CB 350 by LBC Moto
The Honda CB350 is a popular bike for custom builders, this particular example is a 1969 model picked up by Shannon Hulcher over at LBC Moto.
Vintage
1955 Wooler Flat Four
The 1955 Wooler Flat Four is the kind of motorcycle that you stumble across from time to time that grabs your attention and refuses to let go. This flat four, shaft driven motorcycle had a number of unique features, my favourite of which is the
Motorcycle Mail
During World War II it was common practice for some communiqués to be dispatched by motorcycle courier rather than regular mail (too slow) or telephone (spies can listen in). Women were commonly recruited as riders due to the fact that…
Board Track Tricycle Racers
Board Track Tricycle Racing is something we were unaware of until very recently, it appears to be a French photograph and the background doesn’t give a whole lot away. If you know more about this than we do, which isn’t hard at this point…
Rene Arnoux vs Gilles Villeneuve
This classic Formula 1 battle is considered by many to be the best 3 laps in open-wheeled racing history, it features Rene Arnoux and Gilles Villeneuve in a no holds barred street fight for the win at the 1979 French Grand Prix.
Holden Torana GTR-X Concept
* Update: One of two surviving examples of the GTR-X has come up for sale in Australia. You can read about it here. The Holden…
eBay Find: Rare ’59 Bocar XP-5
In 1959 a man named Bob Carnes (Bo-Car) started building utterly insane American racing cars, called the Bocar XP-5 they were built between 1959 and 1961. Bob used modified Corvette 283 engines with the motor in this car producing a staggering 450hp.
Vintage Motorcycle Hill Climbing
Motorcycle hill climbing events are always a white-knuckle endeavour, attempting such an activity on brutally simple suspension must have required an iron will and a pair of titanium balls.
CB550-FZR600 Hybrid By Steel Bent Customs
Steel Bent Customs is turning out some of my favourite custom motorcycles at the moment, bikes like this Honda CB550 are a great testament to the garage, believe it or not this café racer is part Honda CB550 and part Yamaha FZR600.
eBay Find: 1962 Lotus Super 7
To say the the Lotus 7 is an icon would be like saying Saturn V rockets are a little bit fiery. The Super 7 was designed by Lotus founder and motorsport engineering-god Colin Chapman in 1957 and is widely considered to be the essence of Lotus’ design philosophy.
First Ever NHRA National Event in 1955
The NHRA or National Hot Rod Association was founded by Wally Parks in 1951, he wanted to get drag racing off the streets and onto safer, professional level tracks and in doing so he doubtless saved a lot of young men’s lives throughout the 50’s and 60’s.
Leggero Mini Cycle
The AMF Harley-Davidson Leggero Mini Cycle was a bit of an anomaly in its day, the 65cc two-stroke never really caught on in the US and the bikes remain relatively rare stateside to this day.