Archive for 'Vintage Motorcycles' Category
Vintage Motorcycle Ads - Zundapp
24 July 2008When 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 [...]
Japan’s Motorcycle Wars
16 July 2008Japan’s Motorcycle Wars delves deep into the history of the Japanese motorcycle business going well beyond the stories of the now successful big 4 brands everyone seems to know. For all of the impact Japanese motorcycles have had here in the U.S. and around the world, there hasn’t been a scholarly book written about how [...]
2008 Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid Ohio
2 July 2008If you have any interest in vintage motorcycles whatsoever and you have the chance to get to Mid Ohio July 25-27, 2008, you really should try to be there. This is the best assemblage of old motorcycles, riders and racers you’ll see in one place. There’s a huge swap meet, vintage racing, motorcycle shows and [...]
International Vintage Motorcycle Show and Swap Meet
1 July 2008Next month the Vintage Japanese and European Motorcycle Club of North America will hold their 5th annual International Vintage Motorcycle Show and Swap Meet, August 15-17, 2008 at the Outagamie County Fairgrounds, Seymour, Wisconsin. Dave sent in a question about whether there would be a show this year and I thought I better find out.
This [...]
Ducati Apollo V4
24 June 2008The Berliner brothers, who owned Berliner Motor Corporation and used to import Ducati into the U.S., among several other brands, in 1959 asked Ducati to build a motorcycle to compete with Harley Davidson for the police motorcycle business. After some discussion, Ducati finally agreed to the idea and a few years later produced the V4 [...]
Vintage Norton Motorcycle Ads - The Norton Experience
24 June 2008Here’s another vintage motorcycle ad flashback, The Norton Experience. These ads are so politically incorrect, I love ‘em. Did they help sell Nortons back in the day? Maybe, but in 1970, when this ad appeared, the Japanese motorcycle industry was gearing up and gaining market share and no matter how many Norton girls you might [...]
Morbidelli Museum Photo Tour
20 June 2008Denny, one of The Kneeslider’s regular readers from Portland, Oregon, sent us a note saying he just returned from a trip to Italy where he and three of his friends, had the opportunity to tour the Morbidelli Museum. Denny says Giancarlo Morbidelli was a most unassuming, gracious and wonderful host. Not only that, they [...]
World Motorcycles Sandcast Honda CB750 Restorations
12 June 2008It’s not surprising to see niche businesses of all sorts these days, with the reach of the Internet, you can find customers all over the globe, but World Motorcycles, owned by Vic World, specializes solely in the restoration of sandcast Honda CB750s, now niche is that?
Reading the new Motorcyclist Retro, I came across the story [...]
