The Kneeslider

Doers Builders and Positive People

Choppertown: The Sinners

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If you're interested in seeing a chopper build up by a group of guys into their hot rods and bikes, not some scripted TV show where throwing tools is supposed to be cool, then "Choppertown: The Sinners" is right up your alley. This homemade movie must have been done pretty well because it was accepted into the 2005 Westwood International Film Festival, the 2005 Pacific … [Read more...]

Smartuki becomes the Smart Attak

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By now, most of you have seen the Smartuki, the GSXR1000 powered Smart car previously owned by Peter Bee and designed and built at Z Cars. That amazing little 180hp rocket was quite the car. If you've followed things here, you also know the Smartuki was up for sale and has since been sold. At the present time, the original Smartuki has gone to Sweden and is being used as part … [Read more...]

Flexible Fuel Motorcycles

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Ford Motor Company has been making a lot of announcements recently about how it is pushing development of flexible fuel vehicles and building a flexible fuel infrastructure so those vehicles can fill up, which primarily means with E85, so I started to wonder about motorcycles. What fuel options does a biker have? If you're not familiar with the term "flexible fuel," it means … [Read more...]

Motoczysz second generation developments

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Michael Czysz and the Motoczysz company he started, to create the C1 prototype, haven't been making much noise recently after the initial rush of new bike introduction, interviews and photo sessions died down but it looks like they've been hard at work. The original C1 has been retired and they are working on a successor, this time with 600cc. Please read the update at the end … [Read more...]

Another Motorcycle Job site

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A few months ago we mentioned two motorcycle industry job web sites, Motorcycle Industry Jobs and My Motorcycle Jobs. A comment on that post points out another site, Cycle Careers. I had never heard of it, so I stopped over. The reader who left the comment seemed satisfied with results there and they seem to have all of the normal areas to post a job or a resume so if you are … [Read more...]

Big Twin Racers – American Sport Bikes in a kit!

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When we last wrote about Curt Winter's Big Twin Racers, we showed you some in progress photos of his "Carver" prototype. Well Curt has come quite a way since then and has decided to offer his bikes in kit form for the builders out there who want to build a bike but can't see themselves on a chopper. Curt's bikes are definitely not choppers. These are sport bikes using the same … [Read more...]