Just got a note from Kevin DeShazer about a little project he's working on in his basement. It's a three cylinder radial engine made from the cylinders of a Continental 0-360 aero engine. The crankshaft comes from a Moto Guzzi. Three geared cams with Harley lobes operate the valves. It uses an aviation electric oil pump and that orange can on the front is an aviation … [Read more...]
Order Your New Musket V-Twin Available Now
Of all of the projects we've seen come and go on The Kneeslider, the Musket V-Twin by Aniket Vardhan is special. It first appeared here in April of 2009 and over the years it's evolved and grown and been refined by Aniket into the beauty it is today. Of course it was begun long before that, it's been ten years since Aniket's idea appeared in sketches and plans, but once out in … [Read more...]
Beautiful New Harley Lawwill Street Tracker by Bob Netherton
This is a very clean street tracker, built by Bob Netherton, and it isn't until you take a closer look that you realize what a nice job he did here. Twin carbs on the right, exhaust on the left, it looks perfect. Bob was a big fan of bikes sliding sideways around dirt tracks, but it wasn't until he saw the work of Mert Lawwill that he figured he might be able to build one of … [Read more...]
Bienville Legacy Superbike by JT Nesbitt Comes to Life
A couple of years ago, JT Nesbitt released the first drawings of a new motorcycle, looking more like a fantasy concept, it was hard to believe it would ever be built, let alone look anything like what he envisioned. Yet here we are, two years later and the Bienville Legacy Superbike, has been built, three of them, in fact, looking just like the drawings we were originally … [Read more...]
Rohorn EXperimental500 Recumbent Racer Has its TV Debut
Bob Horn's EXperimental500 recumbent racer had its first appearance on the Road Warriors segment of Discovery Canada's Daily Planet TV show. It's not a complex technical discussion or really extensive report, but Bob had the opportunity to talk about the racer and show some of the details plus you get to see a bit of action on the track and viewers who would not otherwise have … [Read more...]
NHTSA Proposes Requiring Vehicle to Vehicle Communication – Just Like We Predicted
Just over a month ago, I wrote this: you still have a little time before the mass adoption of robotic vehicles makes every trip a chance to catch up on your sleep, but, near term, there may be some intermediate steps in the process and I think transponders will be among them. Just like the "motor vehicles only" signs of today, I can easily imagine "transponder equipped motor … [Read more...]
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