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The Peel Trident Was The World’s Smallest Production Car – It’s Now Worth A Cool $100,000 USD

Ben Branch August 10, 2019
Peel Trident Open Roof
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Motorcycles

When it was first unveiled in 1964, the Peel Trident was the smallest car in the world. It was developed by the engineers at…

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Custom Yamaha XSR700 Grasshopper by Hookie Co.

Ben Branch August 9, 2019
Custom Yamaha XSR700 Details
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

This custom Yamaha XSR700 is the work of Hookie Co., a German workshop that have become world-leaders in the field of developing and selling…

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The Crocker Small Tank V-Twin – The Fastest American Production Motorcycle Of Its Time – Now Worth $700,000 USD

Ben Branch August 6, 2019
Crocker V-twin Small Tank 2
  • American
  • Motorcycles

The Crocker Small Tank V-twin is one of the rarest and most valuable American motorcycles ever made, in fact it’s quite easily one of…

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Uruguayan Garage Find – An $85,000 USD 1914 Indian 8-Valve Board Track Racer

Ben Branch July 31, 2019
Indian 8-Valve Twin Board Track Racer Fuel Tank
  • American
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing

The Indian 8-Valve board track racer was one of the first factory built superbikes, it was released in 1911 with an advanced-for-the-era V-twin featuring…

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Honda QA50 K0 Minibike – A Micro Off-Roader From The 1970s

Ben Branch July 25, 2019
Honda QA50 KO Minibike
  • Motocross
  • Motorcycles

The Honda QA50 K0 Minibike was released as a 1970 model and sold as varying successor models until 1975. It was a fascinating dabble…

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An Original Soviet Military-Specification Dnepr KMZ MV-750

Ben Branch July 23, 2019
Dnepr KMZ MV-750 Main
  • Military
  • Motorcycles

The Dnepr KMZ MV-750 is the heavily modified Soviet-Ukrainian variant of the popular Soviet-era version of the WWII-era BMW R71 sidecar motorcycle. Most of…

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A Brief History of the Incredible Vincent Black Shadow

Jon Branch July 20, 2019
Vincent Black Shadow Girdraulic forks motorcycle
  • Brief Histories
  • Motorcycles

In the Beginning there was Vincent HRD American author Hunter S. Thompson once said of Vincent’s world’s first “superbike”: “If you rode the Vincent…

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The Auto Fabrica Yamaha SR500 Type 7G – A Minimalist Scram Africa Desert Racer

Ben Branch July 19, 2019
Yamaha SR500 Custom Rear 3
  • British
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

This article was written by Bujar Muharremi, the co-founder of AutoFabrica. When possible we like to bring you the story of a custom build…

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The Toma Customs Yamaha SR400 – A Minimalist Daily Rider

Ben Branch July 17, 2019
Yamaha SR400 Custom Tank
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

On this project, our customer (Benjamin) first idea was to turn his Yamaha SR 400 into a British style “Between the Wars” inspired custom bike. He would use it mainly for his daily rides in Brussels to commute from home to his work at the European Commission.

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The Lotus C-01 – A Rare 200 hp Superbike – Only 100 Were Ever Made

Ben Branch July 16, 2019
Lotus C-01 Front
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles

  Only 100 examples of the Lotus C-01 were built, it was a motorcycle that appeared to come out of nowhere in 2014 when…

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The Unusual Ner-a-Car Motorcycle – “Near A Car” In More Ways Than One

Ben Branch July 12, 2019
Ner-a-Car Steering
  • American
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles

The Ner-a-Car, known as the Neracar in the United States, was a revolutionary motorcycle design from 1918 that could very well have forever changed…

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The Pulsejet-Powered Weltmeister Fictional Experimental Motorcycle

Ben Branch July 5, 2019
Pulsejet Motorcycle Engines
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • German
  • Motorcycles

  This article was written by Per Gabos, the creator of this rather unusual pulsejet-powered motorcycle. The Weltmeister Fictional Experimental Motorcycle The Idea What…

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