The Kneeslider

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Vance & Hines V-Rod Supercharger

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Vance and Hines, those guys who make the V-Rods go really quick at the drag strip, have developed a new supercharger for the V-Rod and it looks like a well engineered kit. Installation takes eight hours or less, it looks very clean and compact and when you're done you get 152 rear wheel horsepower. Very nice! The complete kit includes: 1. Sprintex Supercharger 2. Plenum … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Powered Street Ray

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H&P Trading in Plankstadt, Germany has created the new motorcycle powered Street-Ray. The Street-Ray is motivated by a 40hp 460cc, water cooled, single cylinder, fuel injected motorcycle engine. Transmission is a CVT with reverse gear. Martin Preuss, who founded Technop, a machine building company, was importing Chinese made quads, scooters and beach buggies. He didn't like … [Read more...]

Parts Unlimited Slotard SuperMoto Update

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We wrote about the Jesse Rooke / Parts Unlimited Slotard some months ago but all we had to go on were a few photos on his website. It was on display at the Quick Throttle Magazine Expo and it was covered on American Thunder TV where they had a little more info. We noted before the idea of removing the rear cylinder reminded us of Roger Goldammer's Trouble and it turns out … [Read more...]

Roland Sands MotoGP V5 Chopper?

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Roland Sands, who's getting to be our favorite motorcycle builder, has reportedly built a chopper powered by the V5 engine from a Kenny Roberts 2004 MotoGP machine. The upcoming Goodwood Festival of Speed tossed that little tidbit into their press release: World-famous motorcycle customiser Roland Sands will also be showing his monster V5 chopper – projected by the same … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Company Dealer Support

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We sometimes cover low volume motorcycles here like the Ural which have a surprisingly strong following in this country. Urals attract a very hands on type of owner, which is a good thing since dealers tend to be few and far between. We have also discussed the coming of Chinese motorcycles, the high volume low price machines that will be showing up in ever greater numbers. A … [Read more...]