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A Rare Fuji Go Devil Folding Mini Scooter – The “Suitcase Motorcycle”

Ben Branch August 25, 2021
Fuji Go Devil Folding Mini Scooter Hero
  • Japanese
  • Motor Scooters
  • Motorcycles

The Fuji Go Devil mini scooter was marketed as a suitcase motorcycle that you could theoretically fold up and take with you on a plane, then unfold after your flight so you had instant transportation…

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Free Guide: A 1970s-Era Motorcycle Safety Training Film

Ben Branch August 22, 2021
1970s-Era Motorcycle Safety Training Guide 2
  • Films
  • Motorcycles

This is a 1970s-era motorcycle safety film that’s narrated in English but appears to have been filmed in Germany and Northern Italy. The primary rider throughout the film is on a BMW R90S and…

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The Baak Moon – A Custom Triumph Bobber

Ben Branch August 19, 2021
Baak Moon Custom Triumph Bobber
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

This is the Baak Moon, it’s a comprehensively rebuilt Triumph Bobber created by the European company’s new American base of operations. As a result it features a slew of WWII-era American design choices –…

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A One-Off Custom BMW R 65 Custom Motorcycle

Ben Branch August 16, 2021
BMW R 65 Custom Motorcycle 10
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

Airheads like this BMW R 65 have become a popular choice with custom motorcycle builders everywhere from Paris to Perth and just about everywhere in between. It wasn’t that long ago that you could…

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A Triumph Bonneville TR120 Owned By Bud Ekins (And Steve McQueen)

Ben Branch August 10, 2021
Triumph Bonneville Bud Ekins Steve McQueen Motorcycle
  • British
  • Motorcycles
  • Off Road

This 1970 Triumph Bonneville TR120 has a considerably more interesting history than most, it was first owned by legendary stuntman and off-road racer Bud Ekins before being bought by Steve McQueen through his company Solar…

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Film: The Spark Plug Story

Ben Branch August 8, 2021
The Spark Plug Story
  • Cars
  • Engineering
  • Films
  • Motorcycles

This short film offers an excellent 15 minute history lesson into one of the internal combustion engine’s simplest but most important parts: the humble spark plug. The first patents for what we would today…

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One Year Only Model: The 1927 Indian Scout

Ben Branch August 6, 2021
1927 Indian Scout 1
  • American
  • Motorcycles

Despite the fact that the Indian Chief tends to get more adoration from the general motorcycle population, it was the Indian Scout that did much of the heavy lifting on the early race tracks…

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Cagiva VX Traveller – A Cagiva Gran Canyon 900 For The 21st Century

Ben Branch August 3, 2021
Cagiva VX Traveller 4
  • Adventure
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

The Cagiva VX Traveller is a one-off custom motorcycle built by the founder of Venier Customs, Italian designer Stefano Venier, for his own personal use. Since Venier Customs was founded in 2012 they’ve developed…

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For Sale: Steve McQueen’s Solex Moped – Used While Filming “Le Mans”

Ben Branch July 29, 2021
Steve McQueen Solex Moped Le Mans For Sale
  • Le Mans
  • Motor Scooters
  • Motorcycles

There are countless memorable pictures of Steve McQueen, though few are more memorable than the images of him on his Solex 3800 moped riding at the Circuit de la Sarthe, home of the 24…

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ISDT-Style BMW R75/5 Scrambler – Godfather Of The R80 G/S

Ben Branch July 28, 2021
BMW R75-5 Custom Motorcycle
  • BMW
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

This 1972 BMW R75/5 has been painstakingly rebuilt into an evocation of one of the most important motorcycles in the history of BMW Motorrad – the original R75/5 enduro customs developed by BMW in…

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MoonBikes: The World’s First Electric Snow Bikes

Ben Branch July 23, 2021
MoonBikes Electric Snow Bike
  • Adventure
  • Motorcycles

MoonBikes were invented by Nicolas Muron, a former aeronautical engineer at Dassault Aviation, who was struck one winter by the fact that human mobility was still severely impacted by heavy snowfalls. Snow mobiles and…

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For Sale: Steve McQueen’s First Husqvarna

Ben Branch July 19, 2021
Husqvarna Viking 360 2
  • Motorcycles
  • Off Road
  • Racing

The motorcycle you see above was the first Husqvarna ever bought by Steve McQueen, he would later become synonymous with the brand and famously rode a Husqvarna in the cult classic motorcycle film “On Any…

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