Yamaha has still more concepts for the Tokyo Motor Show, this is the Yamaha Luxair, a hybrid motorcycle that looks more scooter than motorcycle or perhaps you might call it a recumbent motorcycle. It certainly has the low seat height many of you have been asking for. It has a gasoline engine and electric motor in parallel, the electric motor kicks in for help during … [Read more...]
Honda DN-01 Human-Friendly Transmission (HFT)
Honda will be displaying the DN-01 at the Tokyo Motor Show with details of their Human Friendly Transmission, or HFT. It says it is scheduled for market launch but I'm not sure if they mean immediately or sometime in the near future. I think this one will be pretty popular with the growing demand for automatic transmission equipped motorcycles. Will automatics begin to move … [Read more...]
How Much Can Motorcycle Design Change?
Are all of the wild and crazy, no limits, do as you please bikers really a very conservative group of buyers? Does everyone buy what they always have bought or what all of their buddies buy? Does different technology sell if you can see it? At least 2 of The Kneeslider's regular readers are working on motorcycle projects with Hossack front suspensions, Hugo, with the … [Read more...]
Motorcycles Made in America
How many American motorcycle companies can you name? Everyone knows Harley Davidson and most know Indian. The more knowledgeable will list Crocker and then Excelsior and Henderson, but after those, the names usually come more slowly. Although this may hold true in other countries as well, many enthusiasts here in the U.S. are able to cite British or Italian companies back to … [Read more...]
Buell Dirt Bikes Delayed Indefinitely
It looks like Buell Motorcycles will not be adding a dirt bike to their lineup anytime soon. Although the program was supposedly still in the works last month when I interviewed Erik: Kneeslider: What about the dirt bike project? Is there anything you can say about that? Erik Buell: It’s definitely a project underway and when we talked about it last January we said we … [Read more...]
Neander Turbo Diesel Motorcycle is Introduced
The promise of a production turbo diesel motorcycle has been long anticipated since we first saw photos and drawings of the prototypes and now Neander Motors is announcing the introduction of their first Neander Turbo Diesel motorcycle. The very first production unit will be on display at the international motorcycle show “Mondial du Deux-Roue†in Paris from September 28th … [Read more...]
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