Some of you may have missed the new video Aniket made of his Royal Enfield Musket V-Twin, … he added pipes. The little shorties worked during the shakedown runs but you really need to hear the sound of this twin with the long pipes to believe it. Sweet! They look good, too. Have I mentioned [...]
From the monthly archives:
April 2009
Harley Davidson reported their 1st quarter results and they’re not out of the woods yet. Another 300 to 400 production jobs will be eliminated as they continue to adjust production to stay in line with shipments. The Company still plans to ship between 264,000 and 273,000 Harley-Davidson motorcycles to dealers worldwide in 2009, less than [...]
The BMW R1200GS is one of BMW’s really popular models, functional in both capabilities and looks. BMW customers like it a lot, but, there’s no reason you can’t make a few modifications and rework the functional appearance a bit, so, Machineart Industrial Design did just that, creating bodywork a bit lighter, smoother and smaller, it [...]
AXR Cycle has introduced their AXR 1200 Cafe, a Harley Davidson Sportster that started life as an 883 and finished the process with all of the cafe and performance work already done. The result is a very nicely reworked Sportster with all of the power on tap that you would expect from a 1200cc V-Twin [...]
Remember that Ducati Monster transformed into a dual sport, called Terra Mostro? It looks like you can do the same thing with an old Suzuki GSX-R 1100 if you’re sufficiently motivated. All you need is a healthy mix of KTM and Ohlins suspension pieces, some engine mods that take the original 1100cc engine out to [...]
We wrote about Twist the Throttle before, but they had a little scheduling issue and all of the original dates were postponed. They’re back on the road and the dates are listed below.
The first show about Honda, was on April 6th, though it’s being rerun a couple of times, Dylan Weiss sent me a note [...]
BMW wants to know what you’re thinking. First, they brought out the LoRider Concept and put up a survey to see what you thought about it, which is a good way to generate feedback in the most direct fashion, “Here it is, what do you think?” Now, they have an innovation contest and they’re looking [...]
The Motomarathon is a 4 day rally focused on riding routes through beautiful scenery with as many twisties as possible. Isn’t that what a motorcycle was designed to do? Instead of riding thousands of miles on interstate highways, something a car might do better, you go for the curves, an event focused on using your [...]
Kickboxer Subaru WRX Powered Motorcycle Concept
