Next month the Vintage Japanese and European Motorcycle Club of North America will hold their 5th annual International Vintage Motorcycle Show and Swap Meet, August 15-17, 2008 at the Outagamie County Fairgrounds, Seymour, Wisconsin. Dave sent in a question about whether there would be a show this year and I thought I better find out. This show is pretty big and a great time … [Read more...]
Ducati Apollo V4
The Berliner brothers, who owned Berliner Motor Corporation and used to import Ducati into the U.S., among several other brands, in 1959 asked Ducati to build a motorcycle to compete with Harley Davidson for the police motorcycle business. After some discussion, Ducati finally agreed to the idea and a few years later produced the V4 powered Apollo. The engine displaced 1256cc … [Read more...]
Vintage Norton Motorcycle Ads – The Norton Experience
Here's another vintage motorcycle ad flashback, The Norton Experience. These ads are so politically incorrect, I love 'em. Did they help sell Nortons back in the day? Maybe, but in 1970, when this ad appeared, the Japanese motorcycle industry was gearing up and gaining market share and no matter how many Norton girls you might see, the British bikes were losing ground. But you … [Read more...]
Morbidelli Museum Photo Tour
Denny, one of The Kneeslider's regular readers from Portland, Oregon, sent us a note saying he just returned from a trip to Italy where he and three of his friends, had the opportunity to tour the Morbidelli Museum. Denny says Giancarlo Morbidelli was a most unassuming, gracious and wonderful host. Not only that, they had the whole museum to themselves! A lot of you may be … [Read more...]
World Motorcycles Sandcast Honda CB750 Restorations
It's not surprising to see niche businesses of all sorts these days, with the reach of the Internet, you can find customers all over the globe, but World Motorcycles, owned by Vic World, specializes solely in the restoration of sandcast Honda CB750s, now niche is that? Reading the new Motorcyclist Retro, I came across the story about Vic's shop and it struck me as a nice … [Read more...]
Vintage Motorcycle Advertisements
Many of us have a lot of fond memories of old motorcycle ads, (remember the Norton girls?) whether of our favorite vintage motorcycle from back in the day or just a favorite ad you remember that brings back a flood of old memories. I happen to have a sizable stack of old motorcycle mags research library, filled with old motorcycle advertisements that I'm sure many of you will … [Read more...]
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