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Nembo 32 Inverted 3 Cylinder Sport Bike Ready for Production as a 2 Liter

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A few years ago, we showed you the first photos of the Nembo 32, an inverted 3 cylinder engine destined for sport bike use. The intention was to build a couple of prototype bikes and test the engine and handling and work out the bugs, after which they would be ready to move on to an "on request" production model. Well, Daniele tells me, after 4 years of building and testing, … [Read more...]

After the Apocalypse You Can Still Run Your Motorcycle on Wood Gas

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When zombies are shuffling all across the landscape it probably won't be long before leftover gasoline begins to disappear, then what? Well, you could park your sidecar rig and start walking, or you could go the flex fuel route and run it on wood gas. That's what they did in WWII and that's what this guy did over in Russia. On what looks to be a pretty well used Ural Dnepr, … [Read more...]

Polaris Slingshot Video Shown at Dealer Meeting

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Well, isn't this interesting? My sources say a 60 second video was shown of the Polaris Slingshot at the recent dealer meeting. After showing you the patent drawings this past February, we've heard little else. There are VERY few additional details, but we may be looking at a 2014 introduction. Polaris is doing a pretty good job of keeping this under wraps so, we'll let you … [Read more...]

Motus Introduces the Production Version MST and MSTR V4 Sport Touring Motorcycles

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A little over four years ago, Motus first surfaced with a story right here on The Kneeslider, announcing the beginning of a brand new American motorcycle company. In the ensuing years, they've gone through the very long and difficult process of design and redesign, developing everything, quite literally, from scratch. Then a couple of years ago, we showed you the roll … [Read more...]

Hero MotoCorp Buys 49 Percent of Erik Buell Racing

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Hero MotoCorp, already involved in a technical alliance and sponsorship of EBR racing teams, just bought a 49.2 percent stake in Erik Buell Racing for $25 million. The remaining majority portion of the company is still held by Erik Buell. Ravi Sud, chief financial officer of Hero MotoCorp, said Erik Buell would be utilized as an extended research and development center and … [Read more...]

Web Surfer 2 from Mule Motorcycles, the Master of Trackers

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There are a lot of different interpretations of the street tracker style and we've seen quite a few of them here recently, including a Ducati and even Mert Lawwill's version, but when you want to see what many believe are some of the best, you go to the master, Richard Pollock of Mule Motorcycles. Richard's eye for symmetry and proportion, not to mention his ability to mix and … [Read more...]