I'd love to find a rider in this condition. Some folks are a LOT better at general maintenance and cleanup than I'll ever be. Sweet Ride.Anthony Writes in:Hi Steve, Thought I'd fire you some pics of my daily ride, which is an almost stock 1989 BMW R80. I had been looking for an old R80 that I could pull apart, and do a Ritmo Sereno style custom job on. While looking, I came across this 20 year
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You learn something new ever day... Reader Ride. The Sym Wolf 125.
Jesus Buisan sends in ome pictures of a very interesting bike that I've never heard of. I did some looking around and in the USA they look to be primarily a scooter company but the base model to this bike look s pretty good. An Jesus did a great job of tuning it up.He Writes:I am a follower of your blog I look every day and a big fan of classic bikes, I have a Bultaco Sherpa T 80, 1971 and Sym
Reader Ride. Sweet Parilla 250 Work In Progress.
Danilo writes in:Love your site. Thought you'd get a kick out of my Parilla 250 project. Purchased it in Minneapolis last month, hadn't run in years. Cleaned up the points, new battery and swapped out the VHB Dellorto for the original SS1 with remote bowl that came in the parts box, gave it a couple of kicks and... Nothing. Took it out in the alley and it bump-started on the third
Reader Ride. A Portland Oregon Custom Cafe.
Phil Writes in: Hi, My name is Phil G. and i live in Portland Or. I would like to share some pics of my 71 cb750. This has been my project for the last 2 1/2 years. I would like to sit here and tell you that i did it all myself but i have to give credit were credit is due. While the over all concept and design of the bike was all me there are a few very important elements to it that would
Reader Ride. Sweet Honda Hawk GT.
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Jack Michaud Writes in:Hi,My dad turned me on to your blog. Nice stuff! Here's a pic of my 1989 Honda Hawk 650GT. Why Honda gifts this market segment to Suzuki I'll never know!I couldn't agree more. This bike was years ahead of the SV and they gave just up on it too soon. Damm shame.
Interesting Reader Submittal. VF500 Magna Tracker.
Paul Robinson sends in a pic of his interesting build. Hmmm... There's a lo of potential here. I never thought of these bikes as tracker material. There's a million of them out there too at affordable prices. Just saying..
Reader Ride From Spain! A Honda CM400T Street Tracker.
This may be the nicest CM400T on the planet. Damm that is cool.I've said it here many many times. You do NOT need big money or big engines to build fantastic bikes. And here we have another excellent example of that. This beauty was built by Mario Trigo Salorino wo writes in: Hello, my name is Mario and I write from Spain. I'm a fan of your blog for a long time. Always show the style of bikes
What was the bike that "Lawerence of Arabia" owned?
A Brough Superior of course.Thanks to an alert reader!Hi there! Thanks for a brilliant site.I was walking around the Imperial War Museum in London yesterday and came across Lawrence of Arabia's SS100 Brough Superior. I'm not sure that it's suitable for the site, but I thought you'd like it. Lawrence owned eight of these beauties and they were all called George!Thanks againJezza
Reader Ride Carry Over From The 2- Stroke Blog. Outrageous RZ350 Custom
Jeff Strom Sends in Some pics of his buddies bike (that I think I've seen before). And What a beauty it is. Those pipes are pure porn..He Writes in:Hey,Love your blog, thought I would suggest a bike. I rode withMark (who built and owns this buzz bomb), with some triples,about a month ago. This bike runs as sweet as it looks ...Also found right here ...http://kawasakitriplesworldwide.com/phpBB2
Reader Ride. 1950 Panhead. Sweet Custom Chop.
Matt from the Machinehead blog (be sure to check it out. Lots of great stuff) finished up a very nice build of an 1950 Panhead.He Writes in:Hey steve...hope your doing well....I've just finished my latest bike....a 1950 panhead....I'm happy with the way it came out ...was lots of work but it rides beautifully....anyway in case you didn't catch it on the site here are some shots....guy from greasy
Reader Ride. Outstnding Triumph Bobber.
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Lee Thiessen from Canada send in the gorgeous Triumph Bobber. That a stunner. Hits just the right notes. Thank You Lee!
Reader Ride. 1999 Yamaha OW02 R7. the one that got away.
When Ron sent in his Favorite five submittable he included these pics of the one he "should have never sold". Oh but how we all have an old bike like that. She's a beauty indeed.
Reaader Ride with "Bonus Triumph Pics.
Aaron sent me a nice silhouette shot of his stable the other day along with a link to his flickr stream. While perusing his photos I stumbled across this stunner of a custom Triumph Scrambler. WOW! Aaron I hope you don't mind (and if you do I'll pull them immediately) but I'm a huge Triumph fan and couldn't pass these up. By the way your original submital is excellent and included below. I'd
Back 2 BasiXS. Fantastic Custom From Holland!
From Hans Prost:Heyhey,What a great site with great bikes, love it.Sure like to see my Back 2 BasiXS between them.Keep the beauties comin'!!!Greetz, Hans Prost. Holland.My pleasure Hans. Beautiful Build! The attention to detail is amazing.
Reader Rides. Some sweet old sleds.
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Scott sends in some pics of his brothers sweet old iron.. In a perfect world with a bigger garage I'd definitely own a nice old American sideshift flathead with the obligatory "8-ball" shift knob. These are in just the right shape too. Ansd looking in the background it seems like the kind of shop you could loose yourself in for a while.Hey man - great blog!These bikes were built by my Brother,
Reader Ride. Benelli Tornado 650 Cafe Racer. A Somewhat Rare and Exotic Custom.
From Marco Silvestro who writes in:I'm really happy to give you this picture of my Benelli Tornado 650.The work was long but the result is unique. More nice Benelli shots here http://www.wix.com/benellitornado/650Thanks Very Much!
Reader Ride. Morocco Wanderlust.
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Francesco Veneziani writes in:HelloThanks a lot for the countless moments of deep inspiration or simple daydreaming thank to your blog Here a couple of shots of the morocco trip in 2008Pippi looking at road ahead down from Imilchil to the Todra GorgesThe plateu going up toward the Djebel SangroJust south of the Plage Blanche, desert's ships, animal and mechanicalCongratulation for your job.Thank
Reader Ride. Triumph then and now.
Reader Chris Cullen Sends in a few pics that really being home just how far Triumph motorcycles have come on their long and convoluted journey. My eyes like them both but my back would probably prefer the older oneThen...And Now..Really excellent shots Chris. Thanks Much!
Reader Ride. A nice triumph Chop.
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Apparently the universe is sending me some really nice choppers lately and I've definately learned NOT to screw with the universe. Here's a really nice Triumph TR6 from Michael Haar.Thank You Michael!


