The Kneeslider

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Peter Fonda Easy Rider

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The local Manufacturer's Association is having a celebration commemorating something like 100 years in existence and various celebrities are in town, among them Peter Fonda. He'll be leading a ride through the downtown area with his Easy Rider chopper. Did he ever do anything after Easy Rider? Their whole family made a lot of movies but he seemed to be a one shot star. I'm sure … [Read more...]

Why new engines don’t sell

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With all of the creative talent producing new versions of internal combustion engines, like the ecoforce, the revetec, the round engine, the CEM and others, why do they all seem to run out of steam when they start looking for investors and markets? (Technically, the CEM isn't quite there yet) Is there some big conspiracy going on keeping all of these little guys down? Is there … [Read more...]

Future transportation on two wheels

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Is the future of transportation arriving on two wheels? While everyone is not going to begin riding motorcycles we may see practical wide scale production of alternative power in motorcycles before we see it in cars. Hybrids and biodiesel are moving forward in cars but these technologies are more like variations of the internal combustion engine than a new form of power. … [Read more...]

NAPA Drag Bike observations

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After seeing the two shows devoted to building the NAPA drag bike, I guess they did OK. Unfortunately, they only had about 30 seconds of the entire two shows devoted to starting and running the bike down the strip. It did run the 9.9 and Ricky Gadson said it was running rich and needed a lot of fine tuning so it had the potential to do a lot better. The bike was designed to be … [Read more...]

Ecoforce engine

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We've covered quite a few different engines here at The Kneeslider, shops all over the world seem to keep coming up with variations to the basic internal combustion engine. Their efforts produce some innovative designs, they build prototypes and proceed to market or begin looking for funding and we don't seem to hear much more. I came across the Ecoforce engine a little … [Read more...]

STi ATV update

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Remember this? Well, builder Ken Brough has been hard at work and has more pictures up at his new website, sti.co.nz. Lots more info about where he got the idea for building it. Seems he saw a TV show covering the hillclimb, Race To The Sky and thought a real super quad would be just the ticket. His aim was to build it road legal but the New Zealand authorities are a bit … [Read more...]