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Barghest Motive Garmr – the Custom Harley Leaning Reverse Trike

This popped up for sale the other day with a rather unfortunate name, it’s called the Barghest Motive Garmr, unfortunate because it’s so hard to remember even if you like the concept, but hard to remember name or not, I like what they’ve done here. Though technical details are sparse, like exactly what Harley they […]

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Makerspace Is Just Newspeak for Workshop

The other day I saw this article about building makerspaces in schools and the photo showed what seemed to me to be a nice workshop, similar to what schools had when I grew up. Of course, now these spaces have things like 3D printers, not a tool we had years back, but the saws and […]

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When the Factory Gets it Wrong and You Have to Fix it

After clearing out all of this new workspace in the garage, I was looking for a worthy first project so I thought I’d start by changing the spark plugs on my F150. If you’re thinking plug changes are easy, you have to know this is a 2004 Ford F150 with a Triton V8 engine. So […]

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Reclaiming Garage Space and Contemplating Life

It happens slowly, after all it’s just a walk behind lawn mower, but then you find out it takes a really long time to mow the lawn that way and who wants to mow for hours, so a lawn tractor makes sense, right? And what about those snow tires for the wife’s car? You have […]

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A New Direction for The Kneeslider

It’s been a while since I posted and I thought it was time to say a few words about what’s going on. Briefly, it’s a change of direction. I’ve spent so much time on my computer over the last 14 years with The Kneeslider and so little time in the garage that the need to […]

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The Existential Pleasures of Fixing Things

Recently, our power went out. About ten seconds later the lights came back on when our standby generator fired up, so I went about my business working on The Kneeslider. Then a couple of minutes later, the lights went out again, but this time, they stayed out. That got my attention, because it meant the […]

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Motorcycle Powered Full Body Go Karts are Ghraydon Wallick’s Newest Project

Ghraydon Wallick is at it again. If the name isn’t familiar, you might remember a couple of articles on The Kneeslider in 2010 about a leaning dual sidecar rig he built in his workshop in Thailand. Using limited resources he constructed a mechanism for sidecars, he designed and built, to be attached on both sides […]

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Harley Davidson Reveals Investment in Electric Motorcycle Company Alta Motors

A few weeks ago Harley Davidson said they were about 18 months from a production ready electric motorcycle. Today, they announced an investment in Alta Motors for the purpose of collaborating on electric technology and new product development. Alta Motors’ current products are nothing like the LiveWire prototype Harley introduced earlier, so it will be […]

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Motorcycling is Affordable if You Want it to Be – It’s Up to You

Is motorcycling expensive or affordable? Yes. Wait, … what? The simple fact is that you can spend as much or as little as you want to and enjoy it either way. The latest and greatest factory machinery is often beautiful to look at with all of the performance the pros demand, but if you want […]

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Moto Guzzi CX100 Gets Daytona Bodywork, Suzuki Suspension and Engine Upgrades

This 1981 Moto Guzzi CX100 has been highly modified and the result is an eye catcher. It would be easy to call this a restomod, but it’s almost unrecognizable when compared to the original LeMans. The Daytona bodywork and gauges are a long way from the original and much more sedate LeMans look, but the […]