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MV Agusta 750S America

Ben Branch December 29, 2015
  • Italian
  • Motorcycles
  • Vintage

The MV Agusta 750S America is a motorcycle that was built to fulfill a request from Chris Garville and Jim Cotherman of Commerce Overseas…

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Ducati 48 by XTR Pepo

Ben Branch December 24, 2015
  • Ducati
  • Motorcycles
  • Vintage

Ducati started out as a small and nondescript manufacturer of tubes, condensers and other components for use in radios. The original company name was…

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1952 Vincent Black Shadow Special

Ben Branch December 23, 2015
  • British
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Vintage

The Vincent Black Shadow is a motorcycle that many in the motorcycling press consider to be the first “superbike”, although that particular term wouldn’t…

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Ducati Dustbin Special

Ben Branch December 21, 2015
  • Art
  • Ducati
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing

This Ducati Dustbin Special was built by world-renowned metal fabricator Evan Wilcox, a man with a minimum 12 month waiting list on new parts…

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Evel Knievel Harley-Davidson XL1000

Ben Branch December 17, 2015
  • American
  • Films
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

In 1976 Evel Knievel was near the peak of his fame, he had announced his retirement just a year earlier after a disastrous jump…

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Brough Superior Austin Four

Ben Branch December 15, 2015
  • British
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles
  • Rare

The Brough Superior Austin Four is a motorcycle so rare that very few have ever actually seen one in the flesh. There’s quite a…

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Yamaha XS650 Gravel Tracker

Ben Branch December 10, 2015
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Flat Trackers
  • Motorcycles
  • Scrambler Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

The Yamaha XS650 was one of the most advanced motorcycles in the world when it was released in 1968, the engine utilised a SOHC,…

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Ducati 900 S2

Ben Branch December 9, 2015
  • Ducati
  • Italian
  • Motorcycles

The Ducati 900 S2 was released in 1982 as a direct replacement for the Ducati 900 SS, this was to be a difficult assignment…

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MAG 1000cc IOE Motorcycle Engine

Ben Branch December 9, 2015
  • British
  • Motorcycles
  • Rare

The listing for this MAG 1000cc IOE engine helpfully explains that it’s suitable for use in a light aeroplane, although you’d have to be…

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Ducati Bol d’Or by XTR Pepo

Ben Branch December 2, 2015
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Ducati
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles

If you have so much as a passing interest in highly engineered custom motorcycles, you’ll almost certainly have encountered the work of Pepo Rosell…

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Sydney to London on a Wing and a Prayer

Ben Branch November 29, 2015
  • Australian
  • British
  • Films
  • Motorcycles

Dot. Sydney to London on a Wing and a Prayer is a film that documents the journey of Nathan Millward from Sydney to London…

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MV Agusta Bol d’Or by Walt Siegl

Ben Branch November 26, 2015
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Engineering
  • Italian
  • Motorcycles

Words by Walt Siegl. I always had a soft spot for the raw brutishness of 80s Endurance bikes, and I wanted to use an…

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