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Motorcycle Builders – Bottpower

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The Bottpower Project is so named because the builders liked the concept of the Battle of the Twins race series from some years back. The BOTT 1000 Morlaco, their current project, is powered by a Honda 954cc Fireblade engine and incorporates a Hossack-style front suspension mounted on a trellis type frame. Hugo Van Waaijen, industrial designer on the project and in charge … [Read more...]

Monotrack Experimental by Dan Hanebrink

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Came across this photo a while back and thought you might like to see some original thinking in the motorcycle design field, this is the Monotrack Experimental built back in the early seventies by Dan Hanebrink. The description on the Hanebrink site (no longer there) pretty much sums it up: In 1971 "Cycle News" publisher Chuck Clayton asked Costa Mesa, California … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Builders continued

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This is getting interesting. Since yesterday's post about motorcycle builders we've received numerous responses, a few in the comments and some by email from builders both well known and unknown, many of these bikes look very unique and well thought out. It's amazing many of these builders haven't received the coverage they deserve, where have these guys been hiding? The … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Builders We Are Looking For You

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We're looking for a few good builders. It's no surprise to readers of The Kneeslider we have a bias toward motorcycle builders here, or any builders for that matter, who take the initiative to create their idea of the perfect motorcycle or car. Among these creators, not everyone is equally skilled in all areas and sometimes their talent is focused in one segment of the process … [Read more...]

Roland Sands KRV5 Tracker

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The KRV5 Tracker by Roland Sands took 9th place in the 2006 World Championship Of Custom Bike Building held at Sturgis this year. As we noted previously, this bike is powered by a Kenny Roberts V5 MotoGP engine. The front end is a modified GSXR1000 unit with Performance Machine wheels all around and the PM brakes, emulating the original board trackers, are at the rear only! … [Read more...]

Dodge Tomahawk Replica Update

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After our post on the Dodge Tomahawk replica, we received a comment pointing out these were for sale on Alibaba as the X Racer. Well, that's true, but it gives a misleading idea about the one we had in our post. I had a phone conversation with Howard Dorf, the builder of the replica in the photo, a replica he designed and built. In the course of building this project, he … [Read more...]