If the names Bakker, Dresda, Harris, Spondon or many others like them ring a bell, you'll find Motorcycle Road & Racing Chassis a very interesting book. Just published, it covers 15 specialty frame builders, some still in business, some not, with stories of how they came about and photos of the frames and completed bikes they built over the years. If you read The Kneeslider, … [Read more...]
F3 Adrenaline from TriRod Motorcycles
With the Can-Am Spyder just hitting the showrooms it didn't take long for other builders to begin producing trikes of their own. This is the F3 Adrenaline from TriRod Motorcycles of San Diego, California. From an appearance standpoint, it has the Spyder beat. Carbon fiber fenders and body panels are matte black which offsets the billet and chrome elsewhere. Power comes from … [Read more...]
Project M85 – Freeride Motorcycle Mountain Bike
Two very motivated college students, working on a degree in Industrial Design, had to decide on their thesis project and the end result is one superb piece. The M85 Freeride Motorcycle is a combination of a small motorcycle engine, from the Kawasaki KX85, and handbuilt everything else that comes out somewhere between a KTM 450sxf and a Yeti 303 mountain bike in geometry. It's … [Read more...]
Kawasaki Ninja Flat Tracker?
Yesterday's offline browsing led to a short piece in Cycle World about Bill Werner, the top tuner for Grand National champions, who built a Kawasaki Ninja 650 based flat tracker. That reminded me of a comment here on The Kneeslider and after doing some digging I found it along with a link to a photo. (Shown above) Remember the story about motocross bikes converted to road … [Read more...]
The Kneeslider – the Motorcycle Magazine Rack
My Internet connection from the friendly folks at Verizon decided to go offline this morning, (along with the connection of many thousands of others) so I thought I would use the time to catch up on the motorcycle magazines I’ve been piling up instead of reading. Found a few interesting items … Greggs Customs / GC-Cycles, one of our advertisers here at The Kneeslider, … [Read more...]
Mazda Rotary Engine Motorcycle Finished
Remember the Mazda rotary powered motorcycle we brought you back in May? Many of you have asked about it since then but I didn’t have any more information about it. As I was perusing the latest Cycle World, there it was again, all finished now and one of their featured American Flyers. The bike is the work of Rodney Aguiar, who’s done work for Roland Sands, among others. … [Read more...]
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