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Jesse Rooke’s Scrambler

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Jesse Rooke is offering a new custom bike and made a deal with Swift Motorcycles to produce a limited run of 100. It's called the Scrambler and is powered by an 80 inch Harley Davidson Evolution engine and transmission, it uses a Performance Machine bike kit, FMF exhaust, has 3 paint color options and the whole deal comes in under $30k. It's DOT legal in all 50 states and comes … [Read more...]

S&S X-Wedge Sport Fighter XTR

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S&S Cycle is going all out to promote their new X-Wedge engine as well they should. It looks like it has a lot going for it, great power output, multiple displacements available and it meets all of the EPA emission regulations. To give bikers an idea of what it can do, they're installing it in a lot of custom bikes and signing on custom builders to wrap something around … [Read more...]

Tim Cameron’s Dreambike V-Rex Unveiled

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A little over a year ago we mentioned the news that Tim Cameron's Dreambike was going to take the leap from computer screen to metal and rubber. This week, the Dreambike, now known as the V-Rex, is being shown in Daytona and it looks like it made the jump without any changes, the computer model and the actual prototype look identical. Seeing this design on the computer screen … [Read more...]

CAS Racing BMW 1150RS Custom

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BMW customs seem to be far more common in Europe than the US and this one by CAS Racing, located in Spain, is one more example. Starting out as a BMW 1150RS, the Paralever rear, standard issue on the BMW, is all they needed out back. A subframe mounted to the engine holds the bodywork which was shaped by first carving a foam mold. Up front is a more substantial subframe used to … [Read more...]

Extremely Rare Motorcycles Disappear

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Did you hear the news? Extremely rare motorcycles from all over the world are disappearing and the trend is accelerating. Owners of these bikes are shocked to discover their once rare motorcycles are, ... no longer rare! Just think, could this be the end of the speculative buying frenzy for those "once in a lifetime" motorcycles now showing up with amazing regularity? We … [Read more...]

2007 America’s Most Beautiful Motorcycle?

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This is America's Most Beautiful Motorcycle? The Grand National Roadster Show was held in Pomona, California last month and among all of the cars they had some motorcycles, I don't know how many, but when they passed out the awards, this one was judged most beautiful. ... I don't get it. I mean, I REALLY don't get it. It's called the Swingshot by Dotson Design. Until … [Read more...]