Ben Branch
May 23, 2011
This bike is, without question, my personal favourite build yet from The Wrenchmonkees. Based on a Norton Commando the minimalist, industrial style appeals to me. Probably because it looks exactly like a stripped down racer you’d have seen parked en masse outside the 59 Club in the 1960s.
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Ben Branch
May 18, 2011
I never knew that people raced scooters at the Isle of Man, until last week when I discovered this footage and became an immediately happier person. I like scooters. I know that this makes me less of a man in the eyes of hard-core motorcycle dudes but I don’t care. There’s a lot to be said for a 50cc smoke-spewing two-stroke.
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Ben Branch
May 17, 2011
I like Belstaff Jackets, I own two of them and I always feel they can make anyone look that little bit cooler. Hell, I…
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Ben Branch
May 16, 2011
The 1968 BSA Shooting Star is widely considered to be one of the best bikes the small British company ever produced, the 441cc single cylinder was capable of a spirited 95mph, with 30hp on tap and a weight of 320lbs.
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Ben Branch
May 15, 2011
Falcon Motorcycles have released the first glimpse of their new creation, the Black Falcon. Based on a Vincent Black Shadow salt-lake racer V-Twin from 1952, the meticulously hand-crafted motorcycle is debuting at the Quail Motorcycle Gathering today (Saturday) so expect the motorcycle blogosphere to light up like a Christmas Tree decorated with yellow cake uranium and fusing hydrogen.
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Ben Branch
May 10, 2011
Vincent is one of the most highly respected names in the world of motorcycling, Hunter S. Thompson was a big fan, the most famous motorcycling photograph ever, Rollie Free at Bonneville in his swimming trunks, featured a Vincent Black Lightning and between 1948-1955 Vincent produced the fastest production motorcycle in the world, the Black Shadow.
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Ben Branch
May 5, 2011
I’m a big fan of the old Sunbeams, my grandfather rode one and used to regale us with tales of the carburettor occasionally spewing…
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Ben Branch
April 29, 2011
The Norton 650SS was produced between 1962 and 1967 and despite the fact that it was never as famous as the next Norton, the…
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Ben Branch
April 25, 2011
The Land Rover Defender X-Tech was unveiled at the Brussels Motor Show in January, it’s a step up from the current generation Defender in the luxury…
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Ben Branch
April 20, 2011
Take a look at that chunktastic rear tire. Awesome.
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Ben Branch
April 20, 2011
Spirit of the Seventies is a relatively new workshop based in England and if their first 3 bikes are anything to go by, we’ve…
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Ben Branch
April 18, 2011
There is something wonderfully ironic about an Italian company specialising in the building of classic British motorcycles. The Italians have so much home grown…
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