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The Hesketh 24

Ben Branch November 30, 2013
  • British
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Luxury
  • Motorcycles

Hesketh Motorcycles is a small British company that most of us had forgotten about, the company was first created by Formula 1 team owner and close friend of James Hunt – the 3rd Lord…

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Deus BMW R100S Custom

Ben Branch November 29, 2013
  • BMW
  • Cafe Racers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

This BMW R100S custom by Deus Ex Machina, the garage is world famous for their customs based on American and Japanese motorcycles but we haven’t seen many machines based on European marques roll out of…

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Moto Guzzi by Officine Rossopuro

Ben Branch November 27, 2013
  • Italian
  • Moto Guzzi
  • Motorcycles
  • Vintage

  Officine Rossopuro is an Italian custom motorcycle garage with a long portfolio of stunningly beautiful bikes, this is their most recent offering and unlike many of their client-specified builds, this one is for…

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BMW Custom by Kevil’s Speed Shop

Ben Branch November 26, 2013
  • BMW
  • Cafe Racers
  • German
  • Motorcycles
  • Vintage

Kevil’s Speed Shop was founded by Kevin Hill in England a few years ago and has quickly risen to prominence as the top custom BMW motorcycle builder in the country and one of the…

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Max Hazan by Cinema Mercantile

Ben Branch November 24, 2013
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Engineering
  • Films
  • Motorcycles

Max Hazan is one of those quiet talents that occupies an out-of-the-way workshop and produces some genuinely extraordinary motorcycles. The filmmaking team at Cinema Mercantile have been working to find men like Max and…

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BMW Custom by Blitz Motorcycles

Ben Branch November 23, 2013
  • BMW
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • French
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

This new BMW Custom by Blitz Motorcycles has been called the “French Bobber” and very much in the style of the team at Blitz – it looks like something that’ll make the purists wail,…

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1933 Morgan Three-Wheeler

Ben Branch November 20, 2013
  • British
  • Cars
  • Luxury
  • Motorcycles
  • Vintage

This 1933 Morgan Three-Wheeler is one of the nicer surviving examples of the early Morgans, it’s powered by a water-cooled Matchless engine with a capacity of 998cc and a horsepower rating of 32. This modest…

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The World’s First Two Wheeled Motorcycle Burnout

Ben Branch November 19, 2013
  • American
  • Engineering
  • Films
  • Motorcycles

We have a deep and abiding love of engineering here at Silodrome, so when Gregor Halenda contacted me and mentioned that he and a small team had just finished building an AWD KTM 990…

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Moto Guzzi Le Mans Mark I by Revival Cycles

Ben Branch November 18, 2013
  • Cafe Racers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Moto Guzzi
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

The Moto Guzzi Le Mans was originally launched in 1976, it was exceedingly well received and went on to set a series of styling trends that we’re still seeing in production today. Personally, the…

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Classic E-Bike by Caterham Bikes

Ben Branch November 16, 2013
  • Bicycles
  • British
  • Design
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

The Classic E-Bike by Caterham Bikes is the 2nd in the series of 3 new designs just released by the still brand-spanking-new motorcycle marque last week. Obviously intended to evoke memories of the classic…

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Why I Ride – Episode 1

Ben Branch November 13, 2013
  • American
  • Films
  • Motorcycles

Why I Ride is a new series that’ll be released in relatively short 4 – 5 minute episodes online, this is the first episode in the series, it’s called “Passion at Work” and it’s…

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Buell Lightning X1 by Deus Ex Machina

Ben Branch November 12, 2013
  • American
  • Cafe Racers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

The decision by Harley-Davidson in 2009 to shut down Buell Motorcycles in order to consolidate their focus on their v-twin cruisers was met with a lot of anger and no small amount of loud…

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