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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Lee Wilcox
Posts by Lee Wilcox
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![(first posted 9/16/2012) I doubt that it’s possible to overstate the degree to which the world changed during the 1960s. Indisputably, it was a decade of innovation and change in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DT-DT11.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Motorcycle Classic: The Yamaha DT-1 – The Bike That Took Us Down The Road To Get Off The Road")
Motorcycle Classic: The Yamaha DT-1 – The Bike That Took Us Down The Road To Get Off The Road
Posted on September 18, 2022 | 21 Comments(first posted 9/16/2012) I doubt that it’s possible to overstate the degree to which the world changed during the 1960s. Indisputably, it was a decade of innovation and change in […] -
![(first posted 4/29/2012. Please note that this article does not pretend to be complete and fully accurate as to the origin and development of the Yamaha 650. A number of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1969-XS1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Sunday Salon: The Yamaha XS650 – Originality Is Overrated")
Sunday Salon: The Yamaha XS650 – Originality Is Overrated
Posted on August 21, 2022 | 36 Comments(first posted 4/29/2012. Please note that this article does not pretend to be complete and fully accurate as to the origin and development of the Yamaha 650. A number of […] -
![Triton (first posted 5/25/2012) I recently ran across a little story that explained why Triton/Norvin motorcycles became so popular and what started the movement to rear engined race cars in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ggnb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Kickstand Classic: Cooper And Norton – How The Triton or Norvin Bikes Came To Be")
Kickstand Classic: Cooper And Norton – How The Triton or Norvin Bikes Came To Be
Posted on August 14, 2022 | 31 CommentsTriton (first posted 5/25/2012) I recently ran across a little story that explained why Triton/Norvin motorcycles became so popular and what started the movement to rear engined race cars in […] -
![(first posted 9/1/2012) For Chrysler, just getting up off the canvas after the “plucked chicken” fiasco of 1962 was hard enough without Ford doing something crazy by dropping its Mustang […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ttfxd.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Dodge Charger – Chrysler’s Marlin")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Dodge Charger – Chrysler’s Marlin
Posted on June 7, 2022 | 67 Comments(first posted 9/1/2012) For Chrysler, just getting up off the canvas after the “plucked chicken” fiasco of 1962 was hard enough without Ford doing something crazy by dropping its Mustang […] -
![(first posted 1/8/2012) In the very early twentieth century a submarine was a surface craft that could be submerged. If it had to transit oceans to join a fray […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/uss-holland.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Dockside Classic: Submarines – Quadrupling Speed In A Decade")
Dockside Classic: Submarines – Quadrupling Speed In A Decade
Posted on September 13, 2021 | 32 Comments(first posted 1/8/2012) In the very early twentieth century a submarine was a surface craft that could be submerged. If it had to transit oceans to join a fray […] -
![(first posted 7/22/2012) Around 1969, Kawasaki started developing a reputation for bikes that would pull up alongside you and then quickly leave you in a cloud of blue […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Kawasaki-triple.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Motorcycle History: The Kawasaki Two-Stroke Triples – The Dirty Dozen")
Motorcycle History: The Kawasaki Two-Stroke Triples – The Dirty Dozen
Posted on August 5, 2021 | 74 Comments(first posted 7/22/2012) Around 1969, Kawasaki started developing a reputation for bikes that would pull up alongside you and then quickly leave you in a cloud of blue […] -
![(first posted 7/8/2012) The expressions “game-changer” or “paradigm shift” are consistently overused. But the 1969 Honda CB 750 did both of those, and then some. Quite simply: it was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Honda-750.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Motorcycle History: 1969 Honda CB750 – The First Modern Superbike")
Motorcycle History: 1969 Honda CB750 – The First Modern Superbike
Posted on July 12, 2021 | 52 Comments(first posted 7/8/2012) The expressions “game-changer” or “paradigm shift” are consistently overused. But the 1969 Honda CB 750 did both of those, and then some. Quite simply: it was […] -
