Is it ever appropriate to ride your Harley in a t shirt and shorts? Sure, when you're in your Harley Davidson powered mini speed boat from St. Martin Mini Speed Boats of Mentor, Ohio. Starting with their standard 15 footer, they mounted a Harley Evolution 1340 crate motor, added their own patent pending water cooling system, connected it to a Mercury Marine® Alpha stern drive … [Read more...]
Original Storz XR883 for Sale
We've all seen Sportsters for sale with assorted Storz street tracker parts added on and they're usually pretty nice bikes, but this one is definitely different. This is a 1995 Sportster 883 Storz bought new, way back when, to use as a showcase for all of the pieces he had in the catalog. It had the pampered life of a celebrity, it spent a couple of years at motorcycle shows … [Read more...]
Triumph Motorcycles Report Record Profits
Well, this is certainly good news, Triumph Motorcycles has reported a huge 48 percent jump in profits to a record £22.3 million ($35 million) on sales of almost 50,000 motorcycles, up 7 percent, for the year ending June 30th. Everyone knows the global economy is hitting the motorcycle industry hard, but Triumph shows that, even in tough times, you can do well by selling … [Read more...]
Ural M70 Anniversary Edition Celebrates 70 Years of Building All Terrain Sidecars
Got a note from the Ural folks the other day who are pretty proud of their new M70 Anniversary Edition and thought we would like to hear what it's all about. It all started back in 1941 when the Soviets were facing a German assault on Moscow. At the same time, they were hurriedly setting up a factory in the town of Irbit on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains. Their … [Read more...]
Roland Sands Vmax Hyper Modified
Last month we told you about the three builders Yamaha chose to modify the new Vmax. Each builder went his own way and this is what Roland Sands came up with. Most impressive, is the extremely short time frame each builder had, only 3 weeks! When you see the results, you have to respect the experience being brought to the task, novice builders would be in the design and mockup … [Read more...]
Exquisite Little V12 Engine
Machine tools make much of what we see and use in the world around us, enabling a skilled machinist to create almost anything out of basic blocks of metal. With today's relatively low prices and high precision, you can find small home shops turning out incredible work from lathes and milling machines hidden away in basements and garages. This tiny V12 engine is a perfect … [Read more...]
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