If you live along the Central Coast of California, you are fully aware of the unique mixture of scenic beauty and speedom (freedom of speed) that the 101 Highway offers. If you live elsewhere in California, you need to be aware of potentially the State’s best motorcycle riding gem. The pathway between Ventura and Santa Barbara is hugs the gorgeous California coast with a no more than 100 feet of beach separating South-bound riders from the Pacific Ocean. Rincon Point READ MORE...

The Honda CT110 is one of those reliable motorcycle you can see riding around the country side, clocking up many miles. Used not only by people who want a low cost and reliable transportation, but often used by organizations like the Post Office (in Australia and New Zealand it’s called a “Postie Bike”).. Manufacturing started in 1980, and the motorcycle is still being made today. 4 stroke and air cooled, it’s very reliable. But it’s bland. Very READ MORE...

Interesting patent that got filed October last year. The idea is nifty, but the application a bit iffy. The patent is for an electric front wheel drive for a conventional, gas guzzling, motorcycle. We’ve seen several 2 wheel drive motorcycles, but all use hydraulics to power the front wheel. Making the front wheel electrically powered can be interesting, since it should save in cost and weight. The electric front wheel drive would be coupled to a controller that works in sync READ MORE...

Original article from: TheKneeslider.com – Original article from: TheKneeslider.com – Ever hear of Norman Hossack? Of course you have. He designed the Hossack suspension, often confused with the far more basic girder front suspension and adapted by BMW under the name Duolever, but the Hossack engine? What’s that? Well, it’s just your average square piston two stroke, that’s all. When [...] READ MORE...

The boys & girls at the Australian Traffic Accident Commission, TAC, have been making some nicely done motorcycle safety and awareness videos. Here’s their latest, and IMHO, best safety advertisement. The graphics are very well done, as is the message. You’ll see a motorcycle accident in slow-motion and in reverse. The tag line is “Slow speed will not kill you”. … READ MORE...

I guess if you’ve not got the money to buy a real Yamaha R1 motorcycle, this is you best bet to have one in your living room. Jack Chan from Australia spent quite some time making a 60% size Yamaha R1 motorcycle out of paper and cardboard. But it looks the bizz. All it needs is a coat of paint, and he’ll have the perfect replica in his living room. … READ MORE...

In last week’s great guest blog post by Liz Jansen, author of Women, Motorcycles and the Road to Empowerment, was a free ebook offer by drawing from the people who commented on the book, and Deborah Hymes won. Congratulations Deborah! Coincidentially, I know Deborah aka her smart and funny Writer Vixen blog. In fact, she attended one of my Self-Publishing Boot Camps last year and was a pleasure to have in the seminar. Deborah wasted not time downloading and reading the book, and she READ MORE...

Original article from: TheKneeslider.com – Original article from: TheKneeslider.com – The explosion of new computer tools for anyone with a desire to work in mechanical design and manufacturing is impressive, and here is an opportunity to try out a real heavyweight from Autodesk. You can download Autodesk Inventor Fusion, which is offered as a technical preview, and use it free [...] READ MORE...

Original article from: TheKneeslider.com – Original article from: TheKneeslider.com – Remember when I was wondering recently about a fuel powered electric motorcycle? I thought, why not build a motorcycle using an electric motor but then generate the electricity on board with some kind of fuel powered generator instead of a battery so you had electricity as long as you had [...] READ MORE...

Part 2 of our series “Movies Posters With Motorcycles”, 15 posters. … READ MORE...

For more years then I can remember we’ve had the Four Corner Tour of the USA (as far as I can remember, it started in 1983), whereby members would ride their motorcycles to the four corners of the US. It is a great way of seeing an immense country, and still have a measure of competition, or should we say adventure, in it. Well, now the USA is not the only one. The European Motorcycle Tour Operator Association, EMTA, is organizing a similar tour calling it appropriately READ MORE...

This post has to do with motorcycles only in the sense that we all know that life is more than motorcycles.  Life is also dogs, and for me specifically, Corgis. Four month old Sparkle grabs the camera strap to help steady the shot Pembroke Welsh Corgi puppy face Like me, she’s into low stress The Three Musketeers Gromit, Doug, and Sparkle My new sweetheart is Sparkle, AKA READ MORE...

Original article from: TheKneeslider.com – Original article from: TheKneeslider.com – Most everyone interested in electric motorcycles has heard by now, the Brammo Empulse is out in its final production form and it’s a looker. From the start, the Empulse had a lot of visual appeal and the production version looks even better. There’s both an Empulse and Empulse R, priced [...] READ MORE...

A week has gone by since last round-up of motorcycle articles you may have missed. Here’s this week’s batch. – Drivers unaware lane splitting is legal (Orange County Register) – Even Most Simple Rides Require Planning (Cecilie’s Moto Journal) – A Lot Like Polo, Only Faster and With Beer (New York Times) … READ MORE...

#Ducati – Here’s a TV commercial that reminds me a lot of the Honda car advertisement featuring a car that is assembled in fast motion from all sorts of parts. Except this ad is in reverse; the motorcycle is stripped of its parts to become part of a hair-do. The ad is for Taft (hair products), an Italian subsidiary of Henkel/Schwarzkopf, for a competition involving Ducati. The motorcycle in question s a beautiful Ducati Monster. Not bad the ad. … READ MORE...