The Kneeslider

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Big Twin Racers – American Sport Bikes in a kit!

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When we last wrote about Curt Winter's Big Twin Racers, we showed you some in progress photos of his "Carver" prototype. Well Curt has come quite a way since then and has decided to offer his bikes in kit form for the builders out there who want to build a bike but can't see themselves on a chopper. Curt's bikes are definitely not choppers. These are sport bikes using the same … [Read more...]

Hayabusa V8 for the DP1

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It's been a while since doing any updates on Dennis Palatov's DP1 project so I thought I would stop by and see what's up. Wow. If you're not familiar with the DP1, it's a track car designed and built by Dennis Palatov with a carbon fiber body and a Suzuki Hayabusa engine. Extremely high end design work and engineering involved here, and he's going to produce them for sale, too. … [Read more...]

MTC Voyager – Winter wheels for your motorcycle

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Up here in the northern climates, winter means snow and ice. In some areas it gets cold but they don't get quite as much snow and police bikes still patrol the roads but usually mount sidecars for the stability and that occasional snow or icy patch. This year the Harley Davidsons used by the Pittsburgh, PA police are doing something a little different. Instead of sidecars, … [Read more...]

Oil, lots of oil, let’s start digging

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Don't sell your gasoline powered vehicles just yet, there's a barrel or two of oil still out there and as prices rise, more of those barrels will appear in the pipeline as new resources become profitable. I mentioned oil shale or tar sands before but if you never bothered to look into it, you really should. There are deposits, according to Syncrude, in Alberta, Canada, that are … [Read more...]