EJ Potter, the Michigan Madman," built a continuously evolving "widow maker" Chevy powered drag bike over the years, a crazy machine with the V8 mounted sideways and direct drive to the rear wheel. When the engine was fired and up to speed, he kicked out the stand and off he went in a cloud of tire smoke, aiming the bike the best he could. It was always one helluva … [Read more...]
Muzzy Racing Kawasaki in NHRA Pro Stock
After some major rules changes at the end of last year it looks like Rob Muzzy will be back with Kawasaki for the 2007 NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle drag racing season. They'll be campaigning a ZX-14 naturally so it will be interesting to see what they can do to these machines. Of course, Pro Stock does allow some pretty radical one off engines as long as they fit the displacement … [Read more...]
Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials on SpeedTV
The International Motorcycle Speed Trials held at Bonneville back in September where Chris Carr piloted the BUB streamliner to a new record of 350.884 mph will be shown on SpeedTV in a two part special. The first part will air this Sunday, December 3rd at 3PM eastern and part two will next Sunday, December 10th, also at 3PM eastern. This year was pretty special with 3 … [Read more...]
Nicky Hayden – 2006 MotoGP World Champion
In the end of season battle where both Hayden and Rossi had to perform at their best to determine the championship, Nicky Hayden did what he had to do and Rossi made an unforced error. After a bad start dropped Rossi from the pole to 7th position, he was stuck in traffic and having a hard time trying to move up. Hayden, ran up to second spot and then was passed by Capirossi and … [Read more...]
Kawasaki ZX-14 Runs Over 200 mph
A ZX14 prepared by Brocks Performance Products ran 200.92 mph at the ECTA (East Coast Timing Association) speed trials in North Carolina a few weeks ago. There have been quite a few street bikes able to crack the 200 mph mark in recent years but this ZX14 did it without nitrous, without a turbo and without a supercharger. This was no big bore monster, either, in fact, it was … [Read more...]
Hayden – Pedrosa – MotoGP
The Kneeslider is not primarily a racing site but if you've been following the MotoGP this year you already know how the championship is getting extremely exciting as the season rolls along. Rossi had an awful start this year with setup problems on his Yamaha while Hayden had a lot of consistent podium finishes which eventually gave him the points lead. Rossi mounted a charge … [Read more...]
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