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Harley Davidson International Growth

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Harley Davidson just announced it set a record for quarterly revenue and earnings which means it's doing pretty darn good and it's always nice to see that. If you read the press release you find retail sales up in the U.S. by 6.9% but it's the international sales where things really happen: Retail sales of Harley-Davidson motorcycles grew 18.7 percent in international … [Read more...]

Exile Cycles Builds the RX-Streetfighter

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Here's one more example of a chopper builder recognizing the move toward bikes that work and building something you can actually ride on the street. Russ Mitchell's Exile Cycles has produced the RX-Streetfighter, powered by a Jims 120 inch twin cam with a 6 speed and loaded with carbon fiber. The exhaust is slung under the engine like a Buell and the bike has geometry and a … [Read more...]

Kawasaki ZX-14 Runs Over 200 mph

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A ZX14 prepared by Brocks Performance Products ran 200.92 mph at the ECTA (East Coast Timing Association) speed trials in North Carolina a few weeks ago. There have been quite a few street bikes able to crack the 200 mph mark in recent years but this ZX14 did it without nitrous, without a turbo and without a supercharger. This was no big bore monster, either, in fact, it was … [Read more...]

Lacing a Spoked Motorcycle Wheel

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In the family of skills broadly known as motorcycle building, many skills are a subspecialty in themselves. We can learn each of these individually and do reasonably well though we may never reach the proficiency of those who decide to practice their art and become true masters, metal shaping being one of the best examples. Lacing wheels, on the other hand, though certainly not … [Read more...]

Hayden – Pedrosa – MotoGP

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The Kneeslider is not primarily a racing site but if you've been following the MotoGP this year you already know how the championship is getting extremely exciting as the season rolls along. Rossi had an awful start this year with setup problems on his Yamaha while Hayden had a lot of consistent podium finishes which eventually gave him the points lead. Rossi mounted a charge … [Read more...]