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Smartuki Rebuild Almost Complete

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Ever since introducing Smartuki in June of last year, it's been one of our most popular stories here at The Kneeslider. For those of you who have been following along, you'll know it was originally built over in England by Z Cars and Peter Bee who thought a 180hp Suzuki GSX-R1000 engine might be a good fit for the little Smart. He was right and he had quite a bit of fun with … [Read more...]

Gearhead Designs Motorcycle Decor

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Dig around in your garage and what do you have? Look under the workbench, don't forget that box behind the trash can, pretty soon you have an old piston or two, a rear sprocket and old chain, maybe some transmission parts, but what are they good for? Well, Gearhead Designs started when Randel dug around a bunch of old motorcycle parts he had lying around, put them all … [Read more...]

Yamaha Vmax Powered 3 Wheeler

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We've covered a lot of motorcycle powered cars on The Kneeslider but here's one I've missed made by the Malone Car Company. These 3 wheelers are powered by a variety of motorcycle engines and this listing on ebay caught my eye. It's called the Malone Skunk Max powered by a Yamaha Vmax. The Malone Car company is a small firm located in England started in 1997 by Jon Malone. … [Read more...]

Radial Engine Motorcycle by JRL Cycles

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Thanks to a comment by Jenn, we now know where the radial engine powered motorcycle #2 comes from, it's JRL Cycles in Black Hawk, South Dakota. The bike will be on display this year at the EAA flyin and air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and after that will be in Sturgis. JRL is also an official distributor for the Rotec radial used in both motorcycles we wrote about. There's … [Read more...]

Industrial and Scientific Amazon Store

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There's a new store on Amazon: Industrial and Scientific. Lots of readers of The Kneeslider like to build all kinds of things, and sometimes you need some ... you know ... stuff. Metal, gears, wire, bearings, springs ... stuff. They have quite a selection so when you're building that little mechanical ... thing, go over there and get some stuff. Link: Industrial and … [Read more...]

Muzzys 500hp ZX10R Turbo Kit

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Muzzys has been a big name in the Kawasaki racing business for a lot of years and there's a good reason for that, they make some pretty cool stuff. They've already made a few things for the new ZX14 but as I was looking over their web site at new products something just stuck out, a turbo kit for the ZX10R. It comes in a Stage 1 and Stage 3 version (hmm ... where's Stage 2?). … [Read more...]