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BMW R1100S Streetfighter

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Markus Fritsch lives in Germany very near the BMW factory. His business, No Limit Streetfighters, builds high quality, highly modified bikes but BMWs are so straight laced and proper, so he thought, what better bike to modify and make unique? The bike here is a BMW R1100S and it strays quite a bit from the norm while retaining a very nice look all around, the sort of thing a … [Read more...]

Who Builds for Famous Motorcycle Builders?

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We've received more than a couple of comments about who really did the work on some of the well publicized custom motorcycles seen on TV or in the magazines. They come from the big name shops but did the "Big Name" build the bike? Well, sometimes yes, sometimes no or sometimes some of the parts. It isn't a conspiracy or super secret that once a business becomes successful … [Read more...]

RoadRazer – Hayabusa Powered Street Racer

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The Hayabusa engine has become the small block Chevy of the motorcycle powered car world, it's used as the starting point for many projects, whether you drop it in a Mini or build an entirely new car around it. The RoadRazer, is a carbon fiber bodied, Formula car look alike that is street legal in the U.K. It uses a Hayabusa engine connected to a Quaife differential. The … [Read more...]

Victory Vision V-Twin Touring Bikes

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Anyone who regularly reads motorcycle magazines has already seen numerous sketches of these not very secret motorcycles from Victory. Now, in conjunction with the New York International Motorcycle Show, Victory has formally unveiled the Victory Vision Tour and the Victory Vision Street, two brand new luxury touring bikes with a completely new style. They will be available from … [Read more...]

Suzuki Custom Boulevard M109R Cruiser

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Suzuki took their M109R power cruiser, turned it over to the folks at Cobra Engineering and came up with a bike that's leaner, lighter and even more performance oriented than the cruiser they started with. The M109R is a cruiser built to highlight the engine but at 700 pounds, it's a bit on the heavy side. This custom has the appearance of a bike taken down to fighting weight … [Read more...]

S&S Cycle Engines Get EPA Certification

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S&S Cycle makes a lot of engines used by custom and kit builders and they just received EPA certification for all three of their V-Series engine families. Last year, as we noted on The Kneeslider, the EPA issued new guidelines that caused a lot of concern in the custom and kit bike builder market and among anyone that had the desire to build more than one bike. According to … [Read more...]