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1938 Buell Powered BSA by Dr Robert Harms

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Dr. Robert Harms, who's work we've seen before, offers up another fascinating hybrid creation, this one is a 1938 BSA, powered by a 2002 Buell Blast engine, with parts help from Suzuki, Honda, Triumph, Royal Enfield, Matchless, Norton, IZH and Velocette! What an amazing parts pile he must have. This 1938 BSA with a rubber mounted single, belt drive, disc brakes and modern … [Read more...]

Bad Dog 215 Cubic Inch V-Twin – Update

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Remember the Bad Dog 215 cubic inch V-Twin we mentioned last year? Bill Price, the man behind the engine, hasn't been sitting around, he's been hard at work sourcing parts for the prototype and refining the design. I haven't been watching very closely and Doug Staab, one of our contributors here, just sent me a note to check out the pistons. Ho boy! Now that's what I call a … [Read more...]

Kawasaki Race Car Body Found

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Several years ago, I wrote about Kawasaki's 1972 factory effort to get into auto racing. It was a very hands on effort, Harvey Aschenbrenner pretty much single handedly built a chassis, fitted a 440cc snowmobile engine, adapted a motorcycle transmission, then sketched a fiberglass body designed to look something like a smaller version of the then popular Can Am cars. He built … [Read more...]

Virtual Motorcycle Companies – MFG.com – Virtual Production Comes of Age

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While researching another story, I came across MFG.COM and realized right away it was the connector between buyers and suppliers that was predicted in our earlier article from 2006, build your own virtual motorcycle company. At the time, Jeff Bezos of Amazon was promoting the idea of using resources and capabilities from others on an as needed basis, taking your idea and hiring … [Read more...]

Jay Gleason Rides 2009 Vmax to 9.513 at 143.70

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Remember when Jay Gleason rode that 1986 Vmax into the nines for Cycle World? (Yes, some of us do.) Once he did that, lots of guys hustled over to their Yamaha dealers with their checkbooks wide open. Fast forward to 2009 and Tim Nash, over at VmaxGuru.com, went to work on his new Vmax. After everything was ready, he asked Jay if he might like to run it down the strip. Jay … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Builders Continue to Evolve and Adapt

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Last weekend, a new Ducati dealer opened in New York, Ducati Hudson Valley, the owner, Orange County Choppers. No matter what you think of OCC bikes or the dysfunctional family act they put on for the benefit of the TV cameras, I think it's a smart move. Custom bikes, especially of the high dollar sort they are famous for, are not moving so well and getting into a dealership … [Read more...]