Appropriate, ain’t it, that a two-stroke with a trio of angry expansion chambers should incite a hornets’ nest of online commentary? It started innocently enough – me sending snaps of my 1970 Kawasaki H1 cafe racer to BikeEXIF, but it … Continued
Despite an ailing economy, nose-diving new bike sales and naysayers insisting it simply cannot be done, looks like the new Norton’s comeback is on track. Two recent big-name hires certainly have increased the start-up company’s chances of success. First it … Continued
Everybody loves a good barn-find story. The best of the tales read like a juicy detective novel. There’s rumor and intrigue, hidden clues, false hope, shadowy characters, high-stakes negotiations, invariably a trying voyage, sometimes even outright danger. But work through … Continued
Okay, the $2.8 mil for Kenny Roberts’ California ranch, a.k.a. the “Hickman Haul-Ass Club,” was just too deep a dig. But maybe you coulda stepped up to buy one of the King’s better souvenirs, in this case a 1971 Bultaco … Continued
My friend Brian Dietz is a cruel man. Like me, he shares an unhealthy fascination for the non-stock – cafe-racers, street-trackers, bob-jobs, choppers…anything uncommon, interesting or flat-out oddball. So a week before Christmas when he e-mailed photos of a strange … Continued
Dear Honda, hi, it’s me again, David Edwards. Different soapbox, same rant I’m afraid. Last time we talked, it was to implore you to build the CB1100F retro concept bike as seen at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show. And, in … Continued
Ever had lunch with one of your heroes? That’s the enviable situation Steve Anderson found himself in one fine day in 1986 when Fabio Taglioni, the famed “Dr. T,” designer of Ducati’s signature desmodromic valve system, visited the Cycle World … Continued