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Old Tools Engage Your Brain and Bring Back the Human in You

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In this world of rapidly changing technology, sometimes we find the old tools work just fine. They may be slower, but they do the same work and they have a lot of advantages, too. My thoughts went off in this direction the other day when I saw a photo of a very recent Russian military training exercise. In it, a crewmember aboard a TU-160 supersonic bomber was doing … [Read more...]

Brand New BSA Motorcycles for 2022?

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Resurrecting former motorcycle brand names has been done many times and occasionally, it works out. BSA, which slid under the waves in the early 1970s, has been fished out of the water. In 2016, Mahindra purchased the brand and all rights to the BSA motorcycle business and for 2022, they plan to begin producing the new 2022 BSA Gold Star looking much like the original, but … [Read more...]

Liberty Motors Has a Brand New Website for the New ACE

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Pete Larsen's new ACE has a new home on the interwebs at LibertyMotors.us. As we noted before, he was so busy designing and building the new ACE, putting a website together had to wait, and after a previous promise fell through, he took matters into his own hands and built it himself and I have to say, he did a really nice job. For those of you who want a bit more detail … [Read more...]

Bistella 500, a 500cc 2 Stroke, 2 Row, Supercharged, 10 Cylinder Radial Engine Custom Motorcycle by Marek Foltis

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Let me get right to the point, this engine build/custom motorcycle by Marek Foltis is one of the most impressive homebuilt projects I’ve seen since starting The Kneeslider in 2004. It’s that good. It began when Marek challenged himself with almost impossible goals, followed by absolute personal commitment to learning and doing whatever it took to get the job done. This … [Read more...]

Jetson ONE – an Electric Powered Aerial Recreational Vehicle is the Future You Were Waiting For

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If you want to get the attention of vehicle enthusiasts of all types, you need to show them something new, doing what their current vehicles don't do and can't do, and the Jetson ONE from Jetson Aero just did. I'm not sure what to call it, but ARV (Aerial Recreational Vehicle) sounds about right and it just might mark the beginning of something big. We've all seen the … [Read more...]

Ducati Enters the Electric Motorcycle Race

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In a move surprising to no one, Ducati will join the rapidly growing list of manufacturers developing electric motorcycles, using a racing first philosophy by becoming, starting from the 2023 season, the sole official supplier of motorcycles for the FIM Enel MotoEâ„¢ World Cup, the electric class of the MotoGPâ„¢ World Championship. This is a historic step for the Borgo … [Read more...]