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Irving Vincent Motorcycles

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Oy! Absolutely stunning! A comment the other day on our Norton Motorcycles writeup mentioned the Irving Vincent, which, as it turns out, is quite a project. The Irving Vincent is being built in Australia by Ken Horner. Ken, who has his own industrial equipment company, thought he might like a Vincent for his own personal use but he wanted to combine current technology with … [Read more...]

BMW V12 Powered Motorcycle

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If 8 cylinders are good then 12 cylinders are better, right? We showed you the BMW V8 motorcycle the other day and now we'll show you what happens when someone takes a 5.5 liter BMW V12 and builds a drag bike around it. HMS Sportbikes, over in Germany, has been working on this project, taking the engine from a BMW 750i and creating something a little more sporting. They say it … [Read more...]

Panda Monster

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It looks like Fiat and Ducati are getting cozy. Fiat has introduced the Panda Monster, a special edition Panda available only through online reservations beginning today. It's inspired by the Ducati Monster 695 and will be limited to 695 units. Ducati Press Release: An exclusive product “Made in Italy” Fiat celebrates the Ducati Monster 695 with a new exclusive … [Read more...]

Ducati Black Dogo

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What we have here is a Ducati Monster S4RS after a designer got done with it. Why he started in the first place, I'm not sure. It's called the Black Dogo and it has such necessary features as elephant skin on the tank with elastic bands for holding cargo, cameras instead of rearview mirrors with a monitor on the instrument panel and the designer, Ennio Capasa, says he did all … [Read more...]

Roland Sands
RenStar and RSD Grunt

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Following up on yesterday's accessible performance idea, let's take a look at what Roland Sands has been doing. We've mentioned Roland before but readers keep sending reminders to look at his bikes. Actually, his bikes constantly rate high on our list of what might be called accessible performance customs. Roland Sands, for those who aren't aware was an AMA 250cc champion, … [Read more...]