Bubble Visor from Dime City Cycles
Something about the classic bubble shield makes me nostalgic for a time before I was born, the visors were initially made famous in the 60’s and have been a popular helmet addition ever since.
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Sig Haugdahl and the Wisconsin Special
Editors Note: A relative of Sig is currently looking for the Wisconsin Special, it’s known to still exist as of 2008. If you have any…
Vintage Motorcycle Tires
I quite often get emails from readers asking me where certain motorcycle builders get their vintage motorcycle tires (well, retro motorcycle tires is probably a more accurate description), so I decided to create a post dedicated to the older style tires.
eBay Find: Honda CX500 by Doc’s Chops
The Honda CX500 is one of the more innovative Japanese motorcycles of the late-70s, the bikes were liquid cooled, electric started, shaft-driven, modular wheeled, V-Twins with a reputation for being low maintenance daily riders.
Classified Moto: A lamp in the next life.
Bikes aren’t the only thing Classified Moto does though, the above video was filmed by Mondial and shows John and his wife building one of the iconic Classified Moto lamps from start to finish.
1958 NASCAR Daytona Beach Convertible Race
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-eIuUq-GZok In 1958 the first Daytona Beach Convertible race was held, this 25 minute film (split into 3 segments) covers the whole event from…
CB 350 by LBC Moto
The Honda CB350 is a popular bike for custom builders, this particular example is a 1969 model picked up by Shannon Hulcher over at LBC Moto.
Heroes of Speed Tee by Dime City Cycles
The T-Shirt is a wardrobe staple, no buttons, collars, sleeves or cufflinks. In fact they’re damn near the perfect item of clothing for anyone who thinks mirrors are for women and perhaps signalling aircraft should you happen get lost in the woods.
First Ever NHRA National Event in 1955
The NHRA or National Hot Rod Association was founded by Wally Parks in 1951, he wanted to get drag racing off the streets and onto safer, professional level tracks and in doing so he doubtless saved a lot of young men’s lives throughout the 50’s and 60’s.
Hypermotard by Roland Sands Design
In December 2007 Ducati North America met with the team at Roland Sands Design (RSD) and asked them to produce a one-off Hyper Motard, the bike you see pictured above and below is the result of this meeting. The Hypermotard is already one of the more balls-to-the-wall production bikes on the…
Classified Moto 1982 XV920 Tee
Classified Moto is a fantastic company, they specialise in building some of the most iconic and unique bikes you’ll find anywhere. John Ryland, Classified Moto’s owner, also produces some pretty…
Magnolia Special Roadster
The Magnolia Special Roadster is surprisingly not British. Or even European. This unique, compressed natural gas roadster was designed and built by motorcycle designer JT Nesbitt (you may be familiar with his bikes over at Confederate) in New Orleans, development started in 2008 with the hand-built Magnolia Special rolling out of the showroom last month.