HST and His Ducati
That is the attitude of the New Age superbike freak, and I am one of them. On some days they are about the most fun you can have with your clothes on. The Vincent just killed you a lot faster than a superbike …
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The Man Who Saved Harley Davidson – And Your Spine
Missourian Jim Schmig was on hand for one of the most important developments in motorcycling history. “I was cruising down St. Charles Rock Road around St. Louis one day in 1977, and I saw the most …
Want To Thoroughly Test An Electric Motorcycle? Hand It Over the Coppers
Electric motorcycle manufacturer, Brammo Inc., wants to know how much abuse their forward-looking electric machines can take. So what are they doing to find out? Looking for police departments to beat …
1926 Indian Prince – Motorcycle Find of the Day
The Indian Motorcycle Company was the preeminent American motorcycle manufacturer near the turn of the century. Launched in 1901 as the Hendee Manufacturing Company, the Indian Motorcycle represented …
Taking the Hemlock – Greek BMW Restoration
Greek dudes restoring BMWs and Enfields and Irish music. This appeals to me on so many levels… http://homoratus.blogspot.com/p/bmw-r26-restoration.html Source: motorcycleinsurance.com via Whitey …
Look Ma, No Hands! Phil Comar Rides His Harley For Charity
It’s pretty clear that Phil Comar, of Adrian, MI, knows how to handle his bike. Comar , now 62, has been riding motorcycles almost 50 years, and his last ventures were nothing short of amazing for …
A Trip Across the American Past – The Bikeriders
What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do – especially in other people’s minds. When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your …
A Simply Surreal Chopper – Salvador Dali Edition
In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you …
When Detroit Was Great – The End of American Henderson Motorcycles
In 1911 a pair of audacious brothers formed the American Henderson Motorcycle Co, 268 Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Michigan. William G. Henderson and his brother, Tom W. Henderson, began a partnership which …
1952 Vincent Black Lightning – Bike Find of the Day
British manufacturer Vincent Motorcycles, a firm which, in a long production run of 27 years from 1928 until 1955, produced some of the world’s fastest and most elegant production motorcycles, had the …