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Kranium Helmets with the Strength of Cardboard

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Protecting your cranium is the goal of Kranium, a new technology developed for bicycle helmets where the crush layer between your head and the outer shell is constructed from interlocking corrugated cardboard ribs. Don't scoff, the material is extremely strong and the structure of the ribs was shown to absorb 4 times the impact energy as a standard cycling helmet. Unlike … [Read more...]

Torque You Can See with a Tension Indicating Bolt

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The easier it is to check something, the better the chance you'll know if it's not right, that's the idea behind these torque indicating bolts. I ran across these while cruising through an interesting site called the Inventables, the "innovator's hardware store." With a tag like that, how can you not check it out? The idea behind these bolts is a dot in the center of the … [Read more...]

Honda NSF250R Moto3 Road Racer – Big Performance in a Tiny Package

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Honda introduced their new NSF250R racer for the Moto3 class beginning in 2012. The 250cc 4 stroke single will be replacing the RS125R 2 stroke and, from the description and specs, it's just as diminutive as the old 125. From the tech side of things, the 185 pound racer makes about 47 horsepower with a front intake, rear exhaust arrangement on a cylinder tilted back 15 … [Read more...]

GG Taurus – a 4 Cylinder BMW Reverse Trike from GG Technik of Switzerland

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If you remember the GG Quad mentioned here before then you'll immediately see the family resemblance in the Taurus. The GG (Grueter & Gut) Quad runs a BMW boxer engine, later evolving into the GG Quadster using the inline 4 from the BMW K1200S. I didn't notice their next logical step when they re-engineered the Quadster into a reverse trike, called the Taurus. I came across … [Read more...]

BMW Custom Motorcycles by Uli Cloesen – Review

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Veloce Publishing has a brand new book, BMW Custom Motorcycles by Uli Cloesen, and if you're on the lookout for some ideas to change the appearance or function of your Beemer, this is a fascinating selection of what's being done all over the world. Some of the bikes, you've seen before on The Kneeslider, but many, if not most, are new to me. I like a lot of what's in here, but … [Read more...]

Moto Guzzi V7 Cafe Sport – Would You Like a Fairing with Your Cafe?

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An unmistakable part of the cafe racer style is a fairing, nothing quite as confining and all enclosing like found on the average sport bike, but more minimal and sleek. Moto Guzzi, by introducing their V7 Classic and V7 Cafe, provided a perfect platform for just such an addition and quite a few owners were looking to bolt one up, if they could just find one. If you're one of … [Read more...]