![(first posted 7/12/2012) Prior to 1968, everyone knew you shouldn’t build a two-stroke bike bigger than about 350cc. Anything larger would create power that couldn’t be managed due to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Suzuki-T500.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Motorcycle Classic: Suzuki T500- The Best Bike (Almost) Nobody Remembers")
Motorcycle Classic: Suzuki T500- The Best Bike (Almost) Nobody Remembers
Posted on April 12, 2021 | 79 Comments(first posted 7/12/2012) Prior to 1968, everyone knew you shouldn’t build a two-stroke bike bigger than about 350cc. Anything larger would create power that couldn’t be managed due to […] -
![(first posted 9/9/2012) In 1968, a year before coming out with the CB750, Honda introduced the bike that would become America’s all-time best-seller. The CB350 sold over 300,000 bikes […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Honda-motorcycle-CB350.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Motorcycle Classics: Honda 350 Family – The Most Popular Bike Ever")
Motorcycle Classics: Honda 350 Family – The Most Popular Bike Ever
Posted on April 11, 2021 | 53 Comments(first posted 9/9/2012) In 1968, a year before coming out with the CB750, Honda introduced the bike that would become America’s all-time best-seller. The CB350 sold over 300,000 bikes […] -
![(first posted in 2011) Why is the Harley-Davidson Sprint such a contradiction? In the hands of a slug like me they become a heavy, somewhat awkward, vibrating, slow, and uncomfortable […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/HD-Sprint.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Motorcycle History: Harley-Davidson Sprint – The Spaghetti Hoglet")
Motorcycle History: Harley-Davidson Sprint – The Spaghetti Hoglet
Posted on March 15, 2021 | 71 Comments(first posted in 2011) Why is the Harley-Davidson Sprint such a contradiction? In the hands of a slug like me they become a heavy, somewhat awkward, vibrating, slow, and uncomfortable […] -
![(first posted 6/10/2012) There is no more intimate connection between machine and man than racing a bike. And no one made it look more like an act of love than […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/MTB-Hailwood_Manx-last-TT-win.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Sunday Salon: Mike Hailwood – Mike The Bike")
Sunday Salon: Mike Hailwood – Mike The Bike
Posted on April 16, 2017 | 15 Comments(first posted 6/10/2012) There is no more intimate connection between machine and man than racing a bike. And no one made it look more like an act of love than […] -
![(first posted 5/20/2012) We recently did an article that covered the WR and KR Harley 750 motorcycles and some of the basics of flat track. One commenter, Sean, actually described […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ChrisCarr.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Sunday Salon: Harley XR750 – 40 Years Old And Still A Youngster")
Sunday Salon: Harley XR750 – 40 Years Old And Still A Youngster
Posted on November 26, 2016 | 11 Comments(first posted 5/20/2012) We recently did an article that covered the WR and KR Harley 750 motorcycles and some of the basics of flat track. One commenter, Sean, actually described […] -
![(first posted 2/26/2012) This is Don Emde. There’s a good reason for his big smile. He’s a privateer, and has just won the 1972 Daytona 200, considered to be the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Don-Emde-Daytona-win.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Giant Killer: Yamaha 350")
The Giant Killer: Yamaha 350
Posted on February 28, 2016 | 30 Comments(first posted 2/26/2012) This is Don Emde. There’s a good reason for his big smile. He’s a privateer, and has just won the 1972 Daytona 200, considered to be the […] -
![(first posted 7/1/2012) You might look at the bike above and think that this is yet another story about an old motorcycle long forgotten by those who aren’t old-bike “junkies.” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CB450-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Motorcycle History: 1965 Honda CB450 – The Black Bomber Or The Prophet")
Motorcycle History: 1965 Honda CB450 – The Black Bomber Or The Prophet
Posted on March 8, 2015 | 48 Comments(first posted 7/1/2012) You might look at the bike above and think that this is yet another story about an old motorcycle long forgotten by those who aren’t old-bike “junkies.” […] -
![The Chevy Volt has gotten a lot of attention for its ability to run its electric propulsion motor from its internal combustion engine/generator, batteries, or both. Submarines having been doing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/USSClamagore-SS343.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Diesel-Electric Submarines: World’s Biggest Hybrids")
Diesel-Electric Submarines: World’s Biggest Hybrids
Posted on July 27, 2014 | 81 CommentsThe Chevy Volt has gotten a lot of attention for its ability to run its electric propulsion motor from its internal combustion engine/generator, batteries, or both. Submarines having been doing […]
