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Retrospective: Bultaco Montadero 360: 1968-1972
Year/Model: 1972 Bultaco Montadero Mark II 360; Owner: Bob Reichenberg, Jefferson, Oregon. This Montadero was an adequate dual-purpose motorcycle, in truth, more focused on the dirt than the pavement,...
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2014 Royal Enfield Continental GT
The period correct grounds of the Brooklands Museum show off the GT’s clean, simplistic beauty. All of the test bikes were sporting the company’s accessory muffler that’s a little smaller in size and...
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Royal Enfield’s Long History in Brief
Royal Enfield used the legendary Ace Café in London to kick off its international press launch of the all-new Continental GT café racer. The café closed in 1969, was re-opened n 1997 and currently...
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Retrospective—Velocette Valiant