This is a very clean street tracker, built by Bob Netherton, and it isn't until you take a closer look that you realize what a nice job he did here. Twin carbs on the right, exhaust on the left, it looks perfect. Bob was a big fan of bikes sliding sideways around dirt tracks, but it wasn't until he saw the work of Mert Lawwill that he figured he might be able to build one of … [Read more...]

A couple of years ago, JT Nesbitt released the first drawings of a new motorcycle, looking more like a fantasy concept, it was hard to believe it would ever be built, let alone look anything like what he envisioned. Yet here we are, two years later and the Bienville Legacy Superbike, has been built, three of them, in fact, looking just like the drawings we were originally … [Read more...]

Bob Horn's EXperimental500 recumbent racer had its first appearance on the Road Warriors segment of Discovery Canada's Daily Planet TV show. It's not a complex technical discussion or really extensive report, but Bob had the opportunity to talk about the racer and show some of the details plus you get to see a bit of action on the track and viewers who would not otherwise have … [Read more...]

When Anders Johansson got the idea of building a land speed racer powered by a TV94 turboshaft engine, he did what many dreamers don't, he went out to his shop and got to work. This was back in 2010. He just took his project out for its first test run and from the looks of it, he's definitely on the right track. The turbo was running at high idle and he just rolled in a bit of … [Read more...]

Mark McLean has a soft spot for the original Triumph Hurricane and he hoped the factory might come out with an updated version one day, but you can only wait so long before admitting the obvious, it ain't happening. What to do? Well, you start looking for a proper donor bike and begin gathering pieces and build it yourself. The end result is something that should cause more … [Read more...]