Before you get out the pitchforks and flaming torches let me put your minds at ease – no vintage Mongoose Californian BMX bikes were harmed in the production of the motorized bike you see before you. The frame isn’t an original Mongoose unit, it was made by Adam Ryan at Kepspeed in the UK as…
This 1926 Excelsior Super X factory-built flat tracker would be a special bike even if it wasn’t for its A-list former owner, in fact if you know your motorcycle racers this bike has two A-list former owners – Bud Ekins and Steve McQueen. Steve McQueen, Bud Ekins, and the Excelsior Super X Ekins bought this bike…
The Harley-Davidson WRTT was the road racing, or “tourist trophy”, version of the WR flat track racer. Unlike the WR, the WRTT had front and rear brakes and 19-inch road racing wheels. Original surviving factory WRTTs are now quite rare due to the fact that they lived hard lives on the circuits of North America…
The Honda Motocompo is a foldable mini scooter designed to fit perfectly into the trunk of the Honda City compact car, the trunk of the City and the Motocompo were actually designed for each other from the outset. Honda built the Motocompo between 1981 and 1983, they had initially estimated they they would sell approximately…
This Suzuki GSX-R 1000R powered 3-wheeler was built by the late motorcycle customization legend Jesse Rooke. It’s undoubtably one of the quickest and most fun to drive 3-wheelers on earth, and more than enough to give any Morgan 3-Wheeler a run for its money. 3-wheelers have always been a little unusual, they never really went…
The Henderson Motorcycle Co. was the first American manufacturer of four cylinder motorcycles and one of the first in the world. The advanced and powerful (for the era) motorcycles became a favourite with police departments around the United States, they also became a firm favourite with those who want to set motorcycle endurance records –…
This is the Super73-S1 Universal Motorbike, it requires no license, insurance, or registration – it was designed to offer an alternative form of urban transportation – particularly for commuters. The “fuel tank” is actually a removable 48V 14.5 Ah (696 watts/hour) battery pack using Panasonic cells, it requires a key to remove, and it can be…
Editor’s Note: The article is incorrect, the motorcycle was mistakenly listed as an 850 Le Mans, it’s actually a 1987 LM1000. We’re leaving the information below intact as it’s accurate as a reference regarding the 850 Le Mans III. This is an original, unridden Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans III from 1981. It’s still in its…
The Craig Vetter Kawasaki Mystery Ship was a special version of the Kawasaki KZ1000 that had been significantly rebuilt by Craig Vetter and his team using experience from both their popular Windjammer fairings, and their championship win in the 1978 AMA Superbike Series with Reggie Pridmore riding a KZ1000 and performance tuning done by Pierre…
This is one of the most tasteful examples of a Honda CB750 cafe racer that we’ve seen in recent memory, it foregoes the bells and whistles in favour of a clean, minimalist custom build that focuses on authentic ’60s styling. In the world of motorcycles, cafe racers and Honda CB750s are both exceedingly important milestones….
The 1994 Century V-Twin Chief was a prototype motorcycle developed in the hopes of reviving the Indian Motocycle marque, it features an entirely unique engine that was CNC milled from billet aluminium alloy and unusually it features three valves per cylinder. There were multiple attempts to revive the Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company, originally named the…
This 1949 Harley-Davidson Servi-Car was originally and bought and used by the police department in Oakland, California. We don’t know what specific uses the Oakland Police had for the Servi-Car, but it’s not hard to image that a three-wheeled motorcycle with plenty of carrying capacity must have come in useful. The Harley-Davidson Servi-Car If you’re…
