As we move bravely forward into the era of alternative fuels, there are dangers that await. Picture yourself riding through a national park on your new diesel motorcycle and because you're very "green" in your thinking, you use biodiesel to power your bike. Since biodiesel is often made from discarded cooking oil, the aroma trail your bike leaves is slightly reminiscent of … [Read more...]
Alternative energy motorcycles
In the last week or so there has been an enormous amount of press devoted to alternative energy power sources for motor vehicles. Just yesterday, President Bush was at a biodiesel plant and talking up the advantages of using that fuel. Hydrogen has been promoted by numerous government initiatives and we're hearing about some talks between GM and Toyota on the subject of hybrid … [Read more...]
Dead battery winners
I've mentioned Make magazine several times before, if you don't read it, you're missing out, really. They had a neat challenge, Makeshift, that set out a situation where you were camping and after one of the your cohorts leaves the lights on in your car you're stranded with a dead battery 50 miles from anywhere and bad weather closing in. They listed what you had on hand, so … [Read more...]
Amerityre polyurethane spare tire
Wrote a while back about the Tweel which is a no-air tire technology from Michelin coming out for cars and now there's another company bringing out the Amerityre which is a polyurethane spare tire. It takes the place of the little donut tires we often see. I'll be interested to see if they can round off the profile a bit so it can be used on motorcycles. Off road bikes would be … [Read more...]
Baseball, Golf and Motorcycle Racing
If you follow sports of any sort or if you just watch the news, you've noticed all of the steroid hearings and talk of cheating by athletes who use performance enhancing drugs. There are many differing views on this topic but as soon as the government gets involved in defining what's fair, watch out. An interesting article in Slate magazine asks, "If steroids are cheating, why … [Read more...]
X Plane flight simulator software
OK, why is The Kneeslider doing a post about flight simulator software? Besides the fact that X-Plane is the most unbelieveable software available for absolutely realistic flight simulations, I believe Kneeslider readers might enjoy the technical beauty of this. After all, you can get heads up displays for your motorcycle helmet and those are straight out of jet fighter … [Read more...]
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