Archive for December, 2006
The Kneeslider - Happy Holidays
22 December 2006I’m going to be slowing down here for the next week, doing some work on the site, catching up with old friends and generally taking a little breather. If anything happens you should know about, I’ll write it up but news gets a little sparse this time of year and we all need some down [...]
Las Vegas Vintage Motorcycle Auction
21 December 2006Just received my color catalog for the Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction from MidAmerica Auctions and if there’s a hole in your collection somewhere, you might want to run out to Nevada, January 11th through the 13th. The list of bikes offered is currently at 552 and it includes a lot of very rare machinery along [...]
Motorcycle Patent Model Prototype
20 December 2006This extremely detailed prototype of a motorcycle braking system from the early 1900s looks really cool. From the description it is fully functional and might have been used to demonstrate the operation of the design or maybe it was just for a display of some sort. Whatever the case, if you like nicely machined models, [...]
Mystery 3 Wheeler - From BMW?
19 December 2006[Photo removed at photographer's request]
One of our comments yesterday on another post linked to these spy photos of a very finished looking 3 wheeler out for a road test. Evidently the photos were taken at Deals Gap and the photographer says he believes it’s a BMW, though he does not know for sure. The trike [...]
Tilting 3 Wheelers - Potential Custom Direction?
18 December 2006Are tilting 3 wheelers a possible new direction for custom builders? As the Piaggio MP3 begins to get a lot of attention and a few other vehicles like the Brudeli 625 start showing up, the idea of a twin front wheel motorcycle with some form of tilting mechanism built in could be an interesting [...]
Motorcycle Builders - Wendell Jones
15 December 2006Wendell Jones of Oakland, California sent us an email saying he built a motorcycle, nothing out of the ordinary there, but then he said it was powered by a Honda CX500 engine turned sideways and converted to chain drive plus the wheels were mounted single sided both front and rear. OK, that got my attention, [...]
HD Sportster Featured at Vintage Days 2007
14 December 2006The Harley Davidson Sportster will be the featured marque at Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid Ohio Race Course, July 27-29, 2007. Every year one marque is selected and for next year, just one model, the Sportster, will be on display.
The Sportster takes a lot of criticism from many riders, it seems to get less than [...]
Ktrak - Rear Drive Kit and Ski Kit
12 December 2006OK, this isn’t designed for a motorcycle but the possibilities are obvious. The Ktrak rear drive kit and optional ski kit transform your mountain bike into a snow bike. If your bike has quick release hubs, no tools are needed, you just swap out the wheels with the rear track and front ski and off [...]
