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Keanu Reeves + Gard Hollinger’s New 2020 Production Motorcycle – The KRGT-1

Ben Branch October 29, 2019
Arch Motorcycle KRGT-1
  • American
  • Motorcycles

The new-for-2020 Arch KRGT-1 is the latest model from the motorcycle marque co-founded by Keanu Reeves and Gard Hollinger in 2011. The company has…

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A Two-Wheeled American Icon – The 1938 Harley-Davidson EL Knucklehead

Ben Branch October 26, 2019
Harley-Davidson EL Knucklehead 1
  • American
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles

The Knucklehead V-twin fitted to the Harley-Davidson EL is doubtless one of the most famous motorcycle engines of all time, and it’s certainly one…

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A Rare 1949 Norvin Cafe Racer – The Lovechild of a Norton and a Vincent

Ben Branch October 24, 2019
Norvin - Norton - Vincent Cafe Racer
  • British
  • Cafe Racers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

Norvins are exceedingly rare motorcycles, no one is entirely sure how many actually exist because they were never made by a manufacturer. They were…

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A Bespoke Kawasaki KZ650 by Mifune Werx Custom Motorcycles

Ben Branch October 18, 2019
Kawasaki KZ650 Custom Fairing
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

The unusual custom Kawasaki KZ650 you see here is the work of Brent King, founder of Mifune Werx Custom Motorcycles based out of Ohio….

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A Daily Ridden Ducati Scrambler Icon Custom

Ben Branch October 17, 2019
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Ducati
  • Motorcycles

The new generation of Ducati Scramblers was introduced in 2015 to near universal acclaim. Ducati developed the model as a modern version of their…

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A Rare Egli-Triumph With A Prototype OHC Engine – £6,000 and £10,000

Ben Branch October 16, 2019
Egli-Triumph Prototype OHC Engine
  • British
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

It isn’t widely known that BSA/Triumph were experimenting with overhead cam engines back in the early 1970s as a way of trying to compete…

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A Very Unusual 1985 Norton Rotary Racing Motorcycle Project – £1,000 to £2,000

Ben Branch October 14, 2019
Norton Rotary Racing Motorcycle
  • British
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Norton

This 1985 Norton Rotary racer is a fascinating project bike, fitted with one of the most unusual engines ever fitted to a motorcycle. Wankel…

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Buy Your Own Vintage Sprint Racing Team “The Peril Speed Equipe” – £12,000 to £16,000

Ben Branch October 12, 2019
Yellow Peril, Scarlet Peril, and Blue Peril Sprint Racing Triumph
  • British
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

Incredibly, all three of these motorcycles are coming up for sale with Bonhams on the 19th of October with an estimated hammer price of…

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The Only Surviving Factory-Built Custom Triumph Strongbow Flat Tracker

Ben Branch October 11, 2019
Triumph Strongbow Flat Tracker
  • British
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

This is one of just 6 or 7 factory-built Triumph Strongbow flat trackers made in the late 1970s to compete in a series sponsored…

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The Only One Ever Made – Factory-Built 1981 Triumph TS8-1 Prototype

Ben Branch October 8, 2019
Triumph TS8-1 Prototype Fairing
  • British
  • Motorcycles
  • Triumph

The Triumph TS8-1 Prototype was released as a last-gasp effort by the struggling British motorcycle marque in 1981 as a touring motorcycle to compete…

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A Japanese-British Racer – A 1970 Rickman Metisse-Suzuki 500 Titan

Ben Branch October 5, 2019
Rickman Metisse-Suzuki Side
  • British
  • Motorcycles

This is an original Rickman Metisse-Suzuki 500 Titan, one of the earlier Japanese-engined road racing Rickmans. The combination of reliable, high-output Japanese motorcycle engines…

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The Amazing One Wheeled Vehicles Of Inventor Charles F. Taylor

Ben Branch October 4, 2019
Taylor One Wheel Vehicle
  • American
  • Motorcycles

Inventor Charles F. Taylor’s one wheeled vehicles are a fascinating automotive “what if?” that never saw the required development time or resources devoted to…

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