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Kit Motorcycles, the EPA and the DMV

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It looks like California is holding up a lot of kit bike registrations due to the actions of one motorcycle shop. It seems they were building a lot of kit bikes from Custom Chrome, ignoring the 24 bike per year limit and as a result, anyone with one of the Custom Chrome kits has his Special Construction registration on hold until the California DMV finishes their investigation. … [Read more...]

Unity Equipe Manx Norton Spares and More

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With our recent articles on VD Classic and Moto Paton and other cafe racer variations, it's nice to see a spares company like Unity Equipe. Bob Horn left a comment pointing to this English company where you can get your fix of all of the necessary parts to get your Manx Norton project in gear. Complete frames, swingarms, forks, and hundreds of bits and pieces to make up a … [Read more...]

Roadstercycle V-Twin and V-4 trikes

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Got a note from Jack Fleming who is building a trike called the Roadstercycle. He has 2 versions, a 32 and a 34, which is 3 wheels 2 cylinders or 3 wheels 4 cylinders. The 32 is powered by a Harley Davidson twin cam while the 4 cylinder version has a Yamaha V-max engine. Handle bar steering, Wilwood disc brakes, they're street legal in California where he makes … [Read more...]

Moto Paton 500cc Racer Continuation

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Giuseppe Pattoni built a few race bikes back in the early 1960s. They were parallel twin 4 strokes beginning at 250cc and eventually growing to 500cc. To say production was limited is an understatement, only 10 bikes were built over 10 years. Between 1966 and 1975, the bikes raced over 150 times to some success and whatever the case, they looked great! Roberto Pattoni, … [Read more...]

Dirt Bike Based 450cc Single Cylinder Road Racer

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Gavin Trippe is at it again. Gavin is the man behind Supermoto and prior to that, played a huge role in AMA Superbike and Motocross racing as well as promoting racing in many other venues. Recently he had the idea of converting a 450cc 4 stroke single cylinder dirt bike into a road racer. Using a standard Honda CRF450X frame, sub-frame and swingarm, without any cutting or … [Read more...]