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Two Wheeler Classics: Get Your Moped Runnin’ – Head Out On The Bike Path
Posted on August 11, 2024 | 20 CommentsLast week, I revisited the Visscher Classique car museum in the Netherlands. Their collection is far from static and has clearly been expanded since my previous visit in August 2023. […] -
Sunday Salon: Mike Hailwood – Mike The Bike
Posted on April 16, 2023 | 20 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 […] -
Sunday Salon: The Yamaha XS650 – Originality Is Overrated
Posted on August 21, 2022 | 37 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 […] -
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 […] -
BSA 441 Victor – Heart Thumping
Posted on March 6, 2022 | 64 Comments(first posted 3/10/2012) Yes, sexy girls played a major role in BSA ads in the late sixties (we’ll have to do a survey of them sometime), but in this […] -
Kickstand Classic: 1964 Fuji Rabbit Superflow S601 Scooter – The Buick Dynaflow of Scooters
Posted on October 29, 2021 | 24 CommentsFuji Heavy Industries/Subaru has a long history in the US, going all the way back to 1957. It wasn’t tiny kei cars like their infamous 360 they was selling back […] -
Kickstand Classic: 1979-82 Honda CB750F — The Second Wave Starts The Mopping Up Operation
Posted on October 27, 2021 | 31 Comments(first posted 10/27/2015) The Honda CB750 of 1969-78 has already become a universally recognized milestone in motorcycle history and a blue chip collectible classic. The same cannot be said yet […] -
Kickstand Classic: Honda Dream 300 – Soichiro Honda’s Dream Comes True
Posted on October 9, 2021 | 45 Comments(first posted 10/9/2015) In retrospect, it’s a bit surprising that the Japanese automobile invasion wasn’t more fully anticipated. Given how Japanese manufacturers totally overran the camera, small electronics and motorcycle […] -
The NW Challenge Vintage Motocross
Posted on August 20, 2021 | 9 CommentsI had been waiting for this event for months, but when the day came, I almost decided to sleep in instead. I’m very glad I didn’t. After a weeks vacation, […] -
Motorcycle History: The Kawasaki Two-Stroke Triples – The Dirty Dozen
Posted on August 5, 2021 | 80 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 […] -
Kickstand Classic: 1959-1964 Honda CA95 Benley Tourer – The Baby Dream
Posted on July 19, 2021 | 20 CommentsThe Dream was Honda’s first larger production motorcycle, which arrived in 1956. It was the first high-powered twin in its class, which was dominated by single cylinder engines. Its 18+ […] -
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 […] -
Kickstand Classic: Honda Hobbit — From a Tiny, Vanished Race of Motorbikes
Posted on June 16, 2021 | 55 Comments(first posted 6/16/2015) Well known as the titular small human-like race of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel, made even more famous by Peter Jackson’s movie adaptations, Hobbits lent their name to a […] -
CC’s Best of 2021: BMW goes after Harley; Harley goes after BMW
Posted on May 8, 2021 | 42 CommentsTwo of the biggest new motorcycle releases of the past twelve months have been BMW’s new cruiser, the R18, and Harley’s new adventure bike, the Pan America. Although I know […] -
Motorcycle Classic: Suzuki T500- The Best Bike (Almost) Nobody Remembers
Posted on April 12, 2021 | 81 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 […]