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1950 Nimbus Custom – Motorcycle Find of the Day

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:10:01 -0400

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Shinya Kimura at Bonneville – The Bikeriders

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:25:58 -0400

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Welcome To America – Norton Motorcycles Clears EPA Agony

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:46:32 -0400

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A Bolt From the Blue – GasBox BSA Lightning Custom – Motorcycle Find of the Day

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:43:04 -0400

Interview with Stuart Garner On the Reincarnation of Norton Motorcycles and ‘NortonGate’

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 07:09:09 -0400

Hell for Leather is reporting that all is not well at the new Norton Motorcycles despite Stuart Garners very public campaign to demonstrate the vitality of his effort to revive the iconic brand. The HFL story originated with a piece from BikerGlory, and it includes some serious allegations. We thought it might be a good idea to check out what the majordomo at Norton has to say about the issues raised in the most recent stories about the health his company. As you might guess, Mr. Garner begs to differ with the conclusions drawn by some critics on the web and in the British motorcycle building fraternity.

Garner took the time to answer some of the bombs thrown his way recently by firing back at the naysayers in this exclusive QA with Motorcycleinsurance.com: The critics are saying Norton Motorcycles has consistently failed to fill orders on time and there have been problems with holding deposits. Any truth to those criticisms? SG: In the last two years we have delivered many …

The Buell Graveyard – A Horror Story

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 18:56:18 -0400

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An Old School Harley You Can Ride – Motorcycle Find of the Day

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 09:55:00 -0400

Charlie Stockwell designs and builds custom Harley-Davidson motorcycles for Warr’s Harley-Davidson in London, England. Stockwell has been behind the cool bikes coming out of Warr’s since 1996.

My aim was and and still is to bring together and celebrate the creative culture and lifestyle in hand built custom motorcycles.

Japanese clothing maker Evisu commissioned Stockwell and Warr’s of London to hand build a classically-inspired Harley-Davidson, and this inspiring machine, Stockwells Kamome Sprinter, drops a vintage style on top of a rideable, modern functionality. The eye for detail Stockwell applies to this custom bike is, in a word, spectacular. The engine, gas tank, handlebars and fenders are all polished and nickel-plated.

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Fate Favors the Fearless – Flat Track Motorcycle Racing Video

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:11:59 -0400

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A Well Preserved Body – The Bikeriders

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:38:30 -0400

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, ‘Wow! What a Ride!’

- Hunter S. Thompson

Photo by motofotostudio at the 2012 Mount Garfield motorcycle hillclimb nationals…

Frankie Goes To Ireland – Stunning Motorcycle Road Racing Video

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:35:45 -0400

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Kings of the Road – Motorcycling As A Tactile Man-Machine Interface Event

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:24:57 -0400

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How About a Motorcycle Crash Test Dummy

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:48:28 -0400

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Anders Malmberg Is A Genius

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:40:34 -0400

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A Very Fast Electric Motorcycle Ride

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:35:49 -0400

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How To Wash A Train With A Motorcycle

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:01:03 -0400

They (and it’s never clear who ‘they’ are at any given moment) say that necessity is the mother of invention – and it’s hard to find a coin-operated bay large enough to wash a train – so this rider found a way to clean up a dirty train.

You can only hope that none of the commuters on the train had their window open as they passed over this particular bridge.

A sudden splash of river water is a sure way to ruin your morning latte and render your New York Times unreadable.

Of Backflips and Beatdowns Motorcycle Stunts Meet MMA Fights

All the Way Up – Motorcycle Hillclimb History

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:31:59 -0400

It was 1937, and Hillclimb racing was a top attraction.

A brutal physical test, riders drew huge crowds and provided exciting theater in a series of race which pitted man against the machine – and the mountain.

In this image, Harold Seamans, racing for Harley-Davidson, took his 80 cubic inch bike to the top of Mt. Garfield in Muskegon, Michigan to win the Class B National Hillclimb Championship.

Featured in the September 1937 issue of The Enthusiast, this photo was one of many which captured the imagination of riders and non-riders alike. The battles riders li…

Old Skool Motorcycle Camping

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:25:51 -0400

Motorcycle camping, the old skool way…

Sooner or later, you’re going to feel the urge to just get on the bike and ride.

There are lots of reasons for the itch. Relationship blew up. Bored with your nine-to-five. Changes of circumstances of all stripe.

And when you do, you’ve got lots of options on where to go and what to do once you’re there.

Here are a few tips on how you can make yourself comfortable – or not.

The Best of the Best Top Motorcycle Roads in America

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Custom Yamaha VMax – Motorcycle Find of the Day

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:54:38 -0400

Ever since the first Yamaha VMax rolled off the line back in 1985, this machine has been a tone poem to motorcycling madness. The VMax is and always has been about going over the top. From the styling to the performance specs, owning a VMax meant you were serious as a heart attack about going fast and looking like youre going fast, even when youre idling at a stop light. Complain all you want about handling issues and soft suspension, but anyone riding a VMax will stare you straight in the eye with a look that says, How about we race a half-mile for pinks, pal? Nuff said.

This year, Yamaha put the latest incarnation of the iconic Vmax, the Hyper, in the shops of a trio of serious custom builders. These guys, Roland Sands, Marcus Walz and Ludovic Lazareth were asked to take whats already a brutish and wild machine, and inject it with the motorcycle equivalent of stanozolol. And that took some doing. The performance of the current iterations V41700cc (200HP) made it a wild rid…

Horex. Big. German. Absurd.

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:13:02 -0400

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Insure Your Motorcycle Or Pay The Big Price Later

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:48:42 -0400

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