Polaris, well known for ATVs and their Victory cruiser line, came to the Long Beach motorcycle show loaded with something a bit outside their usual lineup. Taking an 800cc parallel twin from an ATV, they built the Vision, a concept bike that looks like nothing I've ever seen. The bike uses a CVT type transmission and shaft drive on a single sided swingarm. There are no foot … [Read more...]
Rapid prototypes
Rapid prototyping is a relatively new engineering process where some very interesting work is going on. The fab labs we spoke of earlier do rapid prototyping using printers that build up 3 dimensional objects, one thin layer at a time. Some of the objects they build can't really be made any other way but one of the things you couldn't do with the process was build anything that … [Read more...]
We Need More Energy – but not THAT energy!
Next time you're standing at the gas pump feeling your wallet flatten, your might think finding more oil would be one way to help lower those prices a bit. Keeping those dollars in the hands of folks a little more friendly wouldn't be a bad idea either, not to mention the economic benefits and everyone being a little better off. I know I've had those thoughts and when I see a … [Read more...]
Extreme Gravity Racing by GM
We mentioned Extreme Gravity Racing before and I notice GM has a story on the Fastlane Blog about their entry. Looks pretty swoopy. The bit about spinning out and crossing the finish line backwards at 52mph was neat. Just think what happens if they can average this into their corporate average fuel economy figures. Along with Craig Vetter's streamlined fairing for … [Read more...]
Motorcycles at Wal-Mart – why not?
As we said yesterday, the mailbag is great reading and Tom S., who sent in the idea for our post, had another closely related thought with equal merit. First, let's let Tom explain it: You're walking through a Walmart Supercenter, and there, between Automotive and Sporting Goods, is a small motorcycle. The decal on it says it's a Briggs and Stratton Sting. It's prep'ed … [Read more...]
Expanding Honda’s motorcycle lineup downward
The Kneeslider mailbag is definitely an interesting place to spend a little time, not only do lots of you see things I miss, some of you come up with great ideas. Comments on a number of posts have wondered why all of the new motorcycles are moving upscale. Big bikes, big dollars and sometimes way more motorcycle than you want or need. Suppose there was an expanding range of … [Read more...]
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