The Kneeslider

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Salt Dreams – a Film by JT Nesbitt

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J.T. Nesbitt, formerly of Confederate Motorcycles and now of Bienville Studios in New Orleans, went to the salt flats and made a documentary. A new, just finished film, details the efforts of The New Orleans Race Team to rebuild a 1998 Lincoln Mark 8, damaged by the flood waters of Hurricane Katrina, turn it into a Bonneville racer and make some serious speed. The "Stinkin … [Read more...]

Kinematic Models – Mechanisms in Motion

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Most of you are probably interested in all things mechanical, not just motorcycles, the term gearhead is a badge of honor around here. With that in mind, you might want to check out the kinematic models website at Cornell University. The site has a lot of photos and diagrams of every sort of mechanical movement you can think of, anything that moves, usually while connected to … [Read more...]

Blastard by GS Motor Company

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Over the last few days we've been talking about all of the small displacement motorcycles being imported and modified in countries all over the world, except in the USA. Well, there is a small displacement affordable bike available for modification here, the 500cc Buell Blast and Greg Socha's GS Motor Company has one example of what you might do with it, it's called the … [Read more...]

Sideburn Flat Track Magazine

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Sorting through The Kneeslider's mail this morning (the print stuff, not email) I found an issue of a brand new magazine from England, it's called Sideburn and it's all about the dirty world of go fast, turn left flat trackers. Flipping through the pages I found a display ad for Bratstyle, then I see the feature article on Deus Ex Machina. Well, they had my attention, I figured … [Read more...]

Stonebridge Motor Company Ace Cafe Racer

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The Stonebridge Motor Company is a new outfit set up by Nick Gale Custom Cycles and the Ace Cafe for their combined effort to build a bike for the S&S Cycles 50th Anniversary build off in late June. Their new web site will detail all of the build up using one of the S&S SB-Series engines. They'll be building a limited edition of 100 of these bikes to be sold in Europe, America … [Read more...]

Deus Ex Machina Motorcycles

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There's an Australian motorcycle shop by the name of Deus Ex Machina that is guaranteed to make you feel a bit slighted by the Japanese manufacturers. You see, in Australia, it seems they can purchase brand new Kawasaki W650s and Yamaha SR400s (W650s? I didn't know that!). And just to rub salt in the wound, Deus Ex Machina takes these bikes, along with a few Triumphs and … [Read more...]