With an exhaust note that can do a pretty good impression of a small block Chevy if the right pipes are mounted, why not drop in a V-Max V4 instead of the Chevy? It looks like at least one guy did exactly that when building a hot rod T bucket. B. Tree III left a comment pointing to a photo from another link in our previous post where you can see it. It appears the … [Read more...]
Harley Davidson Powered Cars – Four Wheel Cruisers with a Heart from Milwaukee
There have been a surprising number of Harley Davidson V-Twin powered cars put together over the years and we've covered quite a few on The Kneeslider. It didn't really strike me how many there were until I saw another example for sale and I started to think about it. The latest one is this dragster style street rod for sale on eBay (auction over). I've never seen … [Read more...]
Yamaha R1 Aluminum Girder Front Suspension from SuspensionSmith of Australia
Laurence Smith runs SuspensionSmith, a suspension business in Australia. Working on motorcycle forks, shocks and swingarms all day, it shouldn't be surprising he has a few of his own ideas about what comes between the wheels and frame and when he started thinking about why girder front suspensions weren't often found on sport bikes, he decided to look into it. Of course, Laurie … [Read more...]
Honda CB350 Brat Style Custom
Thought I would draw your attention to an extremely clean and well done Honda CB 350 currently for sale. It's in the "brat" style made popular in Japan, but this really excels. For everyone who likes the smaller displacement vintage Hondas, this is such a sweet example I had to point it out. The tires are Coker Classics, which means gorgeous reproductions in the old … [Read more...]
US Highland Gets Funding and New Executive Management Then Sponsors UFC Fight?
After the tragic death of the company's founding partners, US Highland, a promising new US motorcycle company, was going nowhere. In January, it was announced the plant was closing while the search went on for funding to continue operations. There are some new developments. It seems US Highland had an IPO, (UHLN) on the OTC. A new Director has been appointed, Robert … [Read more...]
2012 Kawasaki ZX-14R Horsepower Numbers
Kawasaki launched their brand new Ninja ZX-14R , the fastest accelerating motorcycle on the planet, "massively more powerful" is what Kawasaki says, but when it came down to actual numbers, Kawasaki didn't say, until now. According to the Kawasaki Europe website, the big Ninja puts out 197.4 horsepower and 119.9 foot pounds of torque. With ram air, it's 207.2 … [Read more...]
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