The Kneeslider

Doers Builders and Positive People

Subaru STi turbo ATV

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Remember the Crocodile Dundee movie where he says "That's not a knife, THIS is a knife," well those folks down under are at it again, only this time it would be, that's not an ATV, THIS is an ATV! The STI-ATV. You start with the turbo engine from a Subaru WRX STi, 227hp, you build a frame with a little bodywork, add 5 speeds and 4WD and the whole thing weighs in about 1200 … [Read more...]

Revetec engine

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There are a lot of alternative engine designs and technologies out there, more than a person can keep up with. This one, the Revetec, was pointed out to me (Thanks, Aaron), and comes from Australia. It's a boxer design but uses a central cam setup to harness the power from the piston. They have been working on this since 2001 and now have running prototypes and they've been … [Read more...]

Hokey Spokes

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They're made for bicycles but there's no reason you can't put Hokey Spokes on your motorcycle. These LED blades that attach to the wheel spell out messages or make designs as you ride. Hmm... Pimp my bike. Funny thing is, I think I saw a similar product at the SEMA show for cars mounted on some 22 inch or 26 inch wheels and they were thousands of dollars. These are $29.95. … [Read more...]

Jim Feuling

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With all of this talk of the Hayabusa V8, I neglected to mention the Feuling W3. Jim Feuling, who passed away in 2002, was a prolific inventor and engineer. I first noticed him back around 1990 or so when he developed 4 valve heads for the Harley Davidson Evo engine. I thought of him again the other day when I saw the rerun of a Biker Build Off episode where Cory Ness built his … [Read more...]

Hubcap Creatures

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These sculptures are another example of scrap art that I find oddly fascinating. This fellow, Hubcap Creatures by Ptolemy, takes hubcaps found on the roadside and turns them into all sorts of creatures, lots of fish and aquatic life but some other stuff, too. I ran across this sometime in the last week or so and I can't remember where. I previously pointed out scrap art here … [Read more...]

3D printers and Fab labs

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A while back I said easy access to advanced software made smaller shops capable of high level design and engineering and used the Motoczysz C1 and Hayabusa V8 as examples. Well, hold on to your hat, Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore. Some time ago I read a few brief articles on 3D printers and thought, hmm... interesting, after which I pretty much forgot about them. Seems a … [Read more...]