When you think about vintage motorcycle ads, Zundapp probably doesn’t spring to mind. You’re thinking Honda or Norton or BSA, but Zundapp? Sure, and as these ads show, they were just as much into the idea of mixing motorcycles and pretty girls as anyone else, even though the one ad shown below tries to explain [...]
From the monthly archives:
July 2008
We’ve mentioned a couple of times how many Super Cubs have been rolling off the assembly lines, first 50 million, then recently they passed 60 million and now Honda held a celebration at Honda’s Kumamoto Factory where Super Cub is produced in Japan to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Super Cub production.
Honda began making the [...]
Harley Davidson’s Custom Vehicle Operations (CVO), builds bikes with a little extra, well, actually, a lot extra, and these special models stand out in looks and performance. For 2009 there are 4 models, the CVO Road Glide, CVO Ultra Classic Electra Glide. CVO Dyna Fat Bob and CVO Softail Springer. All 4 run the Screamin’ [...]
Harley Davidson has introduced a new member of the V-Rod family, the V-Rod Muscle. The look is new with somewhat angular bodywork and exhaust pipes that exit on both sides of the bike.
The Revolution engine in the V-Rod is excellent but The Motor Company seems to be having a problem coming up with the right [...]
The complete line of Harley Davidson touring bikes will sit on a totally new frame for 2009. New frame, swingarm, wheels and tires plus non linked ABS (you control front and rear braking), electronic throttle control (one more sign of the increase in “fly by wire” technology showing up on many motorcycles) and quite a [...]
Harley Davidson is introducing a trike from the factory, the new Tri Glide Ultra Classic. Since so many companies already modify the HD touring bikes to 3 wheel configuration, HD asked, why not make them in house? The advantage of doing this is a trike with a chassis specifically designed as a 3 wheeler from [...]
The Buell line is expanding on the 1125R with the new Buell 1125CR “cafe racer,” a more street oriented version with lower gearing and a flyscreen instead of the higher fairing. The engine has been tweaked slightly with new fuel and spark maps, the new maps will be available for the ‘08 1125R. Judging from [...]
Triumph revealed their 2009 lineup and among the models was the all new Triumph Thunderbird which will go on sale in 2009 as a 2010 model.
The new Thunderbird is a 1600cc parallel twin with 6 speeds and belt drive. The bike will be offered with accessories to change its appearance and function from custom cruiser [...]
Kickboxer Subaru WRX Powered Motorcycle Concept
