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Ducati Factory Italy » May/Jun '09
I was struck dumb with amazement, and when Lord Carnarvon, unable to stand the suspense any longer, inquired anxiously “Can you see anything?” it was all I could do to get out the words “Yes, wonderful things.” *...
Two August Agustas » Sept/Oct '08
Early morning light bathes the seductively shaped sculptures in warm radiance. Curvaceous bodywork, distinctively flared fuel tanks, brilliant red paint and the assertive thrust of those symmetric silencers denote great style and speed. The marque badges, with their iconic lettering, simply proclaim the obvious: MV Agusta....
998cc Black Shadow - A fine motorbike » Jul/Aug '05
In our motorcycle-besotted, pre-license teen years, my buddies and I traded hyperbole like marbles. A Gold Star would do 90 miles per hour in first gear; a 650 Panther revved so slowly, it only fired once every streetlight; a 500 Velocette would pitch you over the handlebars if it backfired while you were kick-starting it. We knew these things to be...
BMW
Search for:Bumble Beemer » Mar/Apr '07
I once asked a BMW car marketing guy what differentiated his company's image from rival Mercedes. "Simple," he said. "We build motorcycles; they build trucks." And considering its traditional image as a maker of staid and stolid motorcycles, BMW has an impressive record of performance innovation: the first factory-faired sport bike, the 1976 Daytona-winning...
BSA
Search for:Special Victims Unit » Nov/Dec '06
I can still remember opening my copy of Motor Cycle News and seeing BSA’s announcement of their motorcycle range for 1966. I was fifteen, motorcycle crazy and a big fan of motocross, which was then called “scrambles.” Jeff Smith had just won his second successive world championship on the 440cc BSA Victor, and to cash in on its investment,...
Kawasaki
Search for:The Return of the UJM » Mar/Apr '05
I knew if I bugged Bill long enough he'd sell me his bike. He hardly ever rode it. I was in a very unusual "bikeless" stage of my life while living in Asheville, NC, which is as close to moto-Utopia as you can get. I needed a bike and Bill had a bike he didn't need. Sounded like serendipity to me....
Laverda
Search for:1981 Laverda 1000 Jota » Jul/Aug '06
"Any color as long as it's black." Not surprisingly, it was in the psychedelic seventies when motorcycle manufacturers first broke with the tradition of black-painted frames. First came BSA's "dove grey," intended, it's said, to reprise the company's titanium-tubed, motocross bike frames. Then came Ducati's teal-framed silver 750SS. But perhaps the...
Moto Morini
Search for:The Moto Morini Story » Fall '02
After a long snowy winter and six busy months of restoration it's time to face the truth. Did I do a good job and will the Italian primadonna finally sing?...
Royal Enfield
Search for:Royal Enfield's Biggest Twin » Nov/Dec '05
Jim Stothard wasn't looking for a motorcycle when he heard about the Royal Enfield his boss had in storage. He wasn't even sure what an Enfield was. But the idea of buying it wouldn't go away. It took two years of needling and cajoling before Jim was even allowed to see the bike....
Triumph
Search for:1978 Triumph Bonneville T140V » Jul/Aug '04
For years I've known I would someday get around to buying a classic bike. My heart told me it would be a British bike. And since finding one is no longer a problem – what with so many auctions going on and sites like cycletrader.com now commonplace – I didn't really have any excuse for not looking around at least. So, I decided to follow...
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