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Rolling Off the Throttle for the Holidays

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There’s snow outside my window, Christmas decorations are up, it’s time to roll off the throttle, pull into the garage and get warm. I have a ton of work to do on all of that back end stuff you guys never see and this is the time to do it. The Kneeslider needs some maintenance and tuning up so if you happen to hear a wrench drop on the floor while you’re here, that’s just me, ignore it and keep reading.

I sincerely hope 2010 has been a great year for you, wherever in the world you are. I’ve been incredibly busy offline this year, but the results have been worth it. I’m looking forward to diving into 2011 and making it my best year ever, I hope you will challenge yourself to do the same. If 2010 wasn’t all you hoped, you have a brand new chance to do it better this time. Choose something specific to accomplish every day, decide on your goals and get to work.

I truly appreciate each and every one of you who visits The Kneeslider. The comments, contacts and emails I receive are sometimes amazing, often fun and it’s good to know I’m doing a few things right, maybe next year I can do even better.

May every one of you have a wonderful holiday season, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! See you soon.

Paul Crowe
“The Kneeslider”

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Comments

  3. Thanks for all the great content, looking forward to reading more in 2011.

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

  4. Another fine year at thekneeslider! Nicely done! My resolution is to resurrect my 920R cafe project. I use this site as a source of inspiration and motivation.
    Merry Christmas!

  5. Merry Christmas! I just bought my first bike back in September and, being in central Alabama, the weather keeps teasing me by being just warm enough that I could grit my teeth and run up the highway a pace. New Year’s resolution is to pack on some more miles and experience on my way to graduating December 2011.

  7. Your site is my daily escape from work and my source of inspiration for working at home in the shop. Congratulations, merry christmas, and happy new year.

  8. Merry Christmas from me too and thank you for giving us the best motorcycle news site on the web (quoting Scott)!

  10. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,,,,my favorite site for motorcycle news and info….thank you for all your work and input.

  11. Merry Christmas Paul:
    Love your site and appreciate all the hard work you must put into it! I check it almost every day. May the New Year be good to you and yours.

    Thank you,
    Jeff Giese

  13. Thanks Paul for all the interesting things I could have missed if not for The Kneeslider and to all the readers / posters for keeping our grey matter active.

    Holiday wishes to all and a thought for 2011…

    Rubber Cam Lobes – Increased lift and duration with increased RPM – Food for thought.
    Enjoy!!!

  14. Paul- Thank you so much for all of your hard work on this website. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your efforts to keep this site positive. The Internet is slowly turning into a cesspool. Most sites I can’t read more than 2 or 3 comments before I just give up and leave. The negativity just keeps getting worse. The Kneeslider is the exception that I truly wish could be held up as the standard for others to live up to. I don’t believe in censorship but I do believe in civility. So many websites could use some active moderation to weed out some of the nastiness. If you have a valid opinion, it can be expressed without vulgarity and vitriol. My thanks to the whole Kneeslider community for contributing positively to the discussions and my thanks to Paul for sharing so many awesome and unique motorcycles. I am really looking forward to 2011 and what further treasures you will unearth for us.

  15. Thanks Paul for a great website & my daily escape to the sane motorcycle world,Have a great Christmas & looking foreward to a Happy two wheeled New Year…keep up the good work….

  16. Thanks Paul for such an excellent site. I’ll remember you this winter while I’m out riding in the California sun… Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

    -todd

  17. Paul, thanks for the great website and insite you have.

    Looks like I will be riding this Christmas!

    Mick – Albuquerque NM

  18. Echoing MotoRandom’s comment on the civility and maturity of you (us) guys / gals (or ‘y’all’ depending on your personal geography) and Paul’s efforts to keep the site a cuss-free, no-dissing allowed, no-brag zone.
    I don’t remember how I stumbled in here, but now it’s my home page. Unfortunately at work, this does frequently cause me minor delays throughout the day… 🙂
    Merry Christmas to all, and to Paul, a good night!

  19. So nice to have this site….open to all who love bikes…….it’s a sickness with no cure thankfully…….and I do like ALL the comments !

  21. Merry Christmas to you too, and thanks for all the work that goes into maintaining a great web site. Looking forward to seeing you again in 2011.

  22. Merry Xmas to you also. Thanks for so much great information and foresight.
    I guess it’s time to get serious and put my new shop together. I’ll never get one as good as Mule but it’s a goal. Moved my Vespa’s (4) & Topper projects into the garage today. \78 Goldwing comes tommorrow. Working on getting power in there and then finishing the insulation and walls. Then the equipment welders, lathe, lift, tool boxes,cabinets etc. I hope to be up and working in it by the end of January and if it’s good enough I hope to be able to share some photo’s. I guess I need to take some pics so I can show some progress don’t I.
    Well lets all have a Happy New Year and support the Motorcycle World we love.
    Paul,
    Thanks Again
    Dano

  23. happy holidays Paul – this is one of my favorite sites!

    Come back fresh and creative after the break.

    M

  24. Merry Christmas to everyone! Great job Paul, your site just continues to improve! Enjoy the holidays in your garage.

  25. Great work on your / our web site, motorcycling needs people to build motorcycles out of anything or any bike of the parts that are now easier to find on the internet.What ever motorcycle genre you are into don,t be affraid to build it! and call it your own motorcycle. (remember to improve a riding skill in the new year).
    Thanks kneesliders!

