March 2010

1976 Honda Gold Wing GL1000 Cafe

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 3/30/2010

in Motorcycle Builders, Vintage Motorcycles

It’s amazing what some time, effort, elbow grease and eBay will do, but this 1976 Honda GL1000 started out as a well used Gold Wing, just the sort of bike you might find for sale at a great price. Bikes like these turn up everywhere, the owner just gets tired of it, plans are put [...]

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Have you noticed the recent theme in many of the stories here? While the major manufacturers struggle to move large numbers of mass market motorcycles, there are quite a few builders heading off in a different direction, taking standard models, sometimes even old, used and very common motorcycles, and remaking them into something unique and [...]

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The Kneeslider is Spreading the Word

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 3/29/2010

in Kneeslider

The guys over at Jalopnik wondered if I would share a little of The Kneeslider and tell their readers why motorcycles are better than cars. I was happy to oblige, so, if you have a minute, you might want to stop over there and see what the car crowd thinks about riding out in the [...]

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It isn’t often a tip leads me to something that just makes my jaw drop, but these McDeeb Royal Enfields are stunning. All three models, the Six Days, Thruxton and Clubman are based on brand new bikes. McDeeb, if I understand correctly, is a brand developed by Classic Farm Motorcycles in Italy. Taking brand new [...]

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