Archive for October, 2007
Harley Davidson Sportster Cafe Racer by Hogbitz
22 October 2007This year has seen the emergence of a new style in the custom bike scene with both Fred Krugger and Roger Goldammer building café racer inspired, Harley engined bikes, however, there is now a more affordable option for those who want the café racer look with Harley power. Hogbitz, in Chigwell Essex, England are now [...]
The Kneeslider - Guest Contributor Duncan Moore
22 October 2007Today we welcome another new guest contributor, Duncan Moore. Duncan joins us from the U.K. where his duties include work on American Motorcycle Dealer magazine, the same fellows that bring us the AMD World and European championship of Custom Bike Building every year.
Duncan had a chance to check out a new Harley cafe racer offered [...]
How About Motorcycle Championship Teams?
22 October 2007Watching Casey Stoner bring his Ducati across the finish line for yet another win makes me wonder once again, why do we focus on the racer almost to the exclusion of the bike and the team? Stoner is an extremely talented and skilled rider, no doubt about it but without the Ducati the factory produced [...]
Which Concept Motorcycle Would You Buy?
19 October 2007You’ve seen the new bikes from Honda and Yamaha scheduled for the Tokyo Motor Show, which one do you like best? The four shown here appear closest to production, the Crosscage and Biplane from Suzuki appear to be pure concepts so they’re not included. If every one of these 4 went into production, which one [...]
36 Million Motorcycles from China and India by 2010
18 October 2007By 2010, China and India will produce a combined total of 36 million motorcycles per year. Let me repeat that, … 36 MILLION motorcycles PER YEAR!
That number was buried in a news item this morning about a new microcontroller chip for motorcycle engine management systems. These chips precisely control the fuel/air mixture, ignition and who [...]
Supercharged Buell XB12S Lightning by Lazareth
18 October 2007The last time we checked out Ludovic Lazareth’s site over in France was when he was showing off the Trirazuma. Our favorite French builder has been hard at work and this Supercharged Buell is the latest bike to roll out of his shop.
There aren’t a lot of details on his site but he took a [...]
Triumph Featured Marque for AMA Vintage Days 2008
17 October 2007Triumph motorcycles will be the featured marque for the 2008 edition of Vintage Motorcycle Days, to be held July 25th-27th at the Mid Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. Vintage Days are always enjoyable, you can see more vintage bikes in one place over those days than you’ll find almost anywhere else.
There is also [...]
Yamaha XS-V1 Sakura for Tokyo Motor Show
16 October 2007Yamaha keeps rolling out the concepts for the Tokyo Motor Show and the XS-V1 Sakura follows the same retro line as the Honda concepts revealed a short time ago.
The press release is long on philosophy and short on detail but the Sakura looks like a nice throwback to a standard motorcycle.
From the Yamaha press release:
We [...]
