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Project Bike: An Original Two-Wheel Drive Rokon Trail Breaker

Ben Branch April 26, 2021
Rokon Trail Breaker Motorcycle
  • Adventure
  • American
  • Motorcycles
  • Off Road

This is an original Rokon Trail Breaker, it’s probably the most unusual motorcycle being made in the United States and certainly one of the most unusual in the world, largely due to its two-wheel…

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An Original Ducati MH900e Evoluzione – A Pierre Terblanche Masterpiece

Ben Branch April 22, 2021
Ducati MH900e Evoluzione
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Ducati
  • Motorcycles

This is the Ducati MH900E Evoluzione, considered by many to be one of the most beautiful motorcycles of the modern age, if not the most beautiful outright. Though it looks like it could have…

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Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well, Updated & Expanded 2nd Edition

Ben Branch April 22, 2021
Proficient Motorcycling Book
  • Books
  • Motorcycles

In the first few months of 2021 many parts of the world have recorded a surprising increase in motorcycle accidents, no one knows why but the leading theory is that riders are rusty from…

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Ex-Bubba Blackwell – Harley-Davidson XR750 Flat Tracker

Ben Branch April 17, 2021
Harley-Davidson XR750 Flat Tracker
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles

This Harley-Davidson XR750 Flat Tracker from the year 2000 was originally owned by Bubba Blackwell, a stunt performer widely regarded to be the natural successor to American icon Evel Knievel. The XR750 was Knievel’s…

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A Custom Yamaha XT600 by Lord Drake Customs

Ben Branch April 15, 2021
Custom Yamaha XT600 13
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

This is a custom Yamaha XT600 by the team at Lord Drake Customs, it’s been considerably modified to add to its dual sport abilities, and it’s very likely that the Spanish custom motorcycle garage saved it…

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Honda CT50 Motra – A Rare Off-Road Scooter With High + Low Range

Ben Branch April 12, 2021
Honda CT50 Motra
  • Motorcycles
  • Off Road

The Honda CT50 Motra is one of the more unusual two-wheeled creations from Honda, it’s an off-road scooter that was designed to be genuinely capable both off the asphalt and on it. Now of…

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Kawasaki Ninja ZX900 – Made Famous By Tom Cruise In “Top Gun”

Ben Branch April 9, 2021
Kawasaki Ninja ZX900 4
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles

The Kawasaki Ninja ZX900, also known as the Kawasaki GPZ900R, will probably always be best known for being the motorcycle ridden by Tom Cruise in the 1986 film Top Gun. As with any vehicle…

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The Suzuki GT750 – Japan’s First Liquid Cooled Production Motorcycle

Ben Branch April 2, 2021
Suzuki-GT750-Motorcycle
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles

The Suzuki GT750 has the distinction of being Japan’s first liquid-cooled motorcycle, it was developed for much the same reason as the Honda CB750 – to take the fight to the major British and…

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The Husqvarna Model 258 Military – A Motorcycle With Built-In Skis

Ben Branch March 31, 2021
Husqvarna Model 258 Military Motorcycle 3
  • Military
  • Motorcycles

It’s thought that just 3,000 or so examples of the Husqvarna Model 258 military motorcycle were ever built, they were developed specifically for the Swedish armed forces who already had a long history of…

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Triumph Ignition Coil LS Tee

Ben Branch March 25, 2021
Triumph Motorcycle T-Shirt
  • British
  • Clothing
  • Motorcycles

This is the new Triumph Ignition Coil tee, it’s made from heavyweight 230g cotton making it ideal as either a top layer or as a base layer under your jacket. Triumph Motorcycles originally started…

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BSA Gold Star Flat Tracker – Ridden By Jim Rice From “On Any Sunday”

Ben Branch March 21, 2021
BSA Goldstar Flat Tracker
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

The race-winning BSA Goldstar you see here was ridden by Jim Rice, a Hall of Famer and a memorable star of the iconic film On Any Sunday. Rice was immortalized in the film in…

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The 1970 MTD Minibike – An Unusual American Minibike

Ben Branch March 19, 2021
MTD Minibike
  • American
  • Motorcycles
  • Scrambler Motorcycles

Starting in 1970 the American company MTD released its first line of minibikes, this was right in the middle of the minibike revolution that was sweeping much of the United States and the western…

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