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Vehicle sales are off, cars, too.

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Over the last week we've seen Harley Davidson announce lowered earnings and expectations and Yamaha said their production and exports were down, today, General Motors announced they lost $1.1 Billion in the first quarter. Talk is of closing up to 4 plants and cutting 20,000 to 30,000 jobs along with dropping the Buick brand. Wow. … [Read more...]

Baseball, Golf and Motorcycle Racing

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If you follow sports of any sort or if you just watch the news, you've noticed all of the steroid hearings and talk of cheating by athletes who use performance enhancing drugs. There are many differing views on this topic but as soon as the government gets involved in defining what's fair, watch out. An interesting article in Slate magazine asks, "If steroids are cheating, why … [Read more...]

Make magazine motorcycle hacks

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I mentioned Make magazine some time back. It's dedicated to the person who just can't leave well enough alone and keeps asking, "What if?" They've just completed their second issue and their third issue is going to have a transportation section. In the meantime, if you have some ideas for car and transportation hacking, you can submit your ideas here. One of their readers … [Read more...]

Rocket bike

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What happens if you take a bicycle and strap on a rocket? Donald Pottier did just that and set a new record at 242.61kph (that's 150.75 mph). Now, I've had my ZX11 up at that speed but a bicycle? Hmm... I didn't know there were any Z-rated bicycle tires. A man and his workshop can be an interesting combination. This was a few years ago but I don't know if anyone has been crazy … [Read more...]

X Plane flight simulator software

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OK, why is The Kneeslider doing a post about flight simulator software? Besides the fact that X-Plane is the most unbelieveable software available for absolutely realistic flight simulations, I believe Kneeslider readers might enjoy the technical beauty of this. After all, you can get heads up displays for your motorcycle helmet and those are straight out of jet fighter … [Read more...]