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5000cc V-Twin Motorcycle Engine For Sale

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One of our readers from the land of Oz left a comment on yesterday's post about Roland Sands, suggesting another possible engine for the bike. What Dodgy found was a 5000cc Rolls Royce Merlin V-twin motorcycle engine! This engine was built in 1982 and was adapted from a 27 liter V12 aero engine by Australian engineer Lucky Keizer. According to the listing it was used in a … [Read more...]

Yamaha Vmax Powered 3 Wheeler

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We've covered a lot of motorcycle powered cars on The Kneeslider but here's one I've missed made by the Malone Car Company. These 3 wheelers are powered by a variety of motorcycle engines and this listing on ebay caught my eye. It's called the Malone Skunk Max powered by a Yamaha Vmax. The Malone Car company is a small firm located in England started in 1997 by Jon Malone. … [Read more...]

Radial Engine Motorcycle by JRL Cycles

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Thanks to a comment by Jenn, we now know where the radial engine powered motorcycle #2 comes from, it's JRL Cycles in Black Hawk, South Dakota. The bike will be on display this year at the EAA flyin and air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and after that will be in Sturgis. JRL is also an official distributor for the Rotec radial used in both motorcycles we wrote about. There's … [Read more...]

Muzzys 500hp ZX10R Turbo Kit

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Muzzys has been a big name in the Kawasaki racing business for a lot of years and there's a good reason for that, they make some pretty cool stuff. They've already made a few things for the new ZX14 but as I was looking over their web site at new products something just stuck out, a turbo kit for the ZX10R. It comes in a Stage 1 and Stage 3 version (hmm ... where's Stage 2?). … [Read more...]

Radial Engine Motorcycle #2

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The radial engine is a thing of beauty and it looks like several other folks think the same thing. After we posted the radial motorcycle yesterday, we contacted Rotec Engineering, makers of these 7 cylinder radial engines, and according to them, there are at least 4 of these projects in various stages of completion at the present time. Yesterday's bike and this one as well seem … [Read more...]

Radial Engine Powered Motorcycle

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One of our readers sent us this photo of a motorcycle powered by a 7 cylinder radial engine! We have no details of where this is from or who built it. If any of you have seen this or know more about it, please let us know. Several motorcycle builders, including Confederate, say they are using a radial engine when what they have is simply a two cylinder slice. This bike uses the … [Read more...]