The Kneeslider

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Gatsby Radial Engine Motorcycle by Paul Yang

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Jesse James and JRL Cycles built customs based around the Rotec 7 cylinder radial engine, now Paul Yang of IronGatsby Motorcycle has produced the Gatsby. I ran across this bike in the latest issue of Barnett's Magazine and according to the article, Yang has been working on this for 2 years so it sounds like these radial engine ideas popped up on the radar of some builders in a … [Read more...]

Dakar Rally Canceled on Terrorism Concerns

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The 2008 running of the Dakar Rally has been canceled due to terrorism concerns: The Dakar Rally was canceled Friday on the eve of the race due to safety concerns after the slaying of a French family in Mauritania was blamed on al-Qaida-linked militants. Many of you who follow the off road events know what a big deal the Dakar Rally is. This is not good. Thanks … [Read more...]

How About Some Real Motorcycle Innovation?

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Picture this, your buddies are dragging knees and pushing hard on their favorite canyon road, the familiar sound of inline 4 cylinder engines in everyone's ears, then all of a sudden you're there, no one heard you approach from behind and all they hear now is a bit of a high pitched whine. You're riding an electric! Then someone else swoops in, this time the sound is deeper … [Read more...]

Flexible Tilting Sidecars

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Tilting 3 wheelers received a lot of attention last year, with the Piaggio MP3, the Brudeli 625, the Harley tilting trike patent, the tilting Vmax and several others I haven't mentioned. The one thing I had not seen was a sidecar with a tilting wheel and, as it turns out, the idea for tilting sidecars has been around for a long time. Back in the early 1920s, dirt track … [Read more...]

Robbie Maddison Sets New Motorcycle Jump record

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Starting out the new year with a motorcycle jump record, Robbie Maddison of Australia made a leap of 322 feet, 7 1/2 inches at the Rio Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas. Although I don't follow this sort of thing, reports say it's double what the late Evel Knievel managed in his career. Maddison plans to double even this new record and wants to build a special jump motorcycle … [Read more...]

The Kneeslider – Happy Holidays 2007

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Another year winding down, ... Wow, already? I'm a little out of breath and like every year at this time, I have to slow down a bit. The increasing traffic makes me feel really good, we must be doing something right but it's tiring, too. During this last week or so before the new year, besides all of the holiday activities, I'll be cleaning up the site, fixing some … [Read more...]