I’m a big fan of the old Sunbeams, my grandfather rode one and used to regale us with tales of the carburettor occasionally spewing out flames and setting his trousers on fire.
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Although it’s a controversial thing to say to an American, the Harley-Davidson XR750 only really exists because of the British. Now before you start heating the tar and plucking yourself some feathers, hear me out. The Harley-Davidson XR750 – A History Speed Run The AMA Grand National Championship Class C rules which governed flat track…
This custom 2WD Ural was built by the team Le Mani Moto, they called it “From Russia With Love” as a reference to the James Bond film of the same name starring Sean Connery. Ural Motorcycles Ural is undoubtably the best known of the Russian motorcycle manufacturers, the company is based in the town of…
The BMG Mini May guitar was developed by Brian May of Queen and the team at BMG Guitars, a company dedicated to building modern versions of the legendary guitar “Red Special” that was built by May and his father in the early 1960s using part of a fireplace mantel. May played the Red Special almost…
This BMW K1100 Scrambler represents a direction that BMW would likely never have considered taking with their large capacity 4-cylinder, but luckily Thomas Jeukens of Toma Customs took it upon himself to make the bike a reality. The BMW K1100 The BMW K1100 was one of the largest iterations of the famous German flying brick,…
This Cushman combination is likely one of a kind – the car originally started life as part of a fairground carousel ride before possibly being repurposed as a Shriner car at some point. Shriners have entertained the public on Memorial Day parades for decades, they often wear a fez and drive miniature motorized cars in…
The AC 3000 ME has been described as the little-known British answer to the mighty Lancia Stratos. The history of the wedge-shaped, mid-engined British sports car is fascinating, it was very nearly Ford’s Group B rally car, and Carroll Shelby almost build a production high-performance version named the Shelby ME 2.2 Turbo. Despite the rarity…
I’m a big fan of the old Sunbeams, my grandfather rode one and used to regale us with tales of the carburettor occasionally spewing out flames and setting his trousers on fire.
