Archive for February, 2007
Friday, February 9th, 2007
Here’s the first of many photos to come from the Northeast Motorcycle Expo at the Bayside Expo Center in Boston. Considering the usual cast of bikes at these type of mega events, I was very happy to see a number of bikes I actually liked. Stay tuned for pics of the new Choppahead sickles as […]
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Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
I’m slightly surprised at myself for saying this, but the new HD Sportster (dubbed the Nightster) is one of the nicer looking stock bikes I’ve seen come out of the factory in a LONG time. When was the last time you saw fork gators on a stock bike? A Sportster no less. Not that it […]
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Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
evosteve from the Horse Board did a great job on his clean and mean chop. I can dig into some of the more elaborate paint schemes folks, but there is something to be said about simple black from top to bottom (shiny or flat finish). It’s an instant classic that you can’t really go wrong with. […]
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Monday, February 5th, 2007
Youtube user GaryvsGary posted this time lapse video of entire assembly of his 1950 F.N. You get to seem him completely assemble the bike from bare frame to completed bike in under 4 minutes. Cool way to see an entire bike come together. Watch another video of him kickstarting the bike for the first time […]
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Monday, February 5th, 2007
Tony Bones from the Jockey Journal has a website called bobbertown where he posts pics of his favorite bikes from time to time. While it doesn’t get updated a lot, there are a ton of cool pics he’s collected over there - like the softtail above. The evo powered Harley belongs to Schramm and is […]
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Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
I’m really digging the style of this 1959 H-D from JJ member Timebandit. Great example of a swing arm bike with clean lines and mean looks. Reminds me of some of the bikes coming out of the Brat Style shop from Japan. Low to the ground with a perfect stance - all the parts from […]
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Friday, February 2nd, 2007
Here’s some youtube goodness for you. The video is from the Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Group Annual Rally in Paris, Ontario. Drop your jaw and get ready to start drooling. Some great dirt track footage in there as well.
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Thursday, February 1st, 2007
Our pal the flyin’ dutchman has updated his blog with some great posts as of late, including a new one about Nicke Svensson’s ‘57 panhead chopper which was just featured in Bigtwin Magazine. He’s got some great scans of the article about Nicke’s cherry ride, go check them out: The Flyin’ Dutchman
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