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Honda CBN400 by Ed Turner Motorcycles

Ben Branch June 24, 2014
  • Cafe Racers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • French
  • Honda
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

This rather unusual looking Honda CBN400 is the work of Ed Turner Motorcycles, a French custom motorcycle garage run by a friendly chap by the name of Karl. The name “Ed Turner” is a…

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Updated: Mystery Board Tracker

Ben Branch June 22, 2014
  • Board Trackers
  • Motorcycles
  • Vintage

Updated with information from Ralph R: This is W. E. Cook. In 1909, he set a speed record of 90 m.p.h. (144 km/h) on the Brooklands track in England aboard the behemoth, which carried…

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Harley-Davidson Livewire

Ben Branch June 20, 2014
  • American
  • Engineering
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles

The Harley-Davidson Livewire is the very manifestation of horror in the eyes of many loyal Harley-Davidson owners, it’s the first 100% electric motorcycle from the Milwaukee marque and despite the fact this opinion might…

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BMW K100 by Paul “Hutch” Hutchison

Ben Branch June 19, 2014
  • Australian
  • BMW
  • Cafe Racers
  • German
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

The BMW K100 has long been a personal favourite of mine, I can’t help but love an underdog and a motorcycle fitted with an engine originally designed for a small Peugeot motor car certainly…

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Triumph Scrambler by Auto Fabrica

Ben Branch June 17, 2014
  • British
  • Design
  • Motorcycles
  • Scrambler Motorcycles

Every now and then when I’m emailing backwards and forwards with a custom bike builder they send me a description of their bike so expansive and detailed that I feel it’d be almost sacrilegious…

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Ducati 749 by Apogee Motorworks

Ben Branch June 13, 2014
  • Cafe Racers
  • Design
  • Ducati
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles

The horses ridden by the four horsemen of the apocalypse are said to be white, red, black and pale. After having a look over the heavily modified Ducati 749 you see here, I’ve come…

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Honda CB750 by Wesley Hannam

Ben Branch June 9, 2014
  • Cafe Racers
  • Honda
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

The Honda CB750 is a motorcycle that’s been cut up and reinvented a million different ways – it’s pretty rare that we see one that’s been tweaked in a new or interesting way so…

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Russian M-72 Blueprints

Ben Branch June 9, 2014
  • BMW
  • Danish
  • Engineering
  • German
  • Motorcycles
  • Russian
  • Vintage

The Russian M-72 is a motorcycle that was actually designed in Germany by BMW, the Wehrmacht rejected the model as the planned replacement for the R12 but the Russians loved the design and due…

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Jenny + Heidi by Lanakila MacNaughton

Ben Branch June 7, 2014
  • American
  • Art
  • Motorcycles
  • Photography

Jenny + Heidi is a series of photographs by Lanakila MacNaughton – the talent behind The Women’s Moto Exhibit. One of the standout features of Lanakila’s work is the lack of sexualisation of her…

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Red Harley-Davidson Sportster Cafe Racer by Burly Brand

Ben Branch June 6, 2014
  • American
  • Cafe Racers
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles

The Sportster is the longest running model line in Harley-Davidson’s long and storied history – it’s also the closest representation of the bikes that Harley was making before it slowly turned its attention to long distance…

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Original Norton ES2/Model 77 Café Racer

Ben Branch June 5, 2014
  • British
  • Cafe Racers
  • Motorcycles
  • Norton
  • Vintage

This 1960 Norton Café Racer is a bit of a mystery, no one is sure who built it or what its history is, however we do know that it’s a Featherbed ES2 frame fitted…

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1928/31 Brough Superior 680 Project

Ben Branch June 4, 2014
  • British
  • Brough Superior
  • Engineering
  • Luxury
  • Motorcycles
  • Project Vehicles
  • Vintage

This 1928/31 Brough Superior Overhead 680 is a project motorcycle for someone with far more capability in the area of fabrication and mechanics than I will probably ever posses. It started life as a…

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