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Kawasaki Offering Factory Reproduction Cylinder Heads for Your 1970s Era Z1

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If you've been to any gathering of vintage motorcycles or if you keep your eye on motorcycles for sale, you might have noticed how many beautifully restored Kawasaki Z1s keep showing up. The Z1, fast approaching 50 years old, was and still is extremely popular and for good reason, they are a great looking bike and they really set the bar for performance when they were … [Read more...]

Immaculate 1970 Colorado Norton Works Commando 750

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The Norton factory never turned out a Commando 750 that looked like this. Colorado Norton Works restores and rebuilds these classic Nortons and turns them into mechanical jewelry, but you don't wear it, you get to ride it and relive the glory days of British motorcycles except these don't leak and they perform as well as they look. Ride one of these into any bike show, … [Read more...]

Moto Guzzi CX100 Gets Daytona Bodywork, Suzuki Suspension and Engine Upgrades

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This 1981 Moto Guzzi CX100 has been highly modified and the result is an eye catcher. It would be easy to call this a restomod, but it's almost unrecognizable when compared to the original LeMans. The Daytona bodywork and gauges are a long way from the original and much more sedate LeMans look, but the real modifications are underneath. The front fork is Suzuki GSXR … [Read more...]

Sunbeam S7 Shows Simple Yet Appealing Post-War Design

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Here's a really nice looking 1947 Sunbeam S7, a postwar model that looks as good or better than many of those other big name bikes of the same era. The engine is a 24 horsepower, 500cc vertical twin sitting longitudinally in the frame which allows shaft drive. The shaft drive turns a worm gear which is not something you see every day, The rear wheel has a simple plunger … [Read more...]

Project Manxster Mates Norton to Harley For a Past That Never Was

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This is a really nice looking cafe, it's called Project Manxster. A new replica Norton Featherbed frame is mated to a 1998 Harley Davidson Sportster 1200 V-twin. The result is pretty sweet and if you like the Sportster engine, but you're tired of street trackers this is a nice alternative. The Manx bodywork almost takes your eyes away long enough to make you miss the … [Read more...]

1948 Harley Davidson Panhead Resto Mod

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Purists are a hard group to please, this bike will send them running, but unless you look closely, all you'll see is a perfectly restored 1948 Harley Davidson Panhead. Then, upon closer examination, you notice a brand new S&S 88 inch stroker in place of the original engine, looking perfect, but obviously not from The Motor Company. The Bison Micro Flake Brown paint never came … [Read more...]