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Yamaha Tokyo Motor Show Special Site

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If you're among the vast majority who could not make it to the Tokyo Motor Show, Yamaha has put together a special site with all of their motorcycles that were on display. It's pretty nice. Everything is there with 360 degree rotations and you get to see them all, the Sakura, the MT-01, even close up action of the Tesseract leaning quad. It's worth a visit. Link: Yamaha … [Read more...]

Rare Ner-A-Car Rolls Up at Barber Vintage Fest

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The arrival of a rare 1924 Ner-A-Car, ridden by a gentleman in full period attire, was the highlight of the 3rd Annual Barber Vintage Festival. As he sputtered by, the crowd eagerly followed to see where he would stop. Even with today’s motorcycle technology, it’s hard not to appreciate an 83 year-old 100 mile-per-gallon motorcycle that still runs. Cameras were clicking … [Read more...]

Triumph Featured Marque for AMA Vintage Days 2008

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Triumph motorcycles will be the featured marque for the 2008 edition of Vintage Motorcycle Days, to be held July 25th-27th at the Mid Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. Vintage Days are always enjoyable, you can see more vintage bikes in one place over those days than you'll find almost anywhere else. There is also going to be a special display of pre-1980 cafe … [Read more...]

Yamaha XS-V1 Sakura for Tokyo Motor Show

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Yamaha keeps rolling out the concepts for the Tokyo Motor Show and the XS-V1 Sakura follows the same retro line as the Honda concepts revealed a short time ago. The press release is long on philosophy and short on detail but the Sakura looks like a nice throwback to a standard motorcycle. From the Yamaha press release: We display the “XS-V1 Sakura” (special … [Read more...]

S&S 50th Anniversary Celebration and Bike Build

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S&S has just announced the builder and sponsor list for their 50th Anniversary Bike Build running in conjunction with the S&S 50th Anniversary Celebration. This looks good, ... really good. Using engines from across the S&S line will be 50 builders from all around the world, all the usual suspects will be involved, from the U.S custom builders you would expect to see to … [Read more...]

Bud Ekins – Motorcycle Stuntman, Racer 1930-2007

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Bud Ekins, motorcycle off road racer, stuntman and much more, died Saturday at the age of 77. The name may not be familiar to some of you, especially if you're a bit younger, but you've probably seen him. In the list of movies that every guy seems to like, The Great Escape with Steve McQueen ranks right up there among the best. During that movie Steve McQueen jumps a motorcycle … [Read more...]