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Triumph Motorcycles Report Record Profits

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Well, this is certainly good news, Triumph Motorcycles has reported a huge 48 percent jump in profits to a record £22.3 million ($35 million) on sales of almost 50,000 motorcycles, up 7 percent, for the year ending June 30th. Everyone knows the global economy is hitting the motorcycle industry hard, but Triumph shows that, even in tough times, you can do well by selling … [Read more...]

Ural M70 Anniversary Edition Celebrates 70 Years of Building All Terrain Sidecars

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Got a note from the Ural folks the other day who are pretty proud of their new M70 Anniversary Edition and thought we would like to hear what it's all about. It all started back in 1941 when the Soviets were facing a German assault on Moscow. At the same time, they were hurriedly setting up a factory in the town of Irbit on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains. Their … [Read more...]

Roland Sands Vmax Hyper Modified

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Last month we told you about the three builders Yamaha chose to modify the new Vmax. Each builder went his own way and this is what Roland Sands came up with. Most impressive, is the extremely short time frame each builder had, only 3 weeks! When you see the results, you have to respect the experience being brought to the task, novice builders would be in the design and mockup … [Read more...]

Exquisite Little V12 Engine

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Machine tools make much of what we see and use in the world around us, enabling a skilled machinist to create almost anything out of basic blocks of metal. With today's relatively low prices and high precision, you can find small home shops turning out incredible work from lathes and milling machines hidden away in basements and garages. This tiny V12 engine is a perfect … [Read more...]

Art Deco Gold Wing Streamliner

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Last year, there were photos of a Henderson streamline floating around the Interwebs and it looked impossibly cool. At least one motorcycle builder thought the same thing and figured he would build something along the same lines using a Honda as the underpinnings and the result is this 1983 Honda Gold Wing 1100 converted into a semi convincing remake of that old Henderson and … [Read more...]