Triumph Thruxton “Lithium” – BikeBound

[ad_1] Race-inspired Thruxton from iT ROCKS!BIKES…  Launched in 2004 to a lot fanfare, the Triumph Thruxton 900 was a extra aggressive, sport-oriented model of the Bonneville with greater compression, hotter cam profiles, and the manufacturing unit accoutrements of a retro café racer: clip-on bars, solo seat, rear-set controls, upswept exhausts, and extra. Thruxton 900 in … Read more

Triumph “Legend” Scramblers – BikeBound

[ad_1] McQueen-inspired Scramblers from FCR Unique…  Greater than 4 many years after his premature passing, Steve McQueen stays one of the crucial iconic, influential figures on this planet of two wheels. The uninitiated could assume it’s merely due to his movie position in The Nice Escape or dozens of black-and-white pictures of McQueen aback one … Read more

The Vintagent Classics: C.C & Firm

[ad_1] C.C & COMPANY (1970) Run Time: 1:34:00Producer: Namanco ProductionsDirector: Seymour RobbieAuthor: Roger SmithKey Forged: Joe Namath, Ann-Margret, William Smith FILM MAKERS C.C. and Firm is a 1970 American biker flick directed by Seymour Robbie. It starred Joe Namath as biker C.C. Ryder, Ann-Margret as style journalist Ann, and William Smith as Moon, the chief of the … Read more

STILRIDE’s Industrial Origami | The Vintagent

[ad_1] Editor’s notice: everybody at The Vintagent was thrilled on the first sight of the STILRIDE scooter, as its inventive monocoque chassis appeared a worthy heir to the enduring Vespa design of aeronautical engineer Corradino D’Ascanio from 1946.  Then we discovered the STILRIDE’s chassis was manufactured from robotically folded metal, and that the scooter was primarily … Read more

The Artwork of the Bike – The Again Story

[ad_1] Curator Ultan Guilfoyle offers the actual story behind the preferred exhibit within the Guggenheim Museum’s historical past, and an important bike exhibition, ever.  [ Editor’s Note: I met Ultan Guilfoyle in 1998 during the original run of The Art of the Motorcycle run at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC.  Several members of the Brough … Read more

Yamaha RD400 Avenue Tracker – BikeBound

[ad_1] Gaston Motorbike Werks builds a two-stroke road tracker…  Launched in 1976, the Yamaha RD400 was the final of Yamaha’s air-cooled two-stroke RD road bikes, a blue-smoking wheelie monster that undercut a lot of its rivals pricewise whereas outmatching them on the road and strip. For the rider, it was straightforward to think about oneself … Read more

The Vintagent Classics: C.C & Firm

[ad_1] C.C & COMPANY (1970) Run Time: 1:34:00Producer: Namanco ProductionsDirector: Seymour RobbieAuthor: Roger SmithKey Forged: Joe Namath, Ann-Margret, William Smith FILM MAKERS C.C. and Firm is a 1970 American biker flick directed by Seymour Robbie. It starred Joe Namath as biker C.C. Ryder, Ann-Margret as vogue journalist Ann, and William Smith as Moon, the chief of the … Read more

FH -Seat Base Repairs 2

[ad_1]  Following the restore of the FH seat base fixing screws which I wrote about just lately, I discovered a little bit of time to complete the restore of the rear finish. You possibly can see how the seat is constructed right here. The massive formed urgent that you simply sit on (Ariel have been … Read more

BMW R1150GSA Marlboro Version – BikeBound

[ad_1] From Ormotors: A Fashionable Tribute to Gaston Rahier’s Dakar-winning BMW…  In 1985, Belgian rider Gaston Rahier campaigned the Paris Dakar Rally on an enormous factory-built BMW R80GS sponsored by Marlboro and Playboy — a motorbike that appeared the scale of a Clydesdale beside the 5’4″ Rahier. “When associates and new motorcyclists complain about stratospheric … Read more