By now, most of you have heard about the film Faster covering the MotoGP world. Well, now we have a film scheduled for release this summer of 2005 by the name of Hooligan. It's all about riders of old British iron, cafe racers, the neat old machinery without the plastic or truckloads of chrome. These are the bikes built and rebuilt and ridden with pride. They have a Quicktime … [Read more...]
Old motorcycles and motorcycle engines
It's probably apparent that I like motorcycle engines. Old motorcycles and motorcycle engines are especially neat because there was such a wide variation in their design and appearance. Today, many engines are hard to distinguish from one another. As I was looking for something else I came across this web site, the Wolverhampton Museum of Industry in England. Now I admit I … [Read more...]
London’s Ace Cafe
If you hang around here at The Kneeslider, chances are the old cafe racers would be of interest, eh? Well, go to The Ace Cafe in London and check them out. They have a huge online image file of cafe racers and street fighters. Worth a peek and something to give you ideas if you've been thinking of a winter garage project. … [Read more...]
Vintage Motorcycle Days
AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days 2005 celebrate Ducati (Thanks to Roadracing World Magazine for the pointer). Ducati will be featured July 15-17, 2005 at the Mid-Ohio Roadracing Course in Lexington, Ohio. We'll be there, will you? … [Read more...]
Aussie racers
Our Australian readers like to keep us up to date on goings on down under. John Scerri sent us a few photos of the old machines they've been riding and racing. His Triumph racer has gone 147mph at Phillip Island. It looks great. John also has a Matchless street bike project under way. John makes replacement primary belt drives for several different machines, his racer has … [Read more...]
Old Ducati info
The Search For The Lost Bike is another Ducati effort to fill in the blanks in the company history as far as examples of past motorcycles and other information. If you have a Ducati that is a little out of the ordinary or advertising, manuals or other literature from the years 1946 to 1970, let them know. You may play a part in the reconstruction. … [Read more...]