We all know the story. You are riding home well after dark because you diddled around way too long after lunch and now wish you were home. You lean into a bit of a turn in the road and your headlight doesn’t track where you are going. Depending on the corner, you might have trouble even seeing the centerline at …
1974 Bultaco Sherpa T 350 Model 151
In 1964, Bultaco introduced their iconic trials bike, the Sherpa. For the first 8 years, only a 250 was offered, though in ’72 they introduced a 326cc engine and called that the 350.
Introducing Club EagleRider
I think one of the best (but hardest) things for motorcyclists to do is to get seat time on a variety of bikes. While it’s nice to get intimate knowledge of your daily rider and to feel like you’re one with it, getting a taste of the different worlds of motorcycling makes you a more competent overall rider and opens …
Video Intermission – Toby Price Jumps Big Bikes
You already know Dakar racers are tougher than you. Here’s your reminder that they’re cooler than you, too.
1960 BSA Golden Flash
Despite the name, the Golden Flash (named for the “Polychromatic Golden Beige” scheme) was only available in black for home-market British customers. Thankfully, this export model has no such problem.
1996 Honda CBR600 Smokin Joe’s
Kids – smoking is bad. But tobacco companies sure have been responsible for some of the coolest racing liveries in history, whether it’s cars or bikes. After Miguel Duhamel won the AMA Championship in 1995, Honda offered a replica paint scheme of the Smokin’ Joe’s livery that graced Miggy’s bike.
Aerostich Goes Zero Below Zero
When snow hits the ground, most riders put their bikes away for the new few months. Well, the people at Aerostich aren’t most riders, and they’ve built a reputation of creating gear for the lunatics that ride no matter the conditions. Looks like they’re testing their gear (and a Zero electric motorcycle) by riding every day during a winter where …
Reflect On This – 2007 Chrome Chopper
With the latest chopper craze safely behind us (for now) nice examples of the genre are now available for pennies on the dollar. The Tuetuls and Jessie James’ of the motorcycle world felt the need to get ever more creative in an attempt to stand above the rest and at times the results got a little, uh, outlandish.
Meet Matt Hinkle!
Recently, I reached out to see if any of you were interested in contributing to Bike-urious so we could increase the breadth and depth of featured bikes. I was ecstatic to see how many readers answered the call, and over the next few weeks you’ll be meeting some of them. Let’s meet another new contributor, Matt Hinkle! I’ll leave the …
Video Intermission – Dakar Racers are Tougher Than You
In which Paulo Gonçalves proves he is made of adamantium.
1972 Bultaco Metralla Road Racer
Post-Sale Update: This Metralla sold for $4,545 after 25 bids on eBay. This Metralla looks beautiful thanks to a new replica fuel tank, tail/seat, and fender. Built as a road racer that would qualify for AHRMA 250, it will need to be brought back to life as it’s been sitting for a couple of years. It has been sitting for …
In Belgium – 1970 Velocette LE Police
Post-Sale Update: This Police Velo sold for $4,026 after 22 bids on eBay. The Velocette was a commercial flop but it did have some success with British police officers – leading to the nickname of “Noddy bike”. Here’s an example that served with the London Metropolitan police force before it was acquired by a Dutch rider in 2010.
1971 Simson Schwalbe
The Simson Schwalbe (German for Swallow) was a moped built between 1964 and 1986. They were never officially imported to the US, but here’s one that just crossed the ocean.
Bike-urious does the Baja 1000 – Part 5
Well, we’ve had our bikes for a couple of months…so it’s time to start racing.
Style Meets Speed – 1977 Honda CB750
Take a run of the mill CB750, remove all the bad bits and replace them with good bits and what do you have? A Seeley, most likely.