Reviews of Boats, Motorcycles and other Fun Machines

A couple of weekends ago marked the official beginning of the Frosty season with the annual Scallop cup down in Nantucket. I dominated and humbled the fleet with astonishing speed and tactics in very heavy breeze. Ross, my good friend and skipper during the 110 season took second, and Cameron managed third after [...] Direct [...]

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- Original article from: http://TheKneeslider.com - The Kneeslider -
Most of you are familiar with the Ridley line of automatic shift motorcycles. They’re a slightly smaller dimensioned bike built with a cruiser look. Oberdan Bezzi was wondering if it might be time for something a little more sport oriented.
These designs have a semi street [...]

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Alinghi, Defender of the 33rd Americas Cup, confirms that Emirates Team New Zealand has withdrawn its law suit against Direct Link
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29
Oct

- Original article from: http://TheKneeslider.com - The Kneeslider -
Ducati has something hidden in their back room. If you go to ducati.com there’s an intro screen that brings up the visual shown above. It seems a Ducati streetfighter will be introduced November 3rd. I wonder if it will make it that far before it [...]

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Volvo Ocean Race attempt to stay one step ahead of the front that is chasing them Direct Link
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After nearly two years of trading DeckHardware is clearing Initial Stock along with Discontinued Lines. Direct Link
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- Original article from: http://TheKneeslider.com - The Kneeslider -
A little over a year ago, Electric Motorsport gutted a Yamaha R1 and filled it with batteries and an electric motor. It looked a bit rough but it worked pretty well. They evidently learned quite a bit from that project because they’ve introduced the GPR-S, [...]

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We had thoroughly enjoyed the visit from Martha, visiting Cape Cod, the islands, and Newport but now it was time to head further south (well, technically, it would be west at first). Before departing Newport on Saturday (Oct 18th) we wandered through the Seafood Festival being held at the wharf adjacent to ours. Despite the [...]

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24
Oct

- Original article from: http://TheKneeslider.com - The Kneeslider -
Two years ago when the Piaggio MP3 was getting all of the attention as the new tilting 3 wheeler, lots of other companies were trying to adapt the technology for use on motorcycles. Harley Davidson had their idea, the Brudeli Leanster showed up and more [...]

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Certo che i saloni nautici avvengano in concomitanza col periodo dei crolli di borsa, anche psicologicamente, non aiuta. Facile che i visitatori siano più occupati a verificare le quotazioni azionarie sui propri blackberry che non a guardare le barche in esposizione. Comunque sia a quanto pare agli Annapolis boat shows per i cantieri è stato [...]

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