The Kneeslider

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Highest Tech Possible or Home Workshop Repairable?

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Can you fix it? Your motorcycle won't run, what are the chances you can get it going? What if the bike in question has the highest technology available, perfectly metered fuel injection, precisely controlled electronic ignition, variable valve timing and throttle by wire, have your chances increased or decreased? Suppose, the company that made it goes out of business, does that … [Read more...]

ACE Fireball 535 Royal Enfield High Performance Kit

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What we have here, fellas, is the ACE Fireball 535 Royal Enfield high performance engine kit. You take your stock, single cylinder Royal Enfield Bullet and with the addition of this kit, turn it into a real, ... well, fireball. No, you're not going to challenge any of the boy racers out there, but compared to any stock Royal Enfield, you'll be the man to beat, seriously. This … [Read more...]

Catalina Grand Prix 2010 Registration Now Open

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There's been a huge amount of interest in this year's running of the Catalina Grand Prix which has not been run since 1958. For the many of you who have been asking about when registration will be open, the answer is right now! Classes are as follows: Vintage Class – up to 1974 motorcycles ,modifications are allowed with the exception of the following modifications: … [Read more...]

Erik Buell Racing 1190RS Streetbike Semi Official Announcement

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No one will be surprised that Erik Buell is planning a street bike based on the 1190RR, especially after the video back in July. So when EBR wants to put out more information, where does it show up? It appears on a t shirt with the new 1190RS logo on the Rat Pak Records website along with an announcement of a teaser video coming September 14th. They don't show the teaser, they … [Read more...]

The Kneeslider Garage Workshop Project

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The Labor Day weekend is over and with it comes the semi official end to the summer season. Yes it's still warm, but we've already had a few cool mornings and for those of us in northern latitudes, the clouds and smell in the air can quickly turn your thoughts to the rapidly approaching autumn. I don't know about you but that gets my workshop juices flowing and I can envision … [Read more...]