The Kneeslider

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Project Imola Ducati Kit bike

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Tired of waiting for your Ducati Sport Classic? Roll your own with this Project Imola kit from Baines Racing. You start with a 900, 750 or 600SS or monster to use as a donor bike, transfer the engine, wheels, front fork and various other pieces and what you end up with is the spitting image of an old bevel drive Ducati. So, while Ducati is gearing up for production of their … [Read more...]

DIY Panniers

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OK, it's the weekend and you have a little time so break out the tools and build yourself some panniers. (the lawn can wait, there's always tomorrow) If you're planning to ride through Central America or maybe up to Alaska on the Pan American highway, these are just the ticket. Maybe you can do your own ride around the world TV show, why should that be reserved for the semi … [Read more...]

Nozzle Condoms

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Very cool. Called Little Red Caps, these have lots of uses out in the shop, sealing open tubes of most anything, sealing the opening of pneumatic tools, covering the ends of gas and hydraulic lines, they have a lot more listed on their site and I bet you can think of about 50 more uses yourself. (Gotta wonder about just when the guy thought this up) They're available at … [Read more...]

Chopper style pizza cutters

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Now this is different. Here's a guy who likes to machine functional objects with high style. He decided to make some pizza cutters in the outlaw biker style. Very cool! His artistic description seems a little over the top but the cutters are great. Link via BoingBoing … [Read more...]

Make magazine motorcycle hacks

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I mentioned Make magazine some time back. It's dedicated to the person who just can't leave well enough alone and keeps asking, "What if?" They've just completed their second issue and their third issue is going to have a transportation section. In the meantime, if you have some ideas for car and transportation hacking, you can submit your ideas here. One of their readers … [Read more...]

Rocket bike

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What happens if you take a bicycle and strap on a rocket? Donald Pottier did just that and set a new record at 242.61kph (that's 150.75 mph). Now, I've had my ZX11 up at that speed but a bicycle? Hmm... I didn't know there were any Z-rated bicycle tires. A man and his workshop can be an interesting combination. This was a few years ago but I don't know if anyone has been crazy … [Read more...]