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Ural Baikal – Another Motorcycle for the Unimog and Land Rover Crowd

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Ural has just introduced the Ural Baikal, named after a frozen Russian lake that hosts a semi-annual 400 mile Ice Run. Just think, riding through drifting snow, sub zero wind chills and over the ice just for the fun of it. Saddle up! Of course, you probably won't and most likely, neither will anyone else who buys one of these, but you could, and there's an appeal in the thought … [Read more...]

Excelsior Henderson Joins the Parade of Old Brand Names Looking for a New Owner

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The upcoming January Mecum motorcycle auction in Las Vegas has a really wonderful line up of bikes for sale (Really, you should check it out!), but their featured attraction is the sale of the Excelsior Henderson brand name and associated intellectual property. A rather colorful write up extols the illustrious history of the brand and its previous owners, but I wonder what a … [Read more...]

Public Auction of J&P Cycles Founder John Parham Barn Finds

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John Parham, founder of J&P Cycles, passed away early this year and his family is auctioning off personal items he had been collecting for quite some time. It's a pretty diverse lot of Harley Davidson memorabilia, vintage parts, motorcycles, bicycles, outboard boat motors and quite a few things that were sold by license under the Harley Davidson brand name, ... how about a … [Read more...]

Time Clock Jobs and the Disappearance of Riding Time

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When is the last time you punched a clock? Go to work, punch in, work is done, punch out. Fifty years ago it was still common practice, today, not so much. As factory work has dramatically declined, the ability to compartmentalize your work and not having to think about it during your off hours, declined right along with it. Going in early, staying late, carrying a phone and … [Read more...]

Erik Buell Motorcycles Winding Down

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This story is getting to be a little repetitious. EBR Motorcycles is shutting down over the next weeks and months, followed by a parts sale in March. Press release follows: EAST TROY, WI - EBR Motorcycles, LLC (“EBR”) located in East Troy, Wisconsin will begin a wind down of production operations commencing next week. EBR will continue to honor warranties and provide … [Read more...]

2016 Harley Davidson Sportster Roadster Indicates a Shift in Thinking

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While reading Harley Davidson's latest press release about their new Sportster "Roadster," I thought of the words from an old Buffalo Springfield song, "There's something happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear," because despite all the talk about styling and "Live Your Legend" marketing lingo something else became apparent, it isn't the style and legend stuff that … [Read more...]