  26. Paul, once again, we thank you for an excellent, informative and well done website. Yes, I wish I had your skills and talent. Enjoy the break and don’t spend too much time tweaking.

    To you and the family, please have a very Merry Christmas and an excellent, happy, healthy and SAFE New Year.

  27. Paul, I can not surf without stopping in on your site first …. every day! Thanks for all your effort and for making this the best motorcycle content site on the net!
    All the best in the New Year!

  28. Paul – I too echo the comments above
    Great site – which I go to every day – and the comments are always courteous and more importantly informed

    I’m hoping to get the bike out over Christmas but have had 2 lots of snow here in the UK so waiting for the salt to get washed off the road by the rain first!!

    Everybody have a good Christmas – and if riding; Ride Safe

  29. Excellent site Paul. My daily motorcycle inspiration. I have no idea how hard it is to make or maintain a web site like this but it is truely appreciated. Thank you from the bottom of my gear infested heart. God Yule! and the best to you and your loved ones in the new year.

  32. Thanks for all your work Paul in making The Kneeslider a daily visit for me. Happy holidays and a great 2011!

    Peter in Brisbane, Australia

  33. To everyone who reads this, and to all of you who comment on things posted, and most of all to Paul, who makes this site so interesting for all of us!

    Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

    Mark L.

  34. Thanks for all the hard work effort. I’ve been following the kneeslider for over a year now and have sent the link to all my riding or tinkering buddies. I make it part of my morning everyday and enjoy it greatly.

    Have a wonderful holiday time and I look forward to all that The Kneeslider will offer in 2011.

    Maurice

  35. Take your well deserved break . Ha ha I know what its like . thank you for providing
    us with a wonderful M/C site. you do a awesome job . I’ll be right here watching for you
    to get back in gear. Take all the time you need. Ho Ho FE

  36. Merry Christmas to you Paul, you deserve a break you im sure The Kneeslider will be rocking again in 2011!

  37. Happy Holidays to everyone and thank you Paul for this awesome site. I always enjoy the information, ideas, projects, inspiration available here. Your writing is amazing and often leaves me wishing I could convery my thoughts and ideas as well as you.

  38. No; Paul I thank you for allof the hours of thought provoking reading, and some great debated that have come after. You also have provided a long list of interesting machines built very much under the premise of ‘Why not’, and I think that is awesome. I’d rather read of that than the latest 100K plus niche bike.
    Merry/Happy~ whichever!
    Duffey

  39. I frequent many hobby web sites, motorcycling being just one of my interests, and yours is truly unique. To be able to post without the uncivilized behavior common to a lot of hobby blogs is a credit to your diligence and hard work in monitoring the content of this site. Thank you!

    Everyone have a Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year…

  40. One of only two sites I ever allow myself to visit at work! Thanks, Paul for the wide variety of stunning news and bikes you present to us eager readers every week. You may want to “bore and stroke” the server, because I suggest this site as a fave to every fellow biker I meet. Same comment every time….”That Kneeslider is the coolest site!” Best wishes this Holiday season to you and all the readers.

  41. ’tis difficult to write something here that hasn’t been written. it’s nice to be among kindred spirits. my thanks to you, Paul, and probably moreso to your wife for supporting this “habit” you spend so much time attending.

    may your tank be always full
    may your next ride not be your last
    may your shiny side stay up
    and may your loved ones be your life’s blessing

    Godspeed,
    dennis

  43. hi Paul,
    seasons greeting and a prosperous new year to you, family and readers of this great motorcycle orientated site.
    regards jib

  45. From the Netherlands I wish Paul and all the kneesliders a Merry X-mas and inspiring 2011.

    Rgds,

    Simon

  47. Merry Christmas to All
    May the talent, busy hands, and warm shops bring forth a bountiful New Year.
    Many Thanks,
    Kenton Ramsey/Ramadancer
    Dallas, TX USA

  49. Another wonderful year enjoying the kneeslider. I hope you and yours had a merry Christmas and may the next year be prosperous.

  50. Thanks for your efforts Paul. Love the site. It’s been a daily destination for 2+ Years

  51. Merry Christmas, Paul. Have a nice holiday and thank you, this site has been an inspiration for me.

  52. Paul — great work on a truly useful, entertaining website! Belated Christmas greetings and wonderful, healthy 2011!

    B50 Jim

  54. Thanks for your good work, Paul. Despite the “positive” approach of your site, you have some folks here with very different tastes and do a good job of moderating some passionate exchanges.

  55. Thank You, Paul for the site that has been my favorite and first visit most days of the week – I hope you and yours had a very good, happy Christmas day and that this next year is all that you hope for…
    As we all know, life can provide some pretty difficult developments and I wanted to share with all the loss of one of our own – my Dad – eight days ago, to pulmonary fibrosis. It’s a disease with no cure and no happy outcome. He was a rider – on a ’81 Kaw GPZ 550 he rebuilt himself twenty years ago – until just a couple months ago from his beginnings on a Cushman scooter during WWII. That’s more than sixty years….
    So, to my Dad, Howard I am grateful to have had such a good man for a father and will remember all our good/great rides together for the rest of my life.