Five years ago, the Drysdale V8 motorcycle shown in the photo above, was stolen from its owner in Melbourne, Australia. It was chained to another motorcycle, but the chain was cut and only the Drysdale was taken, the other bike was left behind. This wasn't random, it appears to be a classic "stolen to order" operation. We wrote about the bike here and it wasn't long … [Read more...]
Nembo 32 Type 3 Provocator Continues Development of Unique Design
It was just over 9 years ago that we unveiled the Nembo 32 here on The Kneeslider. The inverted three cylinder engine sparked a lively conversation in the comments with both cheers and jeers in abundance. Daniele Sabatini, continued development of his engine and built a complete motorcycle around it which was track tested and performed quite well. Production and sale of the … [Read more...]
Motorcycling is Affordable if You Want it to Be – It’s Up to You
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...]
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