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Kawasaki ZX-7 by Icon 1000

Ben Branch August 27, 2012
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

The Kawasaki ZX-7 is a relatively rare motorcycle, 1994 was the final model year before Kawasaki brought out the far more famous Kawasaki Ninja ZX-7R. That said, the ZX-7 does have a loyal following in the US and around the world meaning spare and custom parts are easy to come by.

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Bob Dylan and the Triumph Tiger

Ben Branch August 26, 2012
  • American
  • Motorcycles
  • Photography
  • Retro
  • Triumph

Bob Dylan spent much of the mid-60s on his beloved Triumph Tiger 100SS on the roads near his home in Woodstock, New York.

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Honda CL450 by Spin Cycle Industries

Ben Branch August 24, 2012
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Scrambler Motorcycles

The Honda CL450 was originally designed to be the “scrambler” version of the much more famous CB450, the CL used the same 444cc DOHC parallel twin but had higher pipes, braced handlebars and slightly more aggressive styling.

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1913 Indian Boardtrack Racer

Ben Branch August 22, 2012
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Indian
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Vintage

The Indian Boardtrack Racers of the early 20th century are quite easily amongst the most beautiful motorcycles ever built, the bikes are the first real generation of motorcycles, they were largely based on bicycles with no rear suspension and very limited front springs.

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Clint Eastwood on his Norton Commando

Ben Branch August 17, 2012
  • American
  • Art
  • British
  • Motorcycles
  • Photography
  • Style
  • Vintage

Clint Eastwood was well known for his love of cars and motorcycles in the ’60s and ’70s, he especially loved British marques like Jaguar, Austim Healy and motorcycle marque Norton.

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Mindy by TPJ Customs

Ben Branch August 15, 2012
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Engineering
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles

What we’re looking at here is a Buell/Harley Sportster 1200cc V-Twin with a unique motorcycle fabricated around it, for want of a better word it’s a supermoto bike…

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Deus Wallpapers #2

Ben Branch August 15, 2012
  • Art
  • Australian
  • Deus Ex Machina
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

Say what you want about Deus, they have some of the best photographers and designers in the business working under their collective roofs.

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XS400 Cafe Racer by MotoHangar

Ben Branch August 14, 2012
  • Cafe Racers
  • eBay
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

The humble Yamaha XS400 isn’t a bike that we see getting converted into cafe racer form all that often, it seems a shame as the bike has serious potential.

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Documentary – The 1969 Isle of Man TT

Ben Branch August 12, 2012
  • British
  • Films
  • Isle of Man TT
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Vintage

The 1969 Isle of Man TT was a race that took place in a time when 2-wheeled racing was dominated by the British marques Triumph, BSA and Norton.

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Bert Denley at the Isle of Man – Circa 1925

Ben Branch August 12, 2012
  • British
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Vintage

This is old time racer Bert Denley at the 1925 Isle of Man TT, he’s sitting atop a fantastically grubby single cylinder Norton.

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PainTTless by Thunderbike

Ben Branch August 10, 2012
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Luxury
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Steampunk

PainTTless is one of those motorcycles that comes along every now and then than makes even jaded, cynical motorcycle journalists stop and think.

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Mr D. R. O’Donovan

Ben Branch August 10, 2012
  • British
  • Motorcycles
  • Vintage

The early Norton motorcycles are amongst my favourite from both an aesthetic and engineering standpoints. The beautiful simplicity of the…

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