The Kneeslider is fortunate to have a lot of readers from all over the world and sometimes they send us photos about a motorcycle they've built, but, though the information is all there, I have to rely on Google translate to sort it all out, and that's what I was working with here, a Kawasaki ZR7 based cafe racer from builder Roman Juris of Slovakia. Translation difficulties … [Read more...]
Suzuki GT750 Water Buffalo
If you're on the lookout for an exceptional vintage motorcycle coming up for sale, hoping to find a nice classic, you'll constantly see great examples of all of the usual suspects, the CB750, Kawasaki Z1s, every variety of Triumph and Norton, and many, many others, but it's nice to see really clean examples of bikes like this one, a Suzuki GT750. The GT750 is a two stroke … [Read more...]
Bringing Manufacturing Back to the USA
Technology Review is currently running an excellent series of articles, the last one I mentioned, about shale gas, fired everyone up and subsequently, many readers missed the point, which was how it could help bring manufacturing back to the USA. The magazine is trickling these articles out day by day and the latest one goes into the "reshoring" initiative that's really taking … [Read more...]
Bad Dog Tools Drill Bits
CES, the consumer electronics show is running right now and, as you would expect, the latest electronic gadgets are on display. TechCrunch was wandering around the show and came across Bad Dog Tools, what they're doing at CES is anyone's guess, maybe electronics installers looking for tools would be interested, but whatever the reason, you should check out these drill bits. … [Read more...]
Could Shale Gas Help Kick Start Motorcycle Manufacturing and Sales in the US?
If you live in the US and you've been paying attention, you already know fracking is opening up huge reserves of natural gas and consequently lowering the price, lower by far than most everywhere else in the world. While some might look at that as a sign we should convert all of our internal combustion engines to CNG, which isn't a bad idea, it's the boatload of other benefits … [Read more...]
Hyper Pro Racer from Australia Puts Yamaha 450 WR Power on 4 Wheels
It's been a while since we talked about any motorcycle powered cars on The Kneeslider and I just got a note about the Hyper Pro Racer so I thought I'd take a look. The 5 valve Yamaha 450 WR engine is designed for dirt bikes, but the Aussies thought it would be ideal for their track car built for the Hyper Racer spec series where all cars are the same and the engine is sealed. … [Read more...]
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