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Do It Yourself PulseJets from Robert Maddox

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Three years ago The Kneeslider showed you a pretty basic pulsejet powered bicycle Robert Maddox had for sale. As projects go, it was pretty neat and after our short article Bob started getting attention from everywhere, you might say things have been (ahem) buzzing for Bob ever since. Well, he's still at it, building more and bigger variations of these jets and strapping them … [Read more...]

So-Cal Miler – Hot Rod Street Trackers and Cafe Racers from Streetmaster

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These new Triumphs just unveiled got me all curious, so I asked Richard Pollock, or "Mule," how they came about. Here's what he had to say: ------ The story starts with 2 people and one bike. A Streettracker, Richard Varner and myself. The bike was the 100ci Streettracker featured in the Cycle World video. The bike was at the Long Beach show and Richard Varner … [Read more...]

Honda FT500 Gets a New Life

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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 his own particular needs. It's a nice makeover and gives you an idea of what … [Read more...]

Black Falcon – Is This a Motorcycle?

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Falcon Motorcycles finally revealed their latest creation, the Black Falcon. It's a hand built Vincent powered machine with perfect workmanship and incredible attention to detail wherever you look. The praise from all quarters has been lavish and practically automatic and I can't find fault with any of it. The bike seems perfect from end to end, sculptured and polished hand … [Read more...]

Metallic Glass – Injection Mold Metal Like Plastic

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Metallic glass popped up in the comments following our article about rapid prototyping and I thought I'd look into it since it was new to me and sounded like something quite a few of you would like to know about, too.  Things are advancing so fast now, it's hard to keep up, but this is another technology worth understanding because it might have some pretty interesting uses in … [Read more...]