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Behind The Ton Up Boys

Ben Branch January 22, 2015
  • British
  • Cafe Racers
  • Films
  • Motorcycles
  • Vintage

Behind The Ton Up Boys is a short film from the ’60s showing the original era of the cafe racer, the 59 Club and…

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Honda GB250 by Ellaspede

Ben Branch January 21, 2015
  • Australian
  • Cafe Racers
  • Honda
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles

The Honda GB250 is a motorcycle that came about as a derivative of a derivative – but despite this it’s one of the most…

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BMW R nineT by Revival Cycles

Ben Branch January 17, 2015
  • American
  • BMW
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • German
  • Motorcycles

BMW Motorrad released the R nineT in 2014, the bike had been specifically designed to tap into the exceedingly popular cafe racer market –…

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Stories of Bike – Two Cities: Part 3

Ben Branch January 15, 2015
  • Australian
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Films
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles

Stories of Bike – Two Cities: Part 3 is the final part of the Two Cities series by director Cam Elkins. The two cities are…

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Yamaha XS650 Scrambler Tracker

Ben Branch January 9, 2015
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Flat Track
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Scrambler Motorcycles

The Yamaha XS650 was launched in 1968 and at the time, it had the most advanced parallel twin motorcycle engine in the world. It used unit…

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The Unrideables

Ben Branch January 6, 2015
  • Films
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing

The Unrideables is a documentary I’ve been meaning to feature for quite a while, it’s a look back at the glory days of late-80s…

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Ex-Steve McQueen Harley-Davidson X8E

Ben Branch January 3, 2015
  • American
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Vintage

This Ex-Steve McQueen Harley-Davidson X8E is still wearing a slightly bush-league paint job which is rumoured to have been the work of a drunk McQueen…

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1912 Indian Board Track Racer

Ben Branch January 1, 2015
  • American
  • Board Trackers
  • Indian
  • Motorcycles
  • Vintage

This 1912 Indian Board Track Racer is one of the few remaining unrestored originals, it was discovered in the ’70s and disassembled by the…

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Top 14 Motorcycles of 2014

Ben Branch December 30, 2014
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles

Each year we put together a list of the most popular motorcycles to appear on Silodrome, we use raw traffic data to compile this…

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Ducati 900 SS Imola

Ben Branch December 26, 2014
  • Ducati
  • Italian
  • Luxury
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing

The Ducati 900SS Imola is the larger-capacity descendant of the now legendary 750GT-based Ducatis that shocked the world to take a 1-2 finish at…

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Norton Challenge P86

Ben Branch December 24, 2014
  • British
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles
  • Norton
  • Racing

The Norton Challenge P86 was the superbike that could’ve, would’ve and should’ve saved the British motorcycle industry from the Japanese invasion that took place…

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Harley-Davidson XRTT

Ben Branch December 19, 2014
  • American
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing

The Harley-Davidson XRTT is almost certainly the most beautiful motorcycle ever to roll out of the Milwaukee factory of the venerable American motorcycle marque….

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