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Ducati 999R XEROX and ST3S ABS Preview at Birmingham

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Ducati is previewing two new motorcycles at Birmingham. From the press release: In the run-up to the presentation of its complete Model Year 2006 range at EICMA in Milan from 15 to 20 November, Ducati chose the prestigious Motorcycle and Scooter Show in Birmingham (UK) to preview two of its new models due out next year. The first is an exclusive version of the 999R, in the … [Read more...]

Neodymics bike to moped conversion unit – BMU

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Got an email the other day from Jeff Radtke. Jeff has a company up in Madison, Wisconsin called Neodymics and he's been busy designing and building a bike to moped conversion unit (a BMU), that quickly converts a standard bicycle into a moped. When I say quickly, I mean in seconds. All you do is flip your quick release lever and drop out the front wheel, put the BMU in its … [Read more...]

MMI – Motorcycle Mechanics Institute

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Many of us have had the experience. You have a problem with your bike, it's a tough job, you don't have the tools or the time, the know-how or perhaps you just would rather have it done for you because there are other things you need to do. You get to the bike shop, probably your dealer but maybe an independent shop and you go to the service department. You start explaining … [Read more...]

Hayabusa V8 powered car sets record

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The Hayabusa V8 engine we like so much here at The Kneeslider, powered a Radical SR8 to a new lap record for production cars at the Nurburgring. The former record holder, a Porsche 996 GT2 was eclipsed by 20 seconds! Records like this normally get lowered by a second here and there, the Radical SR8 just demolished it. For those of you who wonder why I spend so much time … [Read more...]

Classic motorcycle books

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Book publishing these days is a pretty automated affair, they churn out titles by the thousands and if a title doesn't sell by the truckload, it's dropped from the list and thousands more are introduced. It's a shotgun method to locate a few good ones, but the audience for one of those books, even if it's excellent and due much respect, might not be large enough to create a … [Read more...]

Norton Shrike 3 wheeler

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Well as long as we're doing motorcycle powered 3 wheelers, here's the Norton Shrike. Built some time back in 1984 by Dave Norton, a mechanical design engineer who, after a friend's accident, decided to build something with safety as his priority. He drove this as a daily driver for several years until the original Yamaha 650 Maxim engine blew. It was restored recently but this … [Read more...]