Anyone who’s been reading Silodrome for a while will know of my undying passion for flat tracker motorcycles, the guys at Co-Built Motorcycles have taken their own passion for the bikes to its inevitable conclusion, they build their own. And then they race them.
I love a good Husky. Especially the older models like this one, there’s something just glorious about them, I could park this in my living room just as soon as I could take it up a trail.
It’s a little known fact that the USSR competed in motorcycle grand prix events in the 1960’s, what’s even more obscure is that they actually did rather well all things considered. The most successful of the Soviet bikes was the Vostok S-364, is was a 4-stroke four cylinder racing bike said to produce 59hp (although this was widely regarded as nonsense) and had a listed top speed of 230kmph.
The Wall of Death is, somewhat sadly, a diminishing attraction at many fairs. Often referred to as “Silodromes” due to the grain-silo like appearance of the giant cylinder, the art form has wowed legions of fair-goers since the 1910’s.
This great photograph features Jimmy Guthrie at the 1933 Isle of Man TT, he’s push starting his Norton Model 40 and if you take a look into the background you’ll make out a Velocette and another Norton.
motoHangar is a relatively new garage but they’re showing a lot of promise, this is their 4th bike and it’s already won 2 awards, the “Best in Show” and “Trick Bits” awards at Fighter Fest 2011 Carlisle, PA.
Café Veloce By Radical Ducati is a heavily customised Ducati GT1000, Radical Ducati are well known for their technically advanced and engineering-first approach to motorcycle tweaking, this bike is no exception.
Poland isn’t a country that most associate with custom motorcycles, they do have some phenomenal builders though and this short film goes a long way towards bringing Polish builders to the forefront of the world stage.
There isn’t a red blooded male on the face of the Earth who doesn’t, in some small way, want to be like Steve McQueen. British motorcycle manufacturer Métisse Motorcycles has joined forces with Steve McQueen’s estate to produce a 300 unit production run of the bike you see pictured above and below.
This extraordinary collection of Vincent Motorcycles is the sort of thing that comes up for sale once every few decades, if you’re lucky. The collection of 3 Vincents includes a Black Shadow, a Rapide and a Comet, all in astonishingly good condition with none of the bikes having been restored.
Brat Style is a phrase used by many and understood by few, the garage itself is run by a quiet Japanese man by the…
The Kamome Sprinter is a unique bike, it’s based on a 2011 Harley Davidson Softail Crossbones but to look at it you’d never guess it…
