads on their touring models by hiding the cooling system within the leg shield portions of … [Read more...]

Multi Fuel Internal Combustion Electromechanical Batteries – Got That?

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Still not sure electric power is the wave of the future? Here's a way to keep yourself squarely on the fence, batteries powered by gasoline. Set your coffee down and think about that one. When I saw this story the other day I wasn't sure what the breakthrough was. Clarian Labs designed this small rotary engine/generator, but except for size, why is it different than rotary … [Read more...]

How is This Related to Motorcycles?

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Amazingly enough, the "How is this related to motorcycles?" question pops up every now and then, sometimes in a comment, sometimes in an email from a reader who clicked over to The Kneeslider expecting (demanding?) to see a motorcycle and instead is confronted with some new high tech innovation or even (gasp!) something with 4 wheels. It always surprises me and to some extent … [Read more...]

A Big Thank You for a Little Contribution

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If you've been coming to The Kneeslider over the years or even if you're a brand new visitor, you may have added our site to your list of favorites. (You did do that, right?) If you have as many sites listed as most of us do, it's easy to lose that new link in the long string of sites without some visual marker, what's known as a favicon, that little image that shows up next to … [Read more...]

2012 Erik Buell Racing 1190RS – No Wonder Harley Shut Him Down

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A few days ago, Christian sent me a note to be sure to check out the new Erik Buell Racing 1190RS now available for pre-orders. After all of the drama of the closure of Buell and Erik's resurfacing with his own company, we now have the first fruits of that effort, a full on and, it appears, a rather brutally capable, sport bike. The specs are impressive: 175 … [Read more...]