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Homebuilt Simca V8 Powered Cafe Racer by Malcolm Oastler

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When you're an ex technical director for the BAR Formula One team and then a chief engineer for the Jaguar racing team plus designer of numerous race cars, what do you do when you retire? Well, if you're Malcolm Oastler, you head back home to Australia and build a V8 powered cafe racer that looks extremely tidy and sounds like a old street rod. Malcolm started with a 2351 … [Read more...]

Norcroft Royal Enfield V-Twin Project Lives Again

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In the very first year of The Kneeslider, way back in November of 2004, I wrote a short post about a V-Twin called the Norcroft. Like the Carberry and the the Musket, the Norcroft is based on a new bottom end designed to mount the top ends of a Royal Enfield single. Although it was built and running at that time, it seemed to disappear over the years and I heard no more about … [Read more...]

Sway Motorsports Introduces Leaning Electric Three Wheeler

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Whether you think electric motorcycles are the future for all of us or a purely urban vehicle for the city dweller, you can definitely expect to see more of them and, at this week's Consumer Electronics Show, Sway Motorsports is introducing the Sway, an all electric tilting three wheeler. The Sway is targeted at the in-city rider. With an overall width of only 35 inches you … [Read more...]

Heated Electric Motorcycle Jackets for Cold Weather Driving in Electric Cars

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Electric cars have a problem in winter, batteries don't do as well in the cold and heaters drain the battery even faster. I came across a neat article talking about all of the tips electric car owners are sharing about how to stay warm in the chilly weather without making matters even worse, and, yes, motorcycles are involved. After discussing all sorts of tech fixes … [Read more...]

Good Bye Engines – Hello Power Trains

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Formula 1 racing is changing the rules for next year, there are radical body work changes of no particular interest to any of us outside of the sport, but the engine changes should be interesting to all of us, whether you follow F1 or not. In fact, using the term "engine" isn't quite right, there are so many additional bits of technology adding power, it's more accurate to use … [Read more...]