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A Rare 1969 Honda CB750 Sandcast – The World’s First “Superbike”

Ben Branch December 13, 2019
Honda CB750 Sandcast
  • Honda
  • Motorcycles

This is an original Honda CB750 Sandcast, it’s called a “sandcast” because it was built in the first year or production when sand-casting was…

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The Rare Bimota YB8 – A Lightning Fast Italian-Japanese Superbike

Ben Branch December 10, 2019
Bimota YB8
  • Engineering
  • Italian
  • Motorcycles

The Bimota YB8 is a rare early-90s Italian-Japanese superbike with scalpel sharp handling and gobs of reliable power from its four-cylinder, 149bhp, 1002cc engine…

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The Rare Harley-Davidson VR1000 – A 135HP Quad Cam Milwaukee Superbike From The ’90s

Ben Branch December 4, 2019
Harley-Davidson VR1000 7
  • American
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing

The Harley-Davidson VR1000 was a race bike developed in the late-1980s and early-1990s to take on the best in the world. We don’t typically associate…

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The Mighty Honda ATC 250R – The Fastest Three-Wheeled Death Machine In The West

Ben Branch November 25, 2019
Honda ATC 250R Three Wheeler
  • Motocross
  • Motorcycles

The Honda ATC 250R is remembered today as one of the leading lights of the three-wheeled craze that swept the motorcycle world in the…

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The Most Desirable Monkey Bike Of All Time – The Rare Honda Baja Africa

Ben Branch November 22, 2019
Honda Z50 Monkey Baja Africa
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles

The Honda Monkey Baja Africa is one of the rarest and most desirable iterations of the beloved Japanese minibike ever offered, although interestingly it…

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Kenzo – A Remarkable New Samurai Goldwing Custom From Death Machines Of London

Ben Branch November 20, 2019
Death Machines Of London Honda Goldwing Custom
  • British
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

This article was written by Death Machines of London founder James Hilton, the man who built the bike you see here before you. When…

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Have Diamond Atelier Built The Perfect BMW R100GS? We Think They Have.

Ben Branch November 18, 2019
BMW R100GS Rear
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

The BMW R100GS was released in 1987 as the next iteration in the GS family after the original and much loved R80G/S, a motorcycle…

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The Honda VF1000R – The Fastest Production Motorcycle In The World (In 1984)

Ben Branch November 13, 2019
Honda VF1000R
  • Honda
  • Motorcycles

The Honda VF1000R was the high performance member of the Honda VF1000 model family. All models had an advanced V4 998cc double overhead cam…

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1974 Cheney Suzuki TM400 MX – From A Deathtrap To A Dominant Race Winner

Ben Branch November 8, 2019
Cheney Suzuki TM400 MX Motocross
  • British
  • Japanese
  • Motocross
  • Motorcycles

The Cheney Suzuki TM400 MX is the result of (arguably) the world’s best motorcycle frame maker taking on (again, arguably) the worst handling motocross…

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A Brief History Of The Unusual Hercules W2000 Rotary-Engined Motorcycle

Jon Branch November 6, 2019
Hercules W2000 Rotary Motorcycle Wheel
  • Brief Histories
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles

Fichtel & Sachs decided to call their first Wankel engine motorcycle the Hercules W2000 and they showed the prototype at the 1970 West Cologne Autumn Motorcycle Show: that prototype featuring a shaft drive and four speed gearbox from a BMW R27 that would not be used on the production model.

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The Original Trackmaster Miler Prototype Is For Sale

Ben Branch November 4, 2019
Track Master Miler Prototype Headlight
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

This is the 2016 Trackmaster Miler prototype, it was developed by the team at Trackmaster to be the ultimate version of the modern Harley-Davidson-based…

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Black Dot Mark One – A BMW R80 RT Custom By Blitz Motorcycles

Ben Branch October 30, 2019
Custom BMW R80 RT Motorcycle
  • BMW
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • French
  • Motorcycles

Blitz Motorcycles is one of the original modern custom garages, they’ve been building their signature custom bikes in Paris for almost 10 years now,…

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