So many times in the past, we've commented on all of the companies charging into China in the hopes of selling to the vast numbers of new, up and coming motorcycle buyers. If sales are flat or rising slowly elsewhere, surely, setting up shop in China will solve that problem. Harley Davidson most recently and BMW, too, have high hopes of selling motorcycles into this huge … [Read more...]
Wakan 1640 – New French V-Twin Motorcycle
A new motorcycle company from France? It looks that way and their first bike is pretty sweet. Wakan Motorcycles has produced the Wakan 1640, a single seat, V-Twin powered sport bike built around the AC Cobra idea of dropping a big American powerplant into a sporty European frame. Joel Domergue, the man behind Scorpa, a company known for some excellent trials motorcycles, and … [Read more...]
Traction Control Legal for AMA Superbike and Formula Xtreme
The new AMA rules committee just met for the first time last Thursday and already they have made a change that was rumored and then denied just one month ago. According to Cycle News, a notice went out this morning with a rules change that states traction control is not allowed for AMA Supersport and Superstock, which of course is a backwards way of saying it IS allowed for AMA … [Read more...]
Hyanide and Baal – Others Finally Notice
It looks like Popular Science finally discovered what The Kneeslider reported on six months ago. Back in January, we reported on the Michelin Challenge Design 2006 where two tracked motorcycle designs were introduced, the Hyanide and the Baal. We thought they were pretty cool and if you noticed, Tilmann Schlootz, one of the designers, jumped into our comment section to address … [Read more...]
The Kneeslider Summer Update
Here at The Kneeslider, we're preparing for a bit of short term traveling and a lot of behind the scenes tech work that will keep us fully occupied. In the meantime, you can catch some racing tomorrow in Germany: The German MotoGP on SpeedTV: MotoGP Sunday 4PM eastern 250cc Sunday 5PM eastern … [Read more...]
Laguna Seca MotoGP
The MotoGP is in Germany this weekend but next weekend the circus comes to the U.S. and there's a lot going on. Nicky Hayden will still be in the points lead no matter what happens in Germany which makes his home track performance that much more exciting. The race will be covered live on SpeedTV with coverage at 5PM eastern, 2PM pacific. ABC will be have a taped one … [Read more...]
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