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Four Year Degree in Motorcycle Restoration

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McPherson College in Kansas, is now offering a college degree in motorcycle restoration. Already offering a degree in automotive restoration, they've just now expanded to include motorcycles. Joe Dickhudt, assistant professor of technology, agreed the new major will give McPherson College students skills in a market exploding in popularity. “It turns out there’s a lot … [Read more...]

Carberry Enfield V-Twins Ready to Go

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The Carberry Enfield V-Twin has been through a very slow and methodical process on its way to production. We haven't heard much about them for a while but I just got word they're now taking orders with 12 crankshafts being assembled and 12 crankcases being machined, not to mention they have a number of the gorgeous V-Twin engines already on the road. New owners of the Carberry … [Read more...]

BSA B66 V-Twin by Doug Fraser

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Flipping through a recent (August 2010) issue of Classic Bike Guide, I came across another one of those amazing home builds that look like a perfectly restored factory model, though this model never was. It's a BSA B66 V-Twin, a twin built from two B33 top ends. The builder is Doug Fraser of Melbourne, Australia, one of those guys who looks at an engine, has a thought that a … [Read more...]

No Parts Available – Problem or Opportunity?

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Every now and then, a post on The Kneeslider misses the point, quite a few readers seem to misunderstand what was meant and the post about high tech parts is a good illustration. In that post the focus was on the potentially serious, or at least inconvenient, issue of electronic parts failing years after a motorcycle had gone out of production. While manufacturers provide … [Read more...]

Volksmotorrad – Secret VW Powered WWII Motorcycle – or Post Apocalypse Custom

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The Volksmotorrad would have been perfect for the Germans chasing Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark, or perhaps, as the builder fantasizes, it could have been a secret project from Ferdinand Porsche built for Rommel in WWII. I think it's ideal for the post apocalypse when motorcycles are cobbled together from whatever you have lying around. In any case, what we have here … [Read more...]