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Motorcycle computer case

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There's a pretty active group of computer users doing case mods. They remove the guts of their computers and install them in things like 1940's era radios or maybe aquariums or they just create a totally new case where their imagination is the limit. This one might interest The Kneeslider's readers, it's a motorcycle computer case and to turn on the computer you have to turn an … [Read more...]

Yamaha paper motorcycle models

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Want your own 50th anniversary edition of the Yamaha MotoGP bike? Yamaha will give you one, sort of, at the Yamaha papercraft site. You can download a paper foldup model and build it yourself. Want a V-Max or an R1? You can have one. These look very cool. You might figure those folks from the land of origami might come up with something like this. You need the free Adobe … [Read more...]

DA42-TDI Twin Star aircraft

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With all of our posts on the Star Twin 1200 TDI sportbike you might start thinking we believe turbo diesel is a good idea. More reading on the EAA website shows the DA42-TDI Twin Star twin engine aircraft getting FAA certification. Turbo diesels in an airplane! Lately, diesels have been shattering everyone's preconceived notions of what diesels are all about. Diesels are … [Read more...]

Motoart

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Several times I've pointed out scrap metal art and the like and as I was looking over the EAA website after updating info on the HondaJet, I saw this item on Motoart. This company takes parts and pieces of old airplanes and turns them into furniture, sculpture and all sorts of neat things. How about the Aqua Bomb, a ten gallon aquarium made from a MK-84 bomb tailfin. Perhaps a … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Stamps – Do It Yourself PhotoStamps

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This is very cool. For some time now, you could order postage and print it out on your printer, that way you never have to run to the post office for a stamp. It's very convenient and useful and all of that but their idea guys have been hard at work and developed PhotoStamps. You take your favorite photo, of anything, upload it to their site, crop, zoom, rotate, whatever you … [Read more...]

Smartuki For Sale

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Peter Bee, the owner of the Smartuki, just informed me the Smartuki is for sale. Pete's off on his next project and the wife's put her foot down, sell this one first! Since I'm eager to see how his next car turns out I'm trying to help. If you are seriously interested, send your contact info here and I'll forward it to Pete. Remember, the car is currently located in the U.K. so … [Read more...]