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Matchless Motorcycles Trademark Sold

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Matchless Motorcycles, first appearing in the late 1890s, winner of the very first Isle of Man TT in 1907 and later producing a number of well known models the G50, the Silver Hawk and finally the G15, finally disappeared in 1969 until 1987, when Les Harris, who was also manufacturing the Triumph Bonneville under license, introduced a Rotax-engined single using the Matchless … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Company Dealer Support

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We sometimes cover low volume motorcycles here like the Ural which have a surprisingly strong following in this country. Urals attract a very hands on type of owner, which is a good thing since dealers tend to be few and far between. We have also discussed the coming of Chinese motorcycles, the high volume low price machines that will be showing up in ever greater numbers. A … [Read more...]

Ducati Desmosedici RR Photos

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Ducati took a lot of photos at the track when the new Desmosedici RR was introduced to the public so we thought we would share a few more. The closeup of the vertical exhaust exit is interesting. More photos below: … [Read more...]

Moto Carrera Street Trackers

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One of the commenters on our Ron Wood Flat Tracker post wanted to point out the Moto Carrera company, makers of two stroke street legal dirt track replicas. Like the Ron Wood designs, these are light, powerful, minimal motorcycles that will most likely put a lot of other speedy looking motorcycles to shame. Most are based on Yamaha R5/RD350/400/RZ350s and have all of the … [Read more...]

Collectible Motorcycles

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What is a collectible motorcycle? They always seem to be defined by price which is another way of saying a lot of people are trying to buy the few that exist. Why do certain makes or models skyrocket in price years after their demise when similar bikes sit unloved and forgotten? We all have stories of motorcycles we thought about buying when new but they didn't appeal to us … [Read more...]

Ron Wood Rotax Flat Track Motorcycles

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Some of you may look at the Desmosedici RR and get all weak in the knees, wondering how you can sell your first born to buy that street legal racer, but some of us look at bikes a little differently. Ron Wood builds flat track motorcycles designed to race on rutted and rippled dirt tracks at very high speeds. Ron also builds what, to my mind, is one of the simplest, cleanest … [Read more...]