Archive for October, 2006
Motorcycle Builders - Air Cooled AJS V4 Engine
31 October 2006Motorcycle builder is a term we often use around here but it’s becoming more apparent it doesn’t do justice to the full range of skills and capabilities found among “builders.”
An article in the November 2006 issue of The Classic Motorcycle caught my eye, it’s actually the story of the motorcycle engine shown on the cover. [...]
Triumph Rocket 3 Custom - MGS Custom Bikes
30 October 2006The Metric TV custom build off has resulted in a lot of bikes which still seem to be waiting for their television debut. We mentioned the show some time back where a group of builders were each given a metric bike, cruiser or sportbike depending on their specialty, and given 180 days to produce something [...]
Nicky Hayden - 2006 MotoGP World Champion
30 October 2006In the end of season battle where both Hayden and Rossi had to perform at their best to determine the championship, Nicky Hayden did what he had to do and Rossi made an unforced error. After a bad start dropped Rossi from the pole to 7th position, he was stuck in traffic and having a [...]
Honda CBX - Spondon Frame Streetfighter
27 October 2006Cycle World magazine puts together a regular American Flyers feature with custom motorcycles outside the usual fancy paint and chrome category, to get into the lineup you need something really special. This Honda CBX gets past the velvet rope without any discussion, it’s a stunner.
Tryg Westby is an ex-racer, pro bike builder and long time [...]
Ferrari Formula One Team Racecar Chopper
26 October 2006Choppers are not our specialty here but this Ferrari inspired Schumacher Tribute Chopper is a bit different. It’s powered by a Triumph 955 triple which is fully enclosed by the Ferrari F1 style bodywork.
It’s for sale over on ebay and they have a video showing it running around a bit. The music drowns out the [...]
Radial Engine Motorcycles - Redrup Radial
25 October 2006The Redrup Radial engine is new to me but it’s actually quite old. After all of our coverage of radial engine motorcycles using the Australian Rotec 7 cylinder radial like the one built by Jesse James and the radial motorcycle built by JRL Cycles that they actually plan to produce, I received several pointers to [...]
KTM 690 Single Cylinder with 63 Horsepower
24 October 2006KTM packs a lot of power into single cylinder engines. I was just going over the Intermot coverage from a couple of weeks ago and I noticed this KTM 690 Supermoto. Reading the specs is interesting, it’s a single cylinder 690, actually displacing 654cc, with a power output of 63 horsepower! That’s not bad.
The absolute [...]
Suzuki Uses Motorcycles to Sell Cars
23 October 2006When most people hear the name Suzuki, images of motorcycles pop up in their heads, around The Kneeslider for sure, but even elsewhere, the name Suzuki just doesn’t have an automotive ring to it. Since Suzuki does sell cars and SUVs, the marketing folks have decided to use a little of their motorcycle mojo to [...]
