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Motocreations Concept Bike

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This shows some interesting design ideas. I mentioned Mark way back here but I haven't been watching the goings on around his shop for a while. Dylan, over at Twisting Asphalt, had a post about this that I just noticed. Seems some photo journalist was snooping around Mark's shop and took advantage of the opportunity to look in places he wasn't supposed to be. He snapped some … [Read more...]

Dolmette 24 cylinder motorcycle

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Sometimes you do it because you can. Here's a company, Dolmar, that makes chainsaws and they decide to build a motorcycle powered by 24 chainsaw engines, the Dolmette. It's a blending of reality and a German comic strip character. The result actually runs, though starting is a bit of a chore with 24 pull starters. The power is delivered through a belt drive system that feeds it … [Read more...]

Project Imola Ducati Kit bike

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Tired of waiting for your Ducati Sport Classic? Roll your own with this Project Imola kit from Baines Racing. You start with a 900, 750 or 600SS or monster to use as a donor bike, transfer the engine, wheels, front fork and various other pieces and what you end up with is the spitting image of an old bevel drive Ducati. So, while Ducati is gearing up for production of their … [Read more...]

World and European Championship

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The World and European Championship of Custom Bike Building took place March 19th and 20th in Mainz, Germany. What's interesting is that they have different classes, Freestyle, HR (Hot Rod?) and Fighters and though the classes seem to overlap, the Fighters class is closer to the sport choppers I wrote about yesterday in some cases but it had a lot of the street fighter types, … [Read more...]

Sport Choppers

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We've talked a lot about a sportbike build off and whether it would generate enough interest, well, how about sport choppers? What the heck is that, you ask? Have you seen the V-Rod built by Roland Sands at Performance Machine? He took a V-Rod and used a lot of parts from their company's catalog and a lot of great ideas, too. Instead of increasing the rake like every other … [Read more...]

Monster Garage

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Surprised again. Last night I saw the tail end of American Rodder which looked really good, Boyd Coddington picked his 10 favorite rods, and they were really nice, and right after that was Monster Garage. That show has been way out there for some time with weird projects and last night they built, of all things, a motorcycle! A group of long time builders got together and … [Read more...]