The Kneeslider

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Perpetual motorcycles

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Have you ever watched someone bend up a new exhaust pipe with an automatic pipe bender? Feed in the right numbers with a length of straight pipe and presto, exhaust pipe, exactly like the factory piece. Think about that. As long as you have the right numbers for the machine, you can make any pipe for any car, and what does that have to do with motorcycles? For quite a few … [Read more...]

Yamaha 2 wheel drive at auction

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The Monterey Classic Bike Auction, coming up in conjunction with the Laguna Seca MotoGP, has a growing list of interesting bikes in their lineup. I just noticed they've added a Yamaha WR-450F 2 wheel drive super moto. There's also a Triton 650 racer and lots more. The auction would make a nice addition to your trip if you're heading over for the races. … [Read more...]

Thunder Star 1200 torque questions continued

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As I was searching for more documentation on the Thunder Star torque, horsepower and rpm figures, Andy, who is conveniently located over in the UK, was kind enough to forward an article that appeared in the March 2005 issue of the UK magazine "Streetfighters." Their writeup had a few more details on construction but some of their numbers raised even more questions. Their … [Read more...]

Thunder Star Diesel update and questions

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Lots of folks (Thanks, Make blog, Real Tech News, Treehugger, Metaefficient and a lot more) picked up on our biodiesel motorcycle post the other day where I mentioned the possibility of combining biodiesel with the performance of the Thunder Star 1200 TDI. It does seem a few misread what I said, I have no idea whether Star Twin has tried or tested biodiesel in their bike. … [Read more...]

American Sport Bike

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A recent comment on my sport chopper post was interesting, Curt Winter mentioned he had built a few bikes, some based on the V-twin sportbike idea and he was pretty pleased with their performance. Curt sent in a few photos and I immediately asked for details, I liked what I saw. Curt builds American sport bikes with a mixture of carefully selected parts, fabrication skills … [Read more...]