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Hellion Yamaha Powered Big Twin by Greggs Customs

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Here's another take on a big twin custom with a sport bike attitude, this is the Hellion by Greggs Customs. Powered by a Yamaha Road Star Warrior 102 cubic inch V-Twin engine in a 4130 chromoly tube frame, most of the parts and pieces that make up this bike were fabricated in house by Greggs Customs. I saw this bike a couple of months ago and forgot about it until Hugo … [Read more...]

Zero Electric Motorcycle

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Just one month ago, the Enertia electric motorcycle from Brammo Motorsports looked liked a winner from the price / performance perspective and now following close behind is the Zero electric motorcycle, an electric motocross bike being adapted for road use which promises to push the price even lower. Zero has been selling the dirt bike for some time at a price of $6900. With … [Read more...]

Erik Buell Interview

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The introduction of the liquid cooled, Rotax powered Buell 1125R is generating a lot of excitement and questions, too. There’s a lot of speculation about what it means for Buell so it seemed like a good idea to go straight to the source and ask Erik Buell about his thoughts on all of this. After gathering a lot of your questions and adding a few of my own, I talked to Erik to … [Read more...]

Big Twin Racers Twin Cam Sport Bike

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Curt Winter sent over a few photos of his brand new twin cam sport bike. He just finished it and reports the handling as awesome. Curt has been wrapping sport oriented frames around these big twins to give more folks an idea of how much power these engines have for everyday sport riding. If you're interested, he can build something for you, too. I also noticed Curt got a … [Read more...]

Stuffed Motorcycles and Motorcycle Engines

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So you wanted to be a motorcycle builder but think you don't have the proper machine tools? Fear no more. What you need is a sewing machine! These motorcycles and engines (they do cars and trucks, too) look somewhat like the models they represent. I'm not really sure who buys these but it looks like there was a lot of time involved. The site is in Japanese but I think these … [Read more...]

Munch Mammut Replicas by Mike Kron

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Mike Kron, The Classic Bike Mike, has a business over in Germany restoring motorcycles for museums and private collectors in Germany, Switzerland and here in the USA. He also builds replicas of old German motorcycles and he's done some extraordinary work, re-creating Munch Mammuts. Friedel Münch hand built these motorcycles back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, using a 4 … [Read more...]