OK, you carved out that spot in the garage, you have some room, a nice set of tools, a workbench, everything you need to build your own little classic cafe racer, something with a bit of panache and classic good looks. What's missing? Well, let's face it, with a lot of us, it's the skill necessary to figure out what bike to start with, what to modify, how to modify it, and of … [Read more...]
Alcan Fairing – Craig Vetter’s Latest Project
Craig Vetter is one of those guys that just keeps trying things to see how they work and his latest project is designing and building a new fairing for a trip to Alaska on the Alcan Highway, calling it, as you might expect, the Alcan Fairing. Step back for a minute to the previous posts about the Honda GL1000. When that bike was introduced, one of the first accessories … [Read more...]
2010 Storz Harley Davidson XR1200
After the last post on Sportster add ons, I thought I would check the Storz page to see what Steve was doing. He has a couple of photos of his new show bike, a 2010 XR1200 with all of his goodies mounted and it looks pretty good to me. According to the site, It features a Storz/Ceriani Inverted fork, YSS piggyback shocks, wire spoke wheels with alloy rims and billet hubs, … [Read more...]
Harley Davidson Sportster Add Ons – Classified Kit – Give Your Sportster the Vincent Look
Got a note from John Collett, over in the UK about a Sportster Classified kit he has for sale. The kits were made by Dan Wilson of Carmel Valley, California with the purpose of transforming the Harley into a sort of Vincent look alike. They really were pretty nice but Dan only made 25 kits and never carried them forward so if you see one or have one, it's pretty unique. I … [Read more...]
Motorcycle Night Vision
Motorcycle manufacturers have introduced ABS and traction control, dual clutches, variable valve timing and lots of other interesting technology, but one thing we haven't seen yet is night vision. If you're a rider like Darren Haley and you work for FLIR, a company that makes a lot of thermal imaging equipment for the military, police and other folks that need to see in the … [Read more...]
2010 FastDates Calendars – 20 Years Already?
After the post on Chris Flechtner's Speed Shop Special #6, Jim Gianatsis, who took those great photos of Chris' bike, wanted to remind me the calendars that spun off the LA Calendar show, are 20 years old now and still going strong! Has it been that long? I admit, I've had more than a few of these calendars in my own garage. I still remember finding the garage door repairman … [Read more...]
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