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Learn Mechanical Engineering Now – For Free

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More than a few of you are pretty adept at hands on design and engineering by eye, fitting things together, adjusting here and there, just think what you could do if you had a background in mechanical engineering, do you think your might be able to kick your designs up a notch or two? So, what's stopping you from learning? Oh yeah, I forgot, bad economy and all that. So let me … [Read more...]

Yamaha 900 Seca Sport Touring Prototype

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Several comments on our recent Just Do It post suggested a reader's rides category for The Kneeslider. Starting today, we have our first, Jon Fife's nicely modified Yamaha XJ900 Seca and it's a great example of taking a bike that suits you well, buying parts and pieces inexpensively, adding lots of labor and your own ideas to come up with just what you wanted all along. … [Read more...]

California Planning Motorcycle Smog Checks

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For those of you living and riding in the state of California, you should be aware of a proposed senate bill that will require smog checks for motorcycles. Senate Bill 435, introduced by California State Senator Pavley on February 26, proposes smog checks on motorcycles, beginning January 1st, 2012, for all motorcycles model year 2000 or newer. All motorcycles had previously … [Read more...]

Riding Motorcycles is Smart and Keeps You Smart

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Any rider will tell you, riding demands a lot more from you than driving a car. Protected in a steel cage, surrounded by sound, drinking coffee, talking on a cell phone and blissfully unaware of his or her surroundings, the average driver isn't fully engaged in the task at hand. On a motorcycle, that level of disengaged riding would result in injury or death. Beyond that, … [Read more...]

Honda VFR800 Bolt-On Supercharger Kit

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You may remember the story we had a while back about the VFR800 with the homebuilt supercharger. It was one of those projects that started innocently enough and just kept growing. Well, Jon, from over at the VFR Discussion forum, let me know that project has become a complete bolt on kit you can buy to put on your own 5th generation VFR and raise your horsepower over 50 … [Read more...]