The Kneeslider

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British motoring translations

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Ok, you just bought your shiny new Triumph and you're right proud, you are, but wait! If you show up at the local pub and talk like an American, they'll laugh and tell you to get a Harley. Don't despair, there's help, The American's Guide to Speaking British. It will make you a proper English gent, after all, if you say you need some gas, they may think you're barmy and tell … [Read more...]

Follow up on police forum

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There's been a LOT of follow up on that forum where the police were joking about the crashed biker. Seems like it got pretty heated. Wow. … [Read more...]

More motorcycle powered cars

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A couple of weeks ago I was talking about what I called the "universal engine" concept, where I said you can put almost any engine into any vehicle if it has the proper power characteristics. I'm not sure "motorcycle engines" or "car engines" really exist. Yesterday I pointed to the SR8, a racecar with a modified Hayabusa engine and today I found the T-Rex three wheeler, … [Read more...]

Hayabusa V8 engine

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Radical Extreme Sports Cars started building race cars powered by superbike engines back in 1996. They began using Suzuki engines and it looks like they have been fairly successful. Their latest creation, the SR8, goes a step farther. Instead of just dropping in a complete engine, they built a V8 by grafting two Hayabusa engines together. So far the figures are 372hp and the … [Read more...]

Color Tires for Motorcycles

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These have been available in Europe for a few years but they are now available in the US for those of you who have to get the look just right. Tomahawk superbike tires come in several colors so you can have those red tires for your Ducati or green for your Kawasaki. Like anything else, you have to get used to the look but after a while they'll probably look perfectly … [Read more...]

Computer Motorcycle Art

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What do you do with that old computer when it's ready for the junk pile? Wait! Take it apart and look at all of the neat pieces, put them together in different ways and you get art. Very cool. Some parts look like something all by themselves but if you have an eye for this sort of thing you can get really creative. Look at the other artwork this guy has done, too. … [Read more...]