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Ural Motorcycles – Another Retro

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If you think you're seeing a lot of ads for Ural Motorcycles lately, you're not alone. They seem to be advertising in all of the motorcycle mags, perhaps trying to get a bit of the retro market that Ducati, Triumph and many other companies are capitalizing on. Ural motorcycles were essentially Russian copies of the BMW R71. They have a couple of different stories on their … [Read more...]

Monterey Classic Bike Auction 2006

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The Monterey Classic Bike Auction will be returning July 20-22, 2006, held during the weekend of the U.S. Grand Prix, which runs July 22nd. If you'll recall, the auction last year had some extraordinary bikes on the block, however, we never were able to determine how the auction went off, how many of the bikes sold, for how much or anything else for that matter. At least one … [Read more...]

Honda CB750 Cafe Racers

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Nothing says Rocker like an old cafe racer, the right paint and parts, proper seat, suspension tweaks and engine tuning, all for the purpose of joining the Ton-Up club and looking good while doing it! Some of the old British bikes were classic cafes but here's one guy that thinks the perfect cafe begins with a Honda CB750. Steve Carpenter has been reworking CB750s for quite … [Read more...]

Irving Vincent Motorcycles

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Oy! Absolutely stunning! A comment the other day on our Norton Motorcycles writeup mentioned the Irving Vincent, which, as it turns out, is quite a project. The Irving Vincent is being built in Australia by Ken Horner. Ken, who has his own industrial equipment company, thought he might like a Vincent for his own personal use but he wanted to combine current technology with … [Read more...]

Brand New BSA and Matchless Engines

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Looking for a replacement engine for your BSA Gold Star or Matchless G85 motorcycle? Look no more, ABSAF (Appingedam BSA Factory) over in the Netherlands, is turning them out brand spanking new. These are manufactured on the premises, all parts interchangeable with the originals, with improvements to reflect more modern engineering, the only visible sign being the spark plug … [Read more...]

Norton Rotary John Player Special for sale

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Glancing through ebay I noticed this Norton John Player Special NRS588 replica for sale. Not many of these around. Norton got into the rotary power racer business for a while back in the late 80s and early 90s though I never followed it much, some of you Norton owners would know all about it. Interesting bike though, maybe a little before its time. Link: auction has … [Read more...]