Gunnar Sorensen builds motorcycles, ... and cars, and boats, and 1/4 scale engines and ... most anything he really wants to. Gunnar has an amazing skill set, his work speaks for itself. He, like many who are entranced by the technical world, is not limited to one segment, but instead works his magic on a wide variety of vehicles and machines. The Great Dane is a 3 year … [Read more...]
American Chopper TV Show Canceled
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...]
Is Any Motorcycle Company Indispensable?
With so many things to occupy your time and attention, so many needs and wants competing for your disposable income, where do motorcycles fit in to your life, when do your expenditures on motorcycle related products and services or even the motorcycles themselves, move ahead of other potential choices? The motorcycle industry would love to know, but, whether your attraction to … [Read more...]
Zeppelin Board Track Racer with Hub Center Steering
Here's a project that's different, it's the Zeppelin, Harley Davidson WR powered, hub center steering, board track racer. It's the work of Roel van der Heide, a retired Dutch steelworker, who has been building the Chiqane series of motorcycles where he developed his hub center steering design. After the article announcing that ISR was offering a hub center steering kit, Roel … [Read more...]
Hub Center Steering Kit from ISR of Sweden
Maybe you can't build a motorcycle quite like Stellan Egeland, but at least now you have access to some of the same exotic components he uses. The Harrier, Stellan's most recent custom, had a very unique look due to hub center steering, which more than looking good, worked very well, too. ISR, a Swedish company responsible for a number of components used by builders worldwide, … [Read more...]
Norton 880 Monoshock Cafe Racer
When Paul Zuniga first saw some Photoshop images in 2001 of a new Norton that Kenny Dreer was planning to build and bring to market, he knew he had to have one. Unfortunately, we now know, those bikes never made it. The prototypes gradually evolved from the original concept, a bike was built and shown around to various journalists, but they ran out of funds before it could be … [Read more...]
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