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Revenge – Transverse V-Twin

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Winner of 3rd place in the 2006 European Championship for custom bike building was this bike named Revenge. Whether you like this style or not, the interesting thing is the transverse Harley Davidson V-twin engine mated to a BMW transmission with shaft drive. It also has perimeter disc brakes, pretty neat. I just hope those steel braided hand grips don't start to fray, … [Read more...]

World’s Most Beautiful Motorcycles

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This kind of award is always open to debate and nowhere here do they indicate which motorcycles were considered to be in the competition so ... Ducati press release: The International Panel of Judges of the “World’s Most Beautiful Motorcycle” awards met last Friday at Cortile della Seta in Milano, a historic courtyard made available by Banca Popolare Commercio e … [Read more...]

Jesse Rooke’s Slotard

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Custom builder Jesse Rooke is on to something here. The Slotard is a new super motard style custom and from the photos it doesn't appear to be quite finished, not really sure. But look closely and see what he's done. The most notable piece is the engine which appears to be a V-twin with the rear cylinder removed and a supercharger(?) in its place or is that just the … [Read more...]

Tom Cruise Rides the Hellcat

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If you're Tom Cruise, how better to arrive in style for the premier of Mission Impossible 3 than aboard a Confederate Hellcat F131? Confederate Motorcycles has been drawing attention to a Tom Cruise - Mission Impossible tie in and they've been posting quite a few photos of the bike on the movie set. They just put up a series of photos, Tom on the Hellcat, the paparazzi snapping … [Read more...]

Buell XBRR Production On Again

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After delaying production of the Buell XBRR due to component failures at Daytona, Buell engineers are confident the problems have been corrected and production is rolling again. Buell news release: EAST TROY, Wis. -- (Thursday, May 04, 2006) Buell Motorcycle Company announced today that the production of XBRR race bikes, based on the Firebolt XB12R, has begun. A total of … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Art Sculpture

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After all of the motorcycle jewelry we've been seeing lately, this pewter and bronze sculpture fits right in. Compulsion Gallery has a whole host of different items in a range of subject areas, one of which is motorcycles plus another for scooters. The image here is a front image wall sculpture of the engine from a Kawasaki Z1. They have a side image, too, plus lots of bikes … [Read more...]