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5000cc V-Twin Motorcycle Engine For Sale

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One of our readers from the land of Oz left a comment on yesterday's post about Roland Sands, suggesting another possible engine for the bike. What Dodgy found was a 5000cc Rolls Royce Merlin V-twin motorcycle engine! This engine was built in 1982 and was adapted from a 27 liter V12 aero engine by Australian engineer Lucky Keizer. According to the listing it was used in a … [Read more...]

Roland Sands Wins 2006 Biker Build Off

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Roland Sands won a real functional biker build off, this is great! Let me quote The Kneeslider from one year ago: The quick way to raise the bar on these build offs would be to create a competition at the end that had a drag strip and road course as the first step. Horsepower and engineering would enter into it, you know, could they build real motorcycles? How fast … [Read more...]

Yamaha Vmax Powered 3 Wheeler

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We've covered a lot of motorcycle powered cars on The Kneeslider but here's one I've missed made by the Malone Car Company. These 3 wheelers are powered by a variety of motorcycle engines and this listing on ebay caught my eye. It's called the Malone Skunk Max powered by a Yamaha Vmax. The Malone Car company is a small firm located in England started in 1997 by Jon Malone. … [Read more...]

Radial Engine Motorcycle by JRL Cycles

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Thanks to a comment by Jenn, we now know where the radial engine powered motorcycle #2 comes from, it's JRL Cycles in Black Hawk, South Dakota. The bike will be on display this year at the EAA flyin and air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and after that will be in Sturgis. JRL is also an official distributor for the Rotec radial used in both motorcycles we wrote about. There's … [Read more...]

Industrial and Scientific Amazon Store

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There's a new store on Amazon: Industrial and Scientific. Lots of readers of The Kneeslider like to build all kinds of things, and sometimes you need some ... you know ... stuff. Metal, gears, wire, bearings, springs ... stuff. They have quite a selection so when you're building that little mechanical ... thing, go over there and get some stuff. Link: Industrial and … [Read more...]

Piaggio MP3 Scooter- part 2

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Last week we covered the introduction of the new Piaggio MP3, dual front wheel scooter. After a little while to think about it and after watching the videos Piaggio has up on their website, this scooter looks like it may be the beginning of something. Two front wheels, as engineered by Piaggio, don't look as complex as you might imagine them to be given their ability to lean … [Read more...]