Every now and then, there's an ad in a magazine worth following up. I saw an ad for these Capricorn Cyclo Works custom wheels and right away I could see these were not your every day custom motorcycle wheel, there's so many of those nothing seems to stand out anymore, but these are different. The wheel in the photo is called Involution and it looks like you just opened the … [Read more...]
Roehr Building Harley Powered Sportbike
Roehr Motorcycle Company, which we mentioned way back in November of 2004, is still working on a new sportbike, now powered by the water cooled Harley Davidson Revolution engine. The motorcycle was originally designed for a 936cc V-Twin from Highland motorcycles but it looks like plans have changed. Images on their website have not changed so it isn't clear whether the bike … [Read more...]
More Motorcycle Builders for Go Not Just Show
While I was at the news stand, perusing some of the other magazines I don't always read, I see the ever increasing trend to motorcycles that actually work instead of bikes built just for show. The chopper mags are definitely changing and Roland Sands and Jesse Rooke are having an impact. But to underscore the crossover effect of the hot rod customs of Sands and Rooke, Super … [Read more...]
Confederate Motorcycles Rebirth
One year after Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Confederate Motorcycle Company, Confederate has re-emerged with a new website to display their newly reborn company and their lineup of unique machines, the Hellcat F131, the Wraith B120 and the brand new Renovatio Project. If there was any doubt Confederate was alive and moving forward with innovative design, the … [Read more...]
Jesse James Honda VTX Cafe Racer
As long as we're talking about possible Victory sportbikes, it occured to me some of you may have forgotten about, or never even heard of, the cafe racer Jesse James built. It seems the Honda guys were tossing around ideas for something else to do with their then new (early 2002) VTX 1800 V-Twin engine. Someone came up with the notion that Jesse James might be just the right … [Read more...]
Victory Sportbikes?
Looking at the XYZ by Allmond Cycle Designs makes a person wonder, as I asked at the end of the post, why manufacturers are not doing that sort of thing themselves. Well, it sounds like Victory may be thinking along those lines, already. Scanning the October issue of Cycle World, I came across a short piece called Victory's Next Step. That article was looking at future … [Read more...]
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