Is motorcycling expensive or affordable? Yes. Wait, ... what? The simple fact is that you can spend as much or as little as you want to and enjoy it either way. The latest and greatest factory machinery is often beautiful to look at with all of the performance the pros demand, but if you want to ride on the street with a bit of the competition look, have fun and still have … [Read more...]
Twin Turbo 4 Liter BMW V8 Powered Proboost M1
You can build a motorcycle for a lot of reasons, sometimes there's a theme or style like a cafe racer or maybe a street tracker, but other times a builder just does what he wants and that's what we have here, the Proboost M1. I noticed it while looking over the bikes for sale and it made me smile. It looks like it was built to highlight the Proboost Turbosystems business so the … [Read more...]
1980 Egli Turbo Kawasaki Offered for Sale
In a world of constant internet auctions, where everything is available for sale, where rarity itself is, well, rare, a few motorcycles still hide away, known to a few, but rarely if ever seen and certainly never offered for sale, then, out of the blue, one pops up, a 1980 Egli 1MRD Turbo Kawasaki. Eleven years ago I wrote about one of these, referring to a Cycle … [Read more...]
How To Drive and Steer the Same Wheel in a Two Wheel Steering Motorcycle
Last summer we showed the latest version of Bob Horn's recumbent racer with two wheel steering. If you're new here, Bob's race bike is his own design and entirely scratch built and when you decide to incorporate 2WS, you can't just look around to see how everyone else did it and choose the method you like best, because recumbent 2WS race bikes are non existent. So Bob thought … [Read more...]
MadBoxer Brings Kickboxer Subaru WRX CAD Concept to Life
It all started years ago, in 2009, when we featured a series of Solidworks CAD drawings by Ian McElroy for a concept motorcycle called “Kickboxer.” The idea was to create a radical, but carefully planned design using the 2.5 liter engine from a Subaru WRX. The drawings were a big hit and quickly made their way all around the world until a friend sent one to Marcel van Hooijdonk … [Read more...]
BMW K100 Custom – A Gentleman’s Express by Alex Zemlin
Alex Zemlin has been on The Kneeslider twice before with his Honda CB 1.5 and then again with his VTR 1000 Super Hawk GT. In both instances, his work displayed that finished factory look, where many miss the amount of work done until a closer look begins to reveal the truth. His attention to detail is apparent everywhere and his build quality is top notch. He's still … [Read more...]
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