The Kneeslider

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Bob the Builder Gets All the Breaks

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Do you know Bob? Bob likes to work with his hands. He’s really curious, too. He’s always looking inside devices of all sorts, constantly tearing through those “no user serviceable parts inside” tags, to figure out how they work, voiding most of his warranties along the way, to his wife's dismay, but, though he's had a few close calls, he never seems to really break … [Read more...]

DualSportster – Off Road Sportster

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The DualSportster, as the builder calls it, is a 1983 Sportster with a 0.010" overbore for the current 1010cc of displacement. He added remote reservoir shocks, a skid plate, hand guards, serrated pegs, braided SS front brake lines, longer fork tubes, light guards, and a Supertrapp exhaust. I came across this one for sale on eBay while looking for something interesting. … [Read more...]

Get Your Motorcycle License on a Can Am Roadster?

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Can Am Roadster Training for a Motorcycle License A few days ago, I turned on the TV and walked into the kitchen for a cup of coffee when I heard a commercial for the Can Am Roadster and I thought I heard them say, "take your motorcycle license test on a Roadster and go riding the next day." I ran back into the living room but the ad was over and wasn't sure they actually … [Read more...]

Electro Scrambler by Luca Bar

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Luca Bar is back with a new, but very vintage, design, this time for an electric scrambler. He designed the Electro Scrambler to look like a retro off roader, something you might have seen forty years ago with a name like Triumph or BSA on the tank. This one has the advantage of 2 wheel drive, something easy to do with an electric since hub motors need no mechanical drive, just … [Read more...]

Roland Sands Design Desmosedici Tracker

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Well, there's been a wide variety of motorcycles used as the basis for street tracker builds, some more successful than others, but I haven't seen this one before, a Ducati Desmosedici. It seems Roland Sands has a friend who owns three of the pricey Italian street racers and thought at least one, a zero mile bike, should be transformed into a tracker. It looks like the … [Read more...]