It’s no secret the V-Rod has not broken any sales records, but most everyone would agree the engine is a pretty nice piece of engineering. The Harley faithful keep pushing it away but everyone else keeps trying to fit it into a bike unlike the V-Rod Harley produced. This concept called the Brawler, is the [...]
July 2010
This blown Vincent Black Shadow was built by Max Kelly and raced in California some time in the 1950s. It’s a series C Black Shadow with a series B rear section. The blower is a Ventor Supercharger type 2R010 designed and manufactured by Wade Engineering with four 42mm Dellorto carbs doing intake duty. It’s an [...]
Harley Davidson has seen a significant decrease in demand for sidecars since their Tri-Glide models got rolling, so they’ve decided to exit the sidecar business. This is a pretty big move since sidecars have been a part of Harley Davidson since, well, … almost forever. It’s another move in the company’s efforts to concentrate on [...]
The developments continue at Erik Buell Racing, and a few are more interesting than others, like an 1190RR race bike with turn signals and radiator fans, just the sort of thing you might see on a race street bike. Let’s see, how long has it been since Erik Buell was shown the door? How long [...]
