Motorcycle sidecar: Honda CB550 by Analog
What’s the appeal of a motorcycle sidecar combination? Is it the added practicality of luggage carrying? The promise of companionship on a…
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Arresting looks: Honda’s CB450 Police Special
To me, this bike is pure eye candy. There’s something about a 1960s police motorcycle that’s strangely compelling. This one is a…
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Untitled BMW R80 G/S
If I had to pick an older bike to take me on a tour of Europe, I’d choose a BMW R80 G/S.…
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Forum Bike Of The Month: Dennis’ Yamaha RD400
If the Yamaha SR400 is the easy-going, easily swayed favorite of café racer builders, the two-stroke Yamaha RD400 is its delinquent half-brother.…
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Classic Italian: Peter Bullard’s Laverda Jota Series 2
One of the great tragedies of modern motorcycling is the death of the Laverda name. The brand was bought by Aprilia at…
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MV Agusta 600: the ‘Black Pig’
Throughout the MV Agusta community, the 600 is affectionately known as ‘The Black Pig’. It’s one of the ugliest bikes ever made,…
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Peter Bullard’s 1972 MV Agusta 750S
There are maybe ten bikes in my dream garage, and the MV Agusta 750S is one of them. Like the Ducati 750SS…
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Object of Desire: The Ducati 750SS
If you had to make a list of the most desirable sporting motorcycles of the 1970s, the Ducati 750SS would be near…
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Gnome et Rhône
Gnome et Rhône is a familiar name in vintage aviation circles. But few people know that the French company also built motorcycles,…
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Chang Jiang 750: The most historied motorcycle of all
There are quite a few motorcycle manufacturers with murky histories, but few are as clouded by the passage of time as Chang…
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Moto Guzzi motorcycle with supercharger
Words and images by Ian Considine for Italian Motor Magazine. It took Leo de Hollander from The Netherlands five years to gradually…
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Jamesville’s army-spec Harley WLC flathead
James Roper-Caldbeck runs Customs From Jamesville, a small Harley workshop in Copenhagen, Denmark. We’ve featured his flatheads before, but none can top…
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Yankee 500 Z
When I first glanced at this bike, I thought it was a Yamaha. But no, it’s an obscure brand called ‘Yankee’. It…
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Seventies Superbike: 1977 Laverda Jota
The Laverda Jota sticks in my mind as the ultimate seventies superbike: it’s the two-wheeled equivalent of the iconic Lamborghini Muira. This…
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Matchless Rickman Metisse G50
I’ve always had a soft spot for Matchless (and AJS) motorcycles. And if I had a spare US$40,000 kicking around, I’d pop…
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