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Vicente Design EFI SR400 Board Tracker

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Remember Vicente Design? Jean François Vicente is the man behind the Triumph Millenium 900 and many other really good looking custom builds and he sent me some images of his most recent design, this one based on the Yamaha SR400 and SR500. He calls it the EFI SR400 Board Tracker, a sort of rebirth of this vintage, but still very popular motorcycle, bringing new technology and … [Read more...]

American Chopper TV Show Canceled

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The long running pseudo reality show American Chopper has been canceled. After Paul, Jr. left the show and Paul, Sr. sued his son, the show finally succumbed to the same fate as many custom build shops. The finale will run this Thursday, February 11th. Now if TLC could start a show about real builders without all of the made for TV drama, they might have something. Link: … [Read more...]

Taimoshan Super Cafe Racer by John Pellew

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John Pellew, of London, builds custom motorcycles in his spare time under the name of Taimoshan Cycle Works. His latest project, the Super Cafe Racer, took 12 months to design and build and is just now completed. It's a nice one. He started with a custom built and modified replica of a Norton featherbed frame. The engine is from a 1000cc Aprilia RSV Super Bike. Taimoshan … [Read more...]

Yamaha Maxim Transformed

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The economy is slow, you really want a new or custom motorcycle but you're short on cash, well, how about investing some time instead? Chris Tschiffely, along with his brother and dad, went to work on an old $300 Yamaha Maxim and turned it into the bike you see here. In my New Year's post I said, "Do you have an interesting bike? Tell us about it and it might become a Reader's … [Read more...]

Southsiders Triton – CP Project One

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Vincent Prat thought we might be interested in seeing a French interpretation of the venerable Triton and pointed out the CP Project One, done with Frank Charriaut and builder Daniel Delfour, a rather sleek machine with an interesting look and a few ideas I'm not so sure of, like the lack of a front brake and the extra long fork tubes, but, no matter, the whole bike looks … [Read more...]

Super Rat Trident Café Racer

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For Carl Bjorklund of Bellingham, Wash., the 1970 Triumph Trident basket case leaning in the corner would replace his Norton café racer . . . some day. In August 2009, a nudge from friend Young Pon got the wheels rolling. “I knew my next café racer was going to be a Trident,” Bjorklund said. “That basket and frame had been sitting for years. Young just said ‘yeah, … [Read more...]