The Kneeslider

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Building Your Own Battery Packs for Your DIY Electric Vehicle Project

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A couple of readers of our post about the home built electric trike commented about the batteries. As I noted in the post, that particular build was completed in 2013, so it's using battery technology available then, but the whole field is advancing pretty fast and you could design a better solution if you decided to build one now. In fact, I came across a pretty cool book, DIY … [Read more...]

Electric Reverse Trike Offers Custom Builders Another Option

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This home built electric reverse trike (electrike?) showed up for sale and at first I passed it right by, but then I stopped, thought about it for a bit and took another look. As I kept going over the photos, I was more and more impressed by how well it was done while at the same time it isn't overly complex. Then the wheels started turning in my mind. Being a three wheeler, … [Read more...]

Honda RCB1100R Concept by Oberdan Bezzi Creates Retro RC30 Look

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It's been a long while since we looked over the designs from Oberdan Bezzi and unsurprisingly, there are lots of creative ideas we've missed. He has a knack for restyling and reconfiguring current production motorcycles, sometimes subtly and sometime, like with this example, in a much more radical fashion. He starts with the current Honda CB1100, the updated version of their … [Read more...]

Motorscan Smartphone Diagnostics for Your Harley Davidson

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It's no secret, motorcycles, like every other kind of vehicle, are getting a lot more complex. The engine, the ABS braking system, those big touring bike sound systems and most everything else are all connected to and controlled by an onboard computer. Data constantly flows while the bike is cruising down the road or even when you simply turn the key on, but sometimes things … [Read more...]

Wrench, Ride or Race?

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A recent post here touched on the idea that riding time was fast disappearing, as work, for many of us, encroaches on formerly free time with smart phones a constant reminder of what we do all day. Long periods free of interruptions are harder to come by and what you do then is a choice between many competing priorities. The choice, though, isn't always a matter of what we can … [Read more...]