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Video Intermission – Dreamcycle Motorcycle Museum

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As you likely know by now, I’m one of the owners of Iconic Motorbike Auctions. We have a few international divisions, one of which is in Canada (specifically, Sorrento, British Columbia) and it’s run by a wonderful gent named Mark Lane. In addition to handling things for Iconic up in BC, Mark has a motorcycle museum (Dreamcycle) and he runs …

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Deeley Exhibition – Norton-NSU Special

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Another fantastic find in the Deeley Exhibition is this wild custom built by Mick King of Vancouver, Canada – it combines a Norton frame and a NSU automotive engine! It’s a crazy pairing but Paul d’Orleans of The Vintagent has a great story on this bike which you should check out, it explains why Mick had access to Nortons and …

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Quail MotoFest – The Bimotas

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Every year, the Quail MotoFest (formerly known as the Quail Motorcycle Gathering) features the same ten categories. They also have three rotating featured classes – this year the classes were: 1. Tribute to Yoshimura 2. Celebrating 45 Years of the BMW GS 3. The one I was most excited to see: Italian Innovation by Bimota

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Quail MotoFest 2025 – The Winners

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This weekend was the 15th running of the Quail MotoFest, which featured over 200 motorcycles and over 1,000 attendees! I had the pleasure of riding up and back from Los Angeles and will share some of my personal highlights soon – but let’s start with all of the class winners! Photos provided by Kahn Media Best of Show Award 1937 …

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RIP – 20th Century Cycles

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I was disappointed to recently find out that 20th Century Cycles, the personal collection of Billy Joel, is soon to be no longer. It looks like Billy is moving his bikes down to Florida so the building that they’ve been in since 2009 (which was previously a carpet store and then a child’s tumbling studio) is now going to find …

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Video Intermission – Supersport at Barber Race #2

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As discussed in my review of the Yamaha R9, the world of “Supersport” has changed dramatically. Gone are the days of inline-4 600s, now we’ve got twins/triples/fours with a variety of displacements. Something else I discussed in my review was my fandom of Josh Hayes, so it was very cool to see him pull off yet another win (and the …