With all of this nasty weather going on, tornadoes and flooding rivers here in the USA, earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes elsewhere, most of us keep hoping it will pass right on by, but sometimes it doesn't. Our cold and very wet Spring saturating the ground put some water in places it shouldn't be. I'm a bit busy with things offline, but I'll be back as soon as possible … [Read more...]
Do It Yourself PulseJets from Robert Maddox
Three years ago The Kneeslider showed you a pretty basic pulsejet powered bicycle Robert Maddox had for sale. As projects go, it was pretty neat and after our short article Bob started getting attention from everywhere, you might say things have been (ahem) buzzing for Bob ever since. Well, he's still at it, building more and bigger variations of these jets and strapping them … [Read more...]
Honda FT500 Gets a New Life
After visiting the rareified air of the motorcycles displayed at the Quail Lodge, it's always good to return to the world of machines most everyone can modify and ride. A good example is this Honda FT500 Ascot. Nolan Arihood sent in some photos of his bike, an 83 FT500 which he worked over to fit his own particular needs. It's a nice makeover and gives you an idea of what … [Read more...]
Black Falcon – Is This a Motorcycle?
Falcon Motorcycles finally revealed their latest creation, the Black Falcon. It's a hand built Vincent powered machine with perfect workmanship and incredible attention to detail wherever you look. The praise from all quarters has been lavish and practically automatic and I can't find fault with any of it. The bike seems perfect from end to end, sculptured and polished hand … [Read more...]
Metallic Glass – Injection Mold Metal Like Plastic
Metallic glass popped up in the comments following our article about rapid prototyping and I thought I'd look into it since it was new to me and sounded like something quite a few of you would like to know about, too. Things are advancing so fast now, it's hard to keep up, but this is another technology worth understanding because it might have some pretty interesting uses in … [Read more...]
British Army Triumph Scrambler from Classic Farm Motorcycles
Take one current generation Triumph Scrambler and give it the full British Army treatment and you might end up with something like this, the newest offering from Classic Farm Motorcycles of Italy. It really has the look, including those headlight covers to to put you in night time stealth mode, after all, you don't want the bad guys spotting you from miles away. It has … [Read more...]
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