As I am thinning out the motorcycle herd here at the rancho, my thoughts are, much to my wife’s dismay, “what do I want next?”. After visiting the Motorcyclepedia Museum in Newburgh, New York last year I have developed an affinity for Indian motorcycles. We probably spent a good two hours wandering through a large…
What’s in a name? The Triumph T100 got its moniker because it would go 100 mph, the T110 because it went 110 mph ? Actually, ‘The Motorcycle’ magazine in Great Britain was only able to get it up to 109 mph but some others claim they got it up to 114 mph…so calling it the…
Here I am again writing about a bike that I wish I had room for in my collection, the Kawasaki KZ750 Twin. It may not have the status of a Bonneville, a Lightning 650, a Commando, or even an XS650 (I have owned 2 out of the 4), but the KZ750 Twin deserves more love…
I have always been attracted to oddball motorcycles, yet another psychological flaw I can attribute my step-father. Bultaco, Greeves, any English bike and big thumpers. Sure, I’ve owned my fair share of UJM’s, my favorite being my 1980 Honda CB750F, but I like riding a bike that you don’t see a hundred of when you…
Every true vintage motorcycle restorer should have his own junkyard don’t you think? Well fellow enthusiast, this could be your lucky day. Who wouldn’t like a pile of rusty old gas tanks and frames? Seats and headlight buckets? Crusty old chains and sprockets? Wheels with broken spokes and carburetors that have spiders living in them?…
British singles, I love ’em. I’m not talking about the ones on match.com.uk, well, some of those are quite attractive as well but I’m talking about motorcycles. I have owned one that was stolen out of my garage, I have ridden a few that I was loaned and I believe that the British Single cylinder…
Why do I have this feeling that as soon as I clean out a few bikes in my barn that a Norton someone else doesn’t want is going to have a new home. Lately I seem drawn, pulled, pushed (?) to vintage Norton’s. I have been part of a race team running Norton’s, I have…
I see that look in your eyes; the look you get when you and your friends are talking about classic Grand Prix racing, the “don’t talk to me now, I’m watching the race” look, the way your ears perk up when you hear a classic 2 stroke on full song, the smile you get when…
I just can’t help myself, I saw this bike on ebay this morning and I had to put it on the site. Why you ask? Because I spent a good number of years on an Ascot and would do it all over again and I would build it like this guy has. I started roadracing…
Around this time a year ago I was wandering through ‘Motorcyclepedia’, a wonderful museum in Newburgh, New York. You can see my photo’s at our main website www.themotoworld.com. I was absolutely amazed when we walked into a room that was completely dedicated to Indian motorcycles. There was nearly one of every single Indian made in…
