The Kneeslider

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Stuffed Motorcycles and Motorcycle Engines

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So you wanted to be a motorcycle builder but think you don't have the proper machine tools? Fear no more. What you need is a sewing machine! These motorcycles and engines (they do cars and trucks, too) look somewhat like the models they represent. I'm not really sure who buys these but it looks like there was a lot of time involved. The site is in Japanese but I think these … [Read more...]

Munch Mammut Replicas by Mike Kron

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Mike Kron, The Classic Bike Mike, has a business over in Germany restoring motorcycles for museums and private collectors in Germany, Switzerland and here in the USA. He also builds replicas of old German motorcycles and he's done some extraordinary work, re-creating Munch Mammuts. Friedel Münch hand built these motorcycles back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, using a 4 … [Read more...]

Sesco Air and Oil Cooled Suzuki V8 Engines

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There was another Suzuki based V8 engine done quite a few years before the, now well known, Hayabusa V8, it's the Sesco Suzuki V8. Actually, we could also call it a Kawasaki V8 or a Yamaha V8, because it could be any of those, too. When I was talking to Greg Nelson of Nelson Engineering about his V-Quad engine, we also talked a bit about the V8. Greg used to race circle … [Read more...]

Vintage Motorcycle Days 2007 Review

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Turnout for Vintage Motorcycle Days 2007 was huge. Though the weather on the way was less than ideal, once I arrived, the skies cleared up somewhat and the crowds rolled in, in fact, traffic was lined up for well over a mile to enter the Mid Ohio track and parking seemed to be filled but, as usual, the bikes were out in force. Norm Wilding of Mid Missouri Motorcycles was … [Read more...]

Honda ST1300 Streetfighter

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As I wandered through the bikes at Vintage Motorcycle Days I came across something a little peculiar . As I looked it over, another fellow asked me, "What are we looking at here?" The longitudinal V4 narrows it down pretty quickly and what we were looking at is actually a 2004 Honda ST1300 that had an unfortunate encounter with a deer. Instead of replacing all of the plastic, … [Read more...]