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20 Essential Motorcycle Films

Ben Branch August 11, 2014
  • American
  • Art
  • Films
  • Motorcycles
  • Vintage

This list of 20 motorcycle films is a collection of my personal favourites, it includes both feature films and documentaries from the 1950s right…

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Moto Guzzi V7 Stone by Venier Customs

Ben Branch August 6, 2014
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Italian
  • Moto Guzzi
  • Motorcycles
  • Scrambler Motorcycles

The Moto Guzzi V7 Stone is the stripped back version of the V7 model range, Guzzi’s answer to the retro Triumphs, Ducatis and Harley-Davidsons…

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Triumph Flat Tracker

Ben Branch August 5, 2014
  • American
  • British
  • Design
  • Flat Track
  • Motorcycles
  • Steampunk
  • Triumph

We’ve seen all manner of Triumph Flat Trackers over the past few years, some based on early Triumphs and some based on the more…

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Stories of Bike – Answers

Ben Branch August 3, 2014
  • Australian
  • Films
  • Motorcycles

Stories of Bike is a film series by director Cam Elkins, it’s quickly garnered a huge amount of respect and airtime around the world…

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Harley-Davidson Street 500 Flat Tracker

Ben Branch August 1, 2014
  • American
  • Design
  • Flat Track
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

This year saw the introduction of what many have called the two most important new Harley-Davidson models in living memory, the Harley-Davidson Street 500…

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Norton Commando Tracker by Federal Moto

Ben Branch July 29, 2014
  • British
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Flat Trackers
  • Motorcycles
  • Norton

The Norton Commando is a motorcycle that I have a lot of time for, many consider it one of the greatest motorcycles of all…

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Polaris Slingshot

Ben Branch July 28, 2014
  • American
  • Cars
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles

It isn’t widely known that when the automobile was first invented, it had 3 wheels. Karl Benz called it the “Benz Patent Motorwagen” and…

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1975 Norton Commando

Ben Branch July 24, 2014
  • British
  • Motorcycles
  • Norton
  • Vintage

This pristine 1975 Norton Commando is the result of a restoration by the team over at Colorado Norton Works – almost certainly the world’s…

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1951 BSA Star Twin Bonneville Racer

Ben Branch July 18, 2014
  • American
  • British
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing

There’s something unusual about the salt flats at Bonneville, for some reason the sodium from this location in Utah inspires some of the most…

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A Twist of the Wrist: The Basics of High-Performance Motorcycle Riding

Ben Branch July 18, 2014
  • Books
  • Gear
  • Motorcycles

The original version of the book A Twist of the Wrist: The Basics of High-Performance Motorcycle Riding quickly entered the essential reading list of…

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Benelli 750 Sei

Ben Branch July 16, 2014
  • Engineering
  • Italian
  • Motorcycles
  • Rare

The Benelli 750 Sei is one of the more interesting motorcycles developed during the 1970s – which is actually rather impressive considering just how…

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1973 Honda CB350 Cafe Racer

Ben Branch July 12, 2014
  • American
  • Cafe Racers
  • Honda
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

The Honda CB350 is one of the most important motorcycles that Honda ever made, everyone knows about the importance of the Honda CB750 but…

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