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Colorado Norton Works

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If you're a Norton fan, you probably know all about Colorado Norton Works, if not, you should. If you just love the look of fine machinery, you have to see what they do to old Norton Commandos. The photos on their site are so stunning it makes you want to sell some possessions just to put one of these beauties in your garage. … [Read more...]

Cruiser Twins Race Series?

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The Buell XBRR is still generating a lot of commentary from our readers concerning whether it should have been allowed to compete in the Formula Xtreme series. A good case can be made that it's a force fit, not legal except for being called so but the more obvious case against it is that the engine is so ill suited to racing alongside the other bikes. When you have to allow … [Read more...]

Bert Munro Books – World’s Fastest Indian

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With all of the press about The World's Fastest Indian, you might be interested to know there are a couple of books about Bert Munro, One Good Run : The Legend of Burt Munro by Tim Hanna and Burt Munro Indian Legend of Speed by George Begg. The publication of the first book by Tim Hanna was timed to coincide with the release of the movie starring Anthony Hokins. The other … [Read more...]

Building a Chopper Chassis DVD

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The other day I mentioned mini choppers as a great way to learn about building a motorcycle. Actually building something teaches you far more than any TV show, but you do need to know some of the basics. Instead of trying to glean a tiny bit of actual building know how from those "reality" shows, how about a DVD that teaches you the whole process, step by step from someone who … [Read more...]

Paper V Twin Engine

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From the same fellow that brought us the Paper V8 comes this Paper V Twin. It's about half the size of a real engine and has what must be about a million self made, cut out and folded pieces. You need a ruler, exacto knife and white glue to construct it, the movement is powered by hand. It looks very cool but you would need a lot of time and patience to put this together. … [Read more...]