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Yamaha SR400 – Still Single After All These Years
After the demise earlier in the year of the legendary V-Max and R6, it might be easy to overlook the end of another iconic Yamaha product that will cease production…
Triumph Motocross? You Have To Wonder Why …
In 2024, Triumph Motorcycles will be firmly in the motocross business. Is extending their business into the dirt a good idea, a stroke of genius, or might it be a…
Bobber Kits : A Quicker Way to Build a Custom Motorcycle
Bobber kits make the job easier when it comes to building your own custom motorcycle – just follow the directions. There can be little argument bobbers are cool these day….
Slammed! A Conservative Custom Gold Wing
So you thought the Gold Wing was just for touring? Wrong! How about a custom Gold Wing to shake things up – but not too much. There’s not much in the…
R18 – BMW’s Cruiser and Custom Platform
BMW surprised the motorcycle world with the R18. It seemed an unusual segment for the German company to enter as the heavy-weight cruiser segment had been shrinking for years. The…
Best Looking Triumph Motorcycle Ever? Probably.
Is this the best looking Triumph motorcycle ever? We argue that might just be the case. There are bikes that quicken the pulse at a glance by exuding power and…
And What’s Stopping You? A Motorcycle ABS Study
A new study concludes motorcycle ABS is a safety feature equal to or greater than full face helmets. Nearly a decade after the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety first called…
RSD Chief – Hail to the Chief in Racer Form
The RSD Chief : Rapid Roland’s Renovated Racer for the Other Cruiser-Based Racing Machines It is not surprising that the popular King of the Baggers Challenge spawned a new racing…
Mike “The Bike” – Greatest of All Time?
In one man’s opinion Mike Hailwood was the best racer of all time and here’s his reasoning. Voicing an opinion on who’s the greatest motorcycle roadracer of all time will…
Motorcycle Body Kit: Transformational Effects
The motorcycle body kit method for creating something just for you. The desire for a one-of-a-kind motorcycle runs deep among many riders. It is what spawned the creation of custom…
ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE NEWS
Recent stories and news from the world of the electric motorcycle … and various other electric contraptions. Are electric motorcycles the future. To some extent that seems almost inevitable. But…
Hydrogen Motorcycle – The Alternative Alternative?
NOT NECESSARILY ELECTRIC – The Hydrogen Motorcycle Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Yamaha Motor have started considerations toward the joint development of a hydrogen engine for possible use in a hydrogen…
Temptations: Lamborghini Sian and Ducati
Now why did they have to go and do something like that? “They” in this case is Volkswagen which aside being the builder of the recently departed New Beetle has…
Custom: DMZ Motorcycles – Authentically Retro
DMZ Motorcycles : After roaming the world, this veteran finally settles into a life’s work dedicated to military members, past and present. The bikes I build are works of passion and…
Suzuki PE250 – Project 19 : Enduro Restoration
The little Suzuki PE250 enduro was a dead duck until it fell into good hands. I started with motorcycles in 1966 and since then I have ridden 300 different bikes…
Custom: Eye Candy – An Old School Style Street Bob Custom
Eyecandy : Kane’s delicious Street Bob Custom Harley-Davidson’s Battle of the Kings allows its network dealers to showcase their talents and earn bragging rights both nationally and internationally with some…
Backroads and High Water: Alberta Foothills
Backroads and High Water – The Alberta Foothills Southwest Alberta made national news in 2013 when floods hit Turner Valley, Black Diamond, Calgary, Okotoks, Canmore, and devastated my hometown of…
Hurley River FSR To Bralorne – A Gold Mining History Tour (BC)
Follow the rugged mountain path of the old gold miners to one of British Columbia’s most storied ghost towns, Bralorne. Layered with loose rock and gravel, the switchbacks of BC’s…
1949 BSA A7 and a Man of His Word
Two owners from new: that’s the unbelievable backstory of a 1949 BSA A7 motorcycle now in its sixth decade. Dave Higgs is just the second owner of this 1949…
Triumph Model 6/1 – The First British Parallel Twin
It’s common knowledge: Triumph’s first production vertical twin was the 1938 Speed Twin. Well, not quite. Credit for the first British parallel twin four-stroke motorcycle engine is usually given to…
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