The Kneeslider

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Stonebridge Motor Company Ace Cafe Racer

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The Stonebridge Motor Company is a new outfit set up by Nick Gale Custom Cycles and the Ace Cafe for their combined effort to build a bike for the S&S Cycles 50th Anniversary build off in late June. Their new web site will detail all of the build up using one of the S&S SB-Series engines. They'll be building a limited edition of 100 of these bikes to be sold in Europe, America … [Read more...]

Deus Ex Machina Motorcycles

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There's an Australian motorcycle shop by the name of Deus Ex Machina that is guaranteed to make you feel a bit slighted by the Japanese manufacturers. You see, in Australia, it seems they can purchase brand new Kawasaki W650s and Yamaha SR400s (W650s? I didn't know that!). And just to rub salt in the wound, Deus Ex Machina takes these bikes, along with a few Triumphs and … [Read more...]

Suzuki RMZ4 Pickup Truck – Offroad Motorcycle Carrier

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Suzuki introduced the Equator midsize pickup truck at the Chicago autoshow in 3 different versions specialized for different outdoor sports, the Quad for the ATV market, the Quay for the fishing and watersports crowd and the RMZ-4, aimed at the motorcycle enthusiast. It looks like a nice truck but I keep getting flashbacks, how many of you remember the Yamahauler? Press … [Read more...]

Standard Catalog of Japanese Motorcycles 1959-2007

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A few days ago, The Standard Catalog of Japanese Motorcycles 1959-2007 arrived and it looks like I'll be referring to it quite often. Inside are pages filled with photos and lists of literally every Japanese motorcycle offered for sale in the U.S. from 1959 through 2007. If you have a need or desire to know who sold what and when, this is your book. It's not anything other … [Read more...]

Custom Motorcycles from Japan – Bratstyle

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There's an active Japanese custom bike culture that has a style all its own. Starting with some of the same bikes we would start with over here in the U.S. and many that get no attention here whatsoever, they put their own unique mark on these machines. A bit of cafe racer with lots of street tracker mixed in, too. These images illustrate some of the work and they all … [Read more...]