The duo Rafe Pugh and Alec Sharp from Norfolk’s Old Empire Motorcycles love to use old small displacement bikes as canvas to turn them into awesome through complex customs. The result is always affordable, fun, modernized machines to please both Generation X and Millennials. Contrary to most custom builders who don’t like to talk much […]
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Bonhams’ Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction. 1951 Vincent Sold For $434,000.
Published by January 9th, 2016 in Builders, Editorial and Events.During the January 7 Bonhams’ Las Vegas auction, 5 Vincent motorcycles were sold for very high prices. Top price of $434,000 was offered for a very rare 1951 Vincent Series C ‘Red’ White Shadow. The second highest bid was for a 1955 Vincent Series D Black Prince, boasting only one owner which sold for $164,500. […]
Big and Powerful Motorcycles Are Not The Sole Driving Force In the Motorcycle World Anymore. Manufacturers are taking smaller motorcycles a lot more seriously. Harley-Davidson with the Street, Indian with the Scout Sixty, Ducati with the Scrambler, Triumph with the Bonneville, Thruxton & Scrambler models, Royal Enfield and many other brands are working hard at […]
Formula One Lewis Hamilton’s Limited Edition MV Augusta
Published by January 7th, 2016 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Like many other Formula One racers, triple world champion (2008, 2014 & 2015) Lewis Hamilton loves motorcycles and often rides one from his hotel to the racing track. He partnered with Italian motorcycle manufacturer MV Augusta to co-design the Dragster RR LH44, a limited run of 244 bikes that are covered with references to 44, […]
Billy Lane’s “Sons Of Speed” Inaugural Race Postponed. The inaugural race was set to take place at the New Smyrna Speedway during the 75th Anniversary of Daytona Bike Week in March 2016. The new date for the debut race is unknown. “We have really high standards, and we worried about meeting them under the time […]
Custom Show Emirates. Hot Wheels Of Arabia. March 31-April 2, 2016
Published by January 6th, 2016 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Organized by respected European journalist and promoter Frank Sander, the second edition of the Custom Show Emirates in Abu Dhabi will host a big bike show with some of the best builders of the Middle East, of Europe and of the USA.. For entertainment, first a Biker Build-off with an on-stage battle between German stainless […]
Being able to use either land or water with a car is not new. But amphibious 2-wheelers are quite rare. Combining road and water technologies then developing its own, this amphibious motorcycle is improving performance both on the dry and on the wet. On land, a 2 cylinder gas engine to ride up to 80 […]
New Modular Helmets For Men And Women From Harley-Davidson® Collection.
Published by January 5th, 2016 in Accessories, Builders and Editorial.The New Men’s Scavenger Modular Helmet (P/N 97331-16VM, $275.00) features a QuickSlide face shield replacement system for secure, tool-free removal and installation. The SuperCool moisture-wicking, anti-bacterial interior liner is removable and washable. A helmet bag is included. This helmet weighs three pounds 13 ounces and is available in XS to 5XL sizes. The new Women’s Steadfast […]
Bolt-On And Ride A Slimmer Harley Slim
Published by January 4th, 2016 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Why would you take a Harley Softail Slim FLS model – whose factory design is to merge the minimalistic 1940’s bobber styling with up-to-date old school fat elements – to turn it into a slimmer version? The reason(s) hiding behind a customizing direction can be very mysterious. At least, the builder in charge of the […]
The Ducati 860 GT was produced in 1974 and 1975. The 860 series used stress member frame of Fabio Taglioni’s original 750 GT L twin, with bevel cam drive and with the enlarged capacity achieved by using two of the Ducati 450 single-cylinder engine’s sleeves and pistons. Motor was 863.5 cc (52.72”) four stroke air […]
The Custom Motorcycle Built Around The New Avon Trailrider Tire
Published by December 30th, 2015 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Wheels.Avon Tyres is launching worldwide its new Trailrider mix-use adventure tire. During the final development stage, all those involved made it clear that the new model needed a very special celebration. Instead of fitting it to a few motorcycles built by well known builders, the British Manufacturer – who started producing tires in 1911 – […]
Warm Up Harley-Davidson Clothing
Published by December 30th, 2015 in Builders, Editorial and Merchandise.As the weather turns, the concerns of motorcycle riders turn to warmth and versatility. Three new items from the Harley-Davidson® MotorClothes® Collection have riders covered in cold weather. The New Insulated Nylon Skull Bomber Jacket For Men (P/N 97558-16VM, $160.00) projects aggressive style with intricate embroidered details on the back and sleeves. Featuring intricate embroidered details […]
Verona International Motor Bike Expo. January 22-24, 2016
Published by December 29th, 2015 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Most of the worldwide motorcycle industry will be in Verona from this international 3-day event. A total of 880,000 sq.ft of halls where 600 exhibitors from the USA to the United Arab Emirates and of course the entire Europe will show their new bike models, parts, apparel. In and out of the expo, a lot […]
Ken’s Factory Olde Dogge Softail
Published by December 28th, 2015 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.In the last feature I published about the Ken’s Factory I was mentioning that builder Ken Nagai, after years of globe-trotting, is probably one of the most well known/respected builder on 3 continents at the same time: Asia, Europe and North America. Since then, he didn’t slow down his traveling, crisscrossing the world to show […]
Movie Used 1976 Harley-Davidson XL1000 Evel Knievel To Be Sold Jan. 7 At Bonhams Las Vegas Auction
Published by December 25th, 2015 in Builders, Editorial and Events.The XL1000 was built by Bud Ekins for the movie “Viva Knievel” It is one of the most famous motorcycles for one of the greatest showmen of the 20th century. Estimated price is $80,000 to $100,000. High school dropout Robert Craig Knievel left Butte, Montana with not much more than a petty criminal record and […]
Flashback. 1912 Indian Board Tracker.
Published by December 23rd, 2015 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.High powered engines (100+ mph) in sparse frames. No brakes. Just a kill switch. At the beginning of the 20th century, the daredevils riding these machines on wooden planks with up to 60-degree corners, protected only by leather helmets, attracted each weekend huge crowds all over the country. Harley-Davidson and Indian were reigning supreme in […]
Last Minute Harley-Davidson Holidays Gift Guide
Published by December 22nd, 2015 in Builders and Editorial.You know the drill. The holidays are coming. All companies want you to create a wish list of their products. With slogans like “The Badder You Are, The Bigger The Gift”, “Shop The Goods For The Baddest On Your List”, “Gift Wrap Freedom”, Harley wants you to shop for him, shop for her, shop for […]
Radical Harley Dyna Street Bob Makeover
Published by December 21st, 2015 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.You heard it often. A custom motorcycle job is never finished. Many factory bikes go to several lives with successive aesthetic and/or mechanical changes. And of course it’s always for the better. For evident reasons, repetitive makeovers are very often the characteristic of bikes belonging to custom shop owners or to their businesses built and […]
Ural Dark Force Sidecar. Only 25 Available In The US. $15,000.
Published by December 19th, 2015 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Murdered out black to explore your darker side in the shadows of your inner child, like all Urals it is made to take a beating with little damage. Anyway, all parts and labor are covered for the first two years of ownership (3rd year extended warranty for $850) through 70 dealers in the US. The […]
All HOG members Now Get Unlimited Admission, VIP Access To Harley-Davidson Museum. The Harley-Davidson Museum is swinging its doors wide open to all Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.) members around the world by adding unlimited admission and VIP access to more than 112 years of Harley-Davidson history to its package of exclusive membership benefits. Beginning this month, […]
A Classic Tracker By British Customs And Mule Motorcycles
Published by December 18th, 2015 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.British Customs sells custom packages to make your Triumph your own. Mule Motorcycles is the shop of Street Tracker expert Richard Pollock, famous not only for his full custom bikes but also for the uber quality of his custom designed parts. Using a 2015 Bonneville T100 as a platform, the result of a collaboration on […]
Take the best of Triumph (its 650 cc parallel-twin or Bonneville engine) and install it in a Norton Featherbed frame reputed for its racing performance. It’s the way in the 60’s the Triton (contraction of Triumph & Norton) was born. The combination required to adapt the engine mounting plates to the frame and since there […]
Eight Long-Lost Brough Superior Discovered. Offered At Bonhams Sale On April 24, 2016
Published by December 16th, 2015 in Builders, Editorial and Events.They were believed to have been destroyed, but earlier this year, eight long-lost Brough Superior Motorcycles were discovered in a Cornish village (Cornwall is the most southwesterly part of the United Kingdom.) Unveiled for the first time in more than 50 years, ‘The ‘Broughs of Bodmin Moor’ will be offered at by Bonhams in Stafford, […]
Judge Declines A New Offer To Buy Erik Buell Racing Manufacturing Assets
Published by December 15th, 2015 in Builders, Events and Legal.The Erik Buell saga has a new episode. The sale of Erik Buell Racing Assets has been denied by a judge to the only bidder, liquidator Liquid Assets Partners who made a $1.6 million offer. In a surprise announcement in April 2015 Erik Buell Racing (EBR) informed its 130 employees that the company was stopping […]
Indian Motorcycle And Champion Trikes Donate Custom Indian Scout To Wounded Marine
Published by December 15th, 2015 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Last weekend at the International Motorcycle Show in New York City, Indian Motorcycle announced its continuing sponsorship of the Veterans Charity Ride to Sturgis for 2016 and is, in fact, expanding its level of sponsorship this year. A veteran from the inaugural event was surprised to receive the gift of a customized Indian Scout by […]
Jet Age Motorcycle Futurism By Bandit 9
Published by December 14th, 2015 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Daryl Villanueva, the Bandit Chief at Bandit 9, doesn’t believe in the traditional custom motorcycle shop model. Or at least considers that what he likes to create – an evolution of older models to the jet age future – put his work in a unique category that can’t be defined, except by himself… As he […]
