July 2008

Vintage Motorcycle Ads – Zundapp

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 7/24/2008

in Motorcycle advertising, Vintage Motorcycles

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 [...]

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Honda Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Super Cub

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 7/23/2008

in Motorcycle Business

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 [...]

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2009 Harley Davidson CVO Lineup

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 7/22/2008

in American Motorcycles, Motorcycle Business

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’ [...]

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2009 Harley Davidson V-Rod Muscle

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 7/22/2008

in American Motorcycles, Motorcycle Business

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 [...]

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