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Harlan Ramey’s Harley Davidson Snowmobile

Ben Branch October 31, 2012
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Photography
  • Vintage

This remarkable looking machine was built by Harlan Ramey in 1916 in Ames, Iowa. It’s based on a 1913 Harley Davidson and it appears to have a front sled added for steering and a small wooden sled added to the rear so he could carry a lady in style.

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Ironhead Flat Tracker by W1910

Ben Branch October 20, 2012
  • American
  • French
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Vintage

This retrotastic Harley Ironhead flat-tracker just popped up for sale on the official W1910 store based in France, it’s a 1975 model that’s seen some significant modifications from it’s racetrack-only beginnings.

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The First Lady of Washington

Ben Branch September 28, 2012
  • American
  • Art
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Photography
  • Style
  • Vintage

Sadly I don’t have the name of the lady in the picture, we discovered that she was the first woman issued with a motorcycle license in Washington DC all the way back in 1937.

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Motobee by Walt Siegl

Ben Branch September 5, 2012
  • Cafe Racers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Retro

This bike, a cafe racer called “Motobee” was built by Walt in 2010, it’s based on a 1983 Harley-Davidson Sportster but as with all Siegl builds, not much of the original bike remains.

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Vrod Special by Roland Sands Design

Ben Branch August 30, 2012
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Engineering
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing

I love seeing people build Harley-Davidsons like this. You see there was a time, many years ago, when Harley-Davidson was famous for building the fastest motorcycles in America.

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Mindy by TPJ Customs

Ben Branch August 15, 2012
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Engineering
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles

What we’re looking at here is a Buell/Harley Sportster 1200cc V-Twin with a unique motorcycle fabricated around it, for want of a better word it’s a supermoto bike…

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PainTTless by Thunderbike

Ben Branch August 10, 2012
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Luxury
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Steampunk

PainTTless is one of those motorcycles that comes along every now and then than makes even jaded, cynical motorcycle journalists stop and think.

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Ladies Beach Race

Ben Branch August 7, 2012
  • Art
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Off Road
  • Photography
  • Racing
  • Vintage

This is exactly the sort of motor sports event we need more of, although it might be a good idea to institute some sort of helmet rule as mid-50’s housewife headscarves generally don’t come with DOT certification.

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War Crimes Harley Custom by Super Rat

Ben Branch July 24, 2012
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Design
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

Super Rat Motorcycles is one of those garages that never, ever builds anything normal. And this bike, War Crimes, is anything but normal. We…

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Harley-Davidson Doll

Ben Branch June 29, 2012
  • American
  • Art
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Photography
  • Vintage

Well there’s a lot to be said about vintage motorcycle photography. You’ll be hard pressed to find any pictures taken post-1970 that are as tasteful as this.

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Top Fuel II by DP Customs

Ben Branch May 25, 2012
  • American
  • Design
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Vintage

DP Customs is one of our favourite American custom motorcycle builders, their no-bullshit approach to engineering and design is uniquely appealing and thankfully they’ve chosen to stay away from

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TwinTrax by The German Motorcycle Authority

Ben Branch May 23, 2012
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Engineering
  • German
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Retro

Leaving for a moment the unusual name of this garage and just looking at this, their “TwinTrax” motorcycle design from 2011, it’s difficult to know how to categorise their style.

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