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U.S. Senators Want More Chinese Riding Harleys

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As mentioned here recently, Harley Davidson is opening another dealership in China even though sales are not exactly booming, in fact, they're hardly selling any at all. Some U.S. senators, from Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New York and Missouri, the states where HD has a presence, are asking the U.S. to put pressure on China to relax restrictions so more Chinese bikers will be … [Read more...]

Project M85 – Freeride Motorcycle Mountain Bike

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Two very motivated college students, working on a degree in Industrial Design, had to decide on their thesis project and the end result is one superb piece. The M85 Freeride Motorcycle is a combination of a small motorcycle engine, from the Kawasaki KX85, and handbuilt everything else that comes out somewhere between a KTM 450sxf and a Yeti 303 mountain bike in geometry. It's … [Read more...]

Kawasaki Ninja Flat Tracker?

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Yesterday's offline browsing led to a short piece in Cycle World about Bill Werner, the top tuner for Grand National champions, who built a Kawasaki Ninja 650 based flat tracker. That reminded me of a comment here on The Kneeslider and after doing some digging I found it along with a link to a photo. (Shown above) Remember the story about motocross bikes converted to road … [Read more...]

The Kneeslider – the Motorcycle Magazine Rack

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My Internet connection from the friendly folks at Verizon decided to go offline this morning, (along with the connection of many thousands of others) so I thought I would use the time to catch up on the motorcycle magazines I’ve been piling up instead of reading. Found a few interesting items … Greggs Customs / GC-Cycles, one of our advertisers here at The Kneeslider, … [Read more...]

Mazda Rotary Engine Motorcycle Finished

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Remember the Mazda rotary powered motorcycle we brought you back in May? Many of you have asked about it since then but I didn’t have any more information about it. As I was perusing the latest Cycle World, there it was again, all finished now and one of their featured American Flyers. The bike is the work of Rodney Aguiar, who’s done work for Roland Sands, among others. … [Read more...]

Triumph Specials from Drags and Racing Motorcycles

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At the recent EICMA show in Milan, there was an interesting Triumph flat tracker on display. Based on the current Triumph twin, it has the look of a classic Triumph from years ago. After doing a bit of digging I found the Triumph folks over in Italy had commissioned this build for the show from Dino Romano of Drags & Racing Motorcycles - Grosseto (Tuscany). This flat tracker … [Read more...]