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The Revival 140 Confederate Hellcat

Ben Branch March 1, 2017
  • American
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles

The Confederate Hellcat is a thoroughly American motorcycle with more technology and engineering built into it than its air-cooled V-twin would lead you to…

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Ton-Up Garage BMW R1200GS

Ben Branch February 25, 2017
  • BMW
  • Motorcycles
  • Off Road

The BMW R1200GS has been the best selling motorcycle from German marque for years now, over 100,000 have been made since its introduction and many…

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1969 Magnum Mini Racer

Ben Branch February 21, 2017
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

There’s something immediately approachable about mini bikes. In fact they might be the only motorcycle genre that almost all motorcyclists like. The mini racing…

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A Brief History of the Moto Guzzi Le Mans

Ben Branch February 20, 2017
  • eBay
  • Italian
  • Moto Guzzi
  • Motorcycles

Introduction The Moto Guzzi Le Mans began life on the race track back in 1971 when Dutchman Jan Kampen decided to build a racing…

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Colorado Norton Works 1975 Commando

Ben Branch February 17, 2017
  • British
  • Motorcycles
  • Norton

The Beginning of the Commando In 1967 the British Norton-Villiers company revealed the Norton Commando to the world, it wasn’t the most modern bike…

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Fuel Motorcycles BMW R100R Silverback

Ben Branch February 14, 2017
  • BMW
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

The BMW R100R was released in 1991 as a retro-styled model that harked back to the golden age of the BMW boxer twin, commonly…

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Society 142 BMW K100

Ben Branch February 11, 2017
  • BMW
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

The BMW K100 was the German answer to the surge in popularity surrounding inline-4 motorcycles pouring out of Japan in the ’70s and ’80s. They…

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Royal Enfield Beach Tracker

Ben Branch February 10, 2017
  • Flat Trackers
  • Indian
  • Motorcycles

The Royal Enfield Bullet is the longest running production motorcycle in the world, the first Bullet was fired up in 1931 and the evolved…

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Honda CBX

Ben Branch February 4, 2017
  • Engineering
  • Honda
  • Motorcycles

When the Honda CBX was released in 1978 it was almost immediately compared favourably to the Vincent Black Shadow – both bikes were the…

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The NLO Yamaha XT500 Snow Bike

Ben Branch February 1, 2017
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

Snow bikes have been growing in popularity in recent years, and there’s been a surge in the number of companies making kits that can…

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A Brief History of Military Motorcycles

Ben Branch January 30, 2017
  • American
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles

The creation of the first viable motorcycles began in earnest in the early twentieth century, and as is often the case with new types…

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Overbold Motor Co. Honda CB750

Ben Branch January 28, 2017
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Honda
  • Motorcycles

The Honda CB750 was released in 1969 to fulfil a demand by Honda dealers in the USA for a bigger, more powerful motorcycle that would allow…

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