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Honda DN-01 Human-Friendly Transmission (HFT)

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Honda will be displaying the DN-01 at the Tokyo Motor Show with details of their Human Friendly Transmission, or HFT. It says it is scheduled for market launch but I'm not sure if they mean immediately or sometime in the near future. I think this one will be pretty popular with the growing demand for automatic transmission equipped motorcycles. Will automatics begin to move … [Read more...]

How Much Can Motorcycle Design Change?

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Are all of the wild and crazy, no limits, do as you please bikers really a very conservative group of buyers? Does everyone buy what they always have bought or what all of their buddies buy? Does different technology sell if you can see it? At least 2 of The Kneeslider's regular readers are working on motorcycle projects with Hossack front suspensions, Hugo, with the … [Read more...]

Motorcycles Made in America

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How many American motorcycle companies can you name? Everyone knows Harley Davidson and most know Indian. The more knowledgeable will list Crocker and then Excelsior and Henderson, but after those, the names usually come more slowly. Although this may hold true in other countries as well, many enthusiasts here in the U.S. are able to cite British or Italian companies back to … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Art From the Renaissance

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Some of you may feel that spending time on The Kneeslider isn't quite as uplifting or educational as it should be, perhaps you're reading during work or school hours and you need to justify your time here, so today I thought it would be appropriate to bring you motorcycle art from the Renaissance. These are works from the masters, seldom seen except by those true collectors … [Read more...]

The Kneeslider – Still Growing Thanks to You

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The Kneeslider is just over 3 years old now and thanks to all of you it's growing steadily. Yesterday we moved onto our own server, something that was long overdue, because the traffic at times gets a little heavy and the old arrangement just wasn't working anymore. Somewhere over (quite often WELL over) 10,000 of you stop by The Kneeslider, every day! In case you're … [Read more...]