Vintage Motorcycles

Allen Millyard Kawasaki 5 Cylinder for Sale

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 8/28/2011

in Motorcycle Builders, Vintage Motorcycles

Well, you don’t see one of these every day, an Allen Millyard custom Kawasaki 5 cylinder 2 stroke is currently for sale. Millyard is known for his engines, handbuilt multi cylinder variants of stock engines, in this case an 850cc 5 cylinder made from two 3 cylinder donor engines. The term handbuilt is exactly what [...]

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Owosso Pulse – Ground Cruising Recreational Vehicle

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 8/17/2011

in Vintage Motorcycles

Every now and then, a Bede BD-200 LiteStar or Owosso Pulse comes up for sale. This enclosed cabin vehicle was powered by a long series of different engines, from Honda 250 twins to Honda 750 fours, a Yamaha 400 like the one shown here all the way up to a Honda GL1100 flat four. Originally [...]

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Vintage Motorcycle Days 2011

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 7/26/2011

in Vintage Motorcycles

The annual gathering of vintage motorcycles at Mid Ohio for the AMA’s Vintage Motorcycle Days has come and gone with its usual fine collection of great vintage bikes of all stripes. The weather was extremely hot and humid which may have played a part in what appeared to be somewhat lower attendance numbers, though I [...]

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Secret French Motorcycle Museum

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 4/27/2011

in Motorcycle Travel, Vintage Motorcycles

Traveling with a group of tourists, you see the same thing everyone else always sees and has already seen before. When you travel alone, you might miss things you would have enjoyed, but sometimes you find really cool little places, like this collection of bicycles and motorcycles in France. Christian Pelletier was motoring around and [...]

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