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Harley ‘Del Ray’ by DP Customs

Ben Branch February 15, 2013
  • American
  • Bobber
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

When it comes to Harley customs, you’d be hard pressed to find more unique examples than those produced by DP Customs. Our regular readers will remember that we featured the work of DP just a couple of weeks ago with their beautiful Harley Cafe Racer…

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Motorised Bicycle by Wolf Creative Customs

Ben Branch February 13, 2013
  • American
  • Bicycles
  • Board Trackers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

Jeff Wolf, the proprietor of Wolf Creative Customs, started building race-specific motorised bicycles for his son a few years back, he decided that the standard frames and engines were unreliable and a little on the finicky side so he started building his own stripped back racers from the ground up.

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2013 Triumph Scrambler Custom

Ben Branch February 12, 2013
  • British
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Off Road
  • Racing
  • Scrambler Motorcycles
  • Triumph

We featured the official 2013 Triumph Scrambler last week, in the process of writing that piece I got to talking with Joao Alves of Somos and we pondered what a proper, balls-to-the-wall Triumph Scrambler designed to race across Baja would look like.

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Vintage Motorcycle Crash

Ben Branch February 12, 2013
  • American
  • Motorcycles
  • Photography
  • Racing
  • Retro
  • Triumph
  • Vintage

This picture shows what looks like the kind of accident that leaves man (or woman) with a broken leg or two.

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1930 Henderson Custom Motorcycle

Ben Branch February 11, 2013
  • American
  • Art
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Design
  • Luxury
  • Motorcycles
  • Rare
  • Style
  • Vintage

The 1930 Henderson Custom is one of the most stunning art deco motorcycles we’ve ever seen, it’s based on a 1930 K.J Henderson with an inline-4 air-cooled engine, that bodywork is all custom and it’s the sort of thing that would have impressed even Ettore Bugatti.

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Vintage Dirt Trackers

Ben Branch February 11, 2013
  • American
  • Art
  • Flat Track
  • Motorcycles
  • Off Road
  • Photography
  • Racing
  • Triumph
  • Vintage

This is one of the most action packed vintage racing photos we’ve seen for a while, from the looks on the faces of the 1950s spectators in the background to the just landing on his side to the look on the face of the one racers who’s still upright, it’s an excellent picture.

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Putt Mossman

Ben Branch February 10, 2013
  • American
  • Art
  • Flat Track
  • Motorcycles
  • Photography
  • Racing
  • Vintage

Putt Mossman was the most famous stunt motorcycle rider of the early 20th century, he travelled the world and appeared in 45 countries on 6 continents.

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1930 Dollar 500cc S3

Ben Branch February 8, 2013
  • French
  • Luxury
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Rare
  • Vintage

Personally, I think the 1930 Dollar 350cc S3 pictured above and below is one of the most handsome motorcycles from the early ’30s, the attention to detail is phenomenal and that engine/exhaust/carburettor set up is just beautiful.

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Monet-Goyon Racing Motorcycle

Ben Branch February 7, 2013
  • Engineering
  • French
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Rare
  • Vintage

Monet-Goyon started life in 1916 as an un-powered tricycle manufacturer for disabled servicemen injured in WWI, by 1919 they were building in-wheel powered motorcycles.

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1963 Garelli Record Breaking Racer

Ben Branch February 5, 2013
  • Engineering
  • Italian
  • Luxury
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Rare
  • Vintage

Dustbin fairings, like the example used on this 1963 Garelli 50cc Record Breaking Racing Motorcycle, make me very happy. This Garelli was built in November 1963, 2 of the bikes were built and specially prepared by Italian engineer William Soncini…

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1934 Scott Flying Squirrel Racing Motorcycle

Ben Branch February 4, 2013
  • British
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Retro
  • Vintage

The Scott Flying Squirrel is fitted with a 498cc 2-stroke, single-cylinder engine that uses a unique water-cooled circulation method known as the thermosyphon system.

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Custom Ducati by Mr Martini

Ben Branch February 1, 2013
  • Cafe Racers
  • Design
  • Ducati
  • Engineering
  • Italian
  • Motorcycles

This cafe-racer-styled custom is based on a Ducati 1098R, a stonker of a bike to begin with that’s been made all the more cheerfully psychotic by an extensive series of tweaks, modifications and additions.

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