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Cleveland Motorcycle Show 2007

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A friend and I performed our late January ritual of attending the Cleveland Motorcycle Show yesterday. It's usually interesting, though show quality varies from year to year, this year was pretty good. Many motorcycles written about on The Kneeslider were there so we had the chance to see them close up. The new Victory Vision touring bikes were there and my impression was … [Read more...]

Hybrid Motorcycle Concept

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Hybrid motorcycles have not been as much of a hot topic in the motorcycle world as in the auto world. Motorcycles already get pretty decent mileage and there is more talk of going straight to electric power without the intermediate hybrid step. However, as proved by the Yamaha Gen-Ryu, there is work being done in that direction. The concepts shown here are the result of a … [Read more...]

BMW R1100S Streetfighter

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Markus Fritsch lives in Germany very near the BMW factory. His business, No Limit Streetfighters, builds high quality, highly modified bikes but BMWs are so straight laced and proper, so he thought, what better bike to modify and make unique? The bike here is a BMW R1100S and it strays quite a bit from the norm while retaining a very nice look all around, the sort of thing a … [Read more...]

Who Builds for Famous Motorcycle Builders?

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We've received more than a couple of comments about who really did the work on some of the well publicized custom motorcycles seen on TV or in the magazines. They come from the big name shops but did the "Big Name" build the bike? Well, sometimes yes, sometimes no or sometimes some of the parts. It isn't a conspiracy or super secret that once a business becomes successful … [Read more...]

RoadRazer – Hayabusa Powered Street Racer

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The Hayabusa engine has become the small block Chevy of the motorcycle powered car world, it's used as the starting point for many projects, whether you drop it in a Mini or build an entirely new car around it. The RoadRazer, is a carbon fiber bodied, Formula car look alike that is street legal in the U.K. It uses a Hayabusa engine connected to a Quaife differential. The … [Read more...]