The Kneeslider

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R-Bike Shape Shifting Motorcycle

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Every motorcycle is a compromise of sorts, buy a cruiser and you can't ride off road, buy something for the back woods and highway riding becomes uncomfortable. Erik Brinkman, an inventor and designer with IDS (Interactive Design Studios) in Victoria, British Columbia, thought about the problem and came up with the R-Bike, a shape shifting motorcycle. The key to the R-Bike … [Read more...]

Kawasaki Concours 14 Video

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The new 2008 Kawasaki Concours 14, which should arrive sometime in the Spring of this year, looks like one fine machine for high speed touring and Kawasaki has a video up on the Italian web site. It's known as the 1400GTR over there and while the video hasn't made it to the U.S. web site yet, it appears to be the kind of machine many folks are looking for, especially the … [Read more...]

Lithium Ion Polymer Motorcycle Batteries

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Matt Hotch Designs is working with a company to develop a new motorcycle battery. They are a Lithium-ion Polymer battery which can be built in a variety of configurations with the leads positioned wherever they are needed. They weigh about one quarter of the weight of a conventional battery, but what makes these different is what they can do. There is a video on their … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson on Strike

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Union workers at the York, Pennsylvania final assembly plant for Harley Davidson went on strike after negotiators failed to reach an agreement both sides could live with. Production of Touring and Softail motorcycles has been suspended. The proposed contract provided for a four percent wage increase in each of the three contract years. Two percent of the increase was … [Read more...]

Carver Tilting 3 Wheeler Video from Top Gear

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--- Video no longer available --- Got a note from Dodgy pointing to this video of the Carver 3 wheeler. I keep writing about developments in the 3 wheel direction because some of them look interesting and some are far better engineered than others, the Carver being one of the good ones. Whether you have the 2 wheels up front, the more usual arrangement, or in the back … [Read more...]