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Motor Rock Custom Motorcycles

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It's getting hard to keep up with all of the superb builders out there, especially the work being done in Japan. Ian sent me a note after seeing an article in Motorcycle News about a Suzuki Board Tracker from a shop called Motor Rock. It's beautiful work. Look closely and you'll see a really short little swingarm on the back of the frame. Cool. When I jumped over to check … [Read more...]

Fox Gold Wings from Blake Morley

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Got a note from Blake Morley up in British Columbia, Canada about a modification kit he has available for model years 1988 to 2000 Honda Gold Wing 1500 SEs. He thought the fully faired bikes protect the rider just a bit too much and decided to make something a little more out in the wind. These Fox Goldwings have 10 custom fiberglass parts and some custom aluminum pieces, as … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Streamliners at Vintage Days

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Craig Vetter, who most of you know as the designer of the Vetter fairings and who also held a number of fuel economy contests in the 1980s, was at Vintage Days with a lineup of streamliners. Craig is also behind the concept of the Freedom Machine, one that gets far better mileage and allows us to import less oil and the key to its success, is streamlining. Craig is … [Read more...]

E-Carver Electric Motorcycle Concept from Luca Bar

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With the first TTXGP completed and the eGrandPrix about to get under way, we'll likely see many designs surfacing for electric racing motorcycles. Luca Bar, who we've seen here before, sent over this one of his E-Carver. The design mounts a 130/65-16 tire up front and a 190/55-18 on the rear wheel that has a hub mounted motor. The riding position is nearly horizontal with … [Read more...]

Royal Enfield Bullet Sport Concept

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Now that Royal Enfield has a new engine for their new Bullet, Oberdan Bezzi thought, why not work up a sport version? Although Royal Enfield has long had a cafe racer kit to spiff up their old Bullet, the 500cc thumper was never what most of us would call a sporty engine, simple and reliable, perhaps, but sporty? The new engine is quite an improvement but this design might … [Read more...]

Snaefell Laverda Sidecar Project

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François Knorreck, a French motorcyclist with a passion for building things to suit his own vision, bought a Laverda in 1976 and turned it into a nicely modified sportbike. He rode the bike perfectly satisfied until 1993 when he began to conceive the idea of a new project and got the urge to build again, ideas turned to design and led to lots and lots of labor, the result, … [Read more...]