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The Kneeslider’s mailbag

By Paul Crowe

One of the best things about writing The Kneeslider is reading the email you send from all over the world. Sure, there’s loads of spam and assorted junk flowing in every day but there is far more that’s just neat to read. Some of you have tips about motorcycles or motorcycle sites you’ve seen that I haven’t come across, possible topics for future posts and comments about the site or maybe you just want to say something about a post you prefer not to put out for everyone to see. A few are a bit outside the usual motorcycle subject matter but are still broadly inside the technical or “This is cool” mindset I try to focus on with varying degrees of success. I want you to know, I read the email. All of it. Sometimes I get behind and I can’t always respond to each one, but I do read it and I appreciate it.

If there is a topic you feel has not been addressed, send it in. Do you know of a really interesting project someone is working on or has already been completed? Send it in. Is there something you are doing or building we might like to see? Send it in. It doesn’t matter if you are an individual or a business, if what you have to say seems like something a lot of The Kneeslider’s readers might benefit from, shoot us an email and we’ll take a look. Without all of you The Kneeslider is just a website, with all of you we’re a sort of community.

So, C’mon in! We don’t charge admission. Just come as you are, grab some coffee and hang out for a while. We’re glad you could stop by.

Posted on November 12, 2005 Filed Under: Down Time

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Comments

  1. Oli says

    December 2, 2005 at 10:37 am

    I realise that this might be an unusual request, but, could you have a look at this site and prehaps publish it on your site?

    http://daftpolitics.blogspot.com/2005/12/bikers-need-to-look-after-their-own.html

    I’m not looking for traffic to my site, although a link and an email address for further contact might be nice. I’m trying to find a way of getting the message out to bikers that it really is time we did something rather than just take it on the chin everytime!

    thanks

    Oli

  2. mel mackinnon says

    December 1, 2006 at 11:36 pm

    Its sure good to see some new builders creating ridable bikes and a visit to a dealership turns up some of the most practical rides in years, BUT!!! If a builder wants to buy a new engine in this world of about 6,000,000,000 people he will be limited to 1) some kind of a harleyish lump, 2) a repro antique or 3) a tiddler from China. Why can I buy a complete 502 ci v8 crate motor with all kinds of high quality hardware for 50% of the cost of a 50 year old , air cooled V-twin. $1500 buys me a set of Edelbrock aluminum heads finished off with a full complement of first class valve train, but it wont buy a great head for a vertical twin. Maybe there is somebody out there that has what it takes to produce a modern vertical twin engine that doesn’t cost as much as a new Triumph. How about a square four. What happened to the tooling that was used to produce the recently failed Norton, or is there someone that can duplicate Yamaha’s wonderful old 650? Any ideas?

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