Indian Chief. Old School Cool.

State of the art.. once upon a time..

Nice touch..

Reader Ride. SL 350 Racebike.

Beautiful build! Thanks Joe!

Ducati 750 F1

An excellent 1957 Triumph Tiger 110 650.

Just Beautiful.

Unbelievable BSA

The original "bagger"..

Great Reader Submittal. 1983 Triumph TSX.

Just got hese great shots from Don of a really rare bike!

Don Writes:

Heres one for your callout, my unmolested 83 TSX - 5,000 miles and Meriden's very last bike (along with the 8 valve TSS).371 produced, 200 went to USA, 100 in UK and 71 to rest of the world....Very much raises the question "What if Meriden had a couple more years, and more cash to keep the factory running a little longer"..... The only Triumph produced with a 16" rear tire
Enjoy your blogspot very much!
Take care,Don in SF Bay area
Thanks Very Much for the great pics Don! Bike looks fantastic!! Much appreciated!

Beautiful Honda Black Bomber Restoration.

Ducati 900 Supersport Racebike.

I can just imagine the concussions of those exhaust pipes at idle.

Beautiful Ducati 350 Single Vintage Roadracer.

If I'm not mistaken this looks to be a converted scrambler. Beautiful ride!

Beautiful laverda 750 SF

I never get tired of looking at these orange beauties!

1983 Kawasaki ELR 1000R. Nicely "upgraded"..

1983 ELR with Zephyr front fork,ZRX swingarm,shocks and wheels,Kerker race exhaust,34mm Mikuni flatslides,1130ccm

First Generation GPZ 1100

I'm in an aircooled Z bike frame of mind lately so here's another beauty.

1977 Ducati GTS Reader Ride.

Greg sends in some pics of his sweet Ducati.

He Writes:

Thanks for a great site.
This is my 77' GTS. It has 16,000 original miles.
The fun thing about this bike is I know its history back to its original owner. Sold originally in Canada, it was sold to Long Island, NY and then to Manhattan, NY before coming to me. And I have spoken with all of its owners, who are still into Ducati or Italian motorcycles.

The bike has been repainted, has an earlier 860GT seat and a very rare two into one Conti exhaust that no one in the know has ever seen before.
It was electric start and kick ... over my ownership the electric motor stopped working and has since been removed.
Hope you enjoy the story and photo's.
Greg

Thanks Much for the pics!

Beautiful Honda CB350 Four.

Just trying to settle a small issue regarding the small displacement Honda Fours. And this is a beautiful example from the pages Motorcycle USA

Really nice 1982 Suzuki GS1100E

On of the bikes on my personal "all time" list.

Royal Enfield Interceptor. My Favorite British Classic.

Out of all the great British classics my favorite hands down doesn't come from Norton or Triumph or even Brough or Vincent. It's the Royal Enfield Interceptor. I've never ridden one but in the looks department its the cream of the crop for me. The perfect balance of chrome, posture and line. For more on the bike check out the Motorcycle article HERE

Reader submittal. Beautiful BMW R5 1/3.

Reader Brian bold send in this beauty of an E-bay build. Rolling Sculpture!

This was an ebay find and I knew that the headlight and tank were worth more then my final bid. No one else seemed to feel it was worth more, so it was mine.

Since it was delivered I have taken it down to its major parts, had the frame powdercoated, found a new front and rear render. The tank is next to get attention.

I have added the Hoske pipes, not knowing if they were ever intended for the /3 plunger frame I had to make us some brackets. The SS1 Dellortos were also and ebay purchase, one of the seemingly impossible finds that may not see another pair for some time. The seats are new reproductions, the valve covers are from either a single or R51/2. The engine is interesting in that instead of the standard 68mm bore, there are 72mm pistons on a standard stroke crank.

Thanks much for the pics! Looks to be a real beauty.

2 stroke porn... TZ750 and RD400 Daytona

I realize that I have another blog for 2 stroke bikes but someties something pops up over there that just transcends the genre. This picture (for me) is one of those times. If this doesn't get your attention then... damm.. I just don't know how to help you..

Update: 1968 "Montgomery Wards" 360 Mojave Benelli.

UPDATE: Apparently our favorite concept designer has been looking at these old beauties for inspiration!



From the days when you could buy a "real" motorcycle at a department store or out of a mail order catalog. What a fantastic example. And yes that's a rebadged Benelli.

Now that's my kind of parking lot.. KZ1000... and friends.

From the always entertaining "No Future Tokoyo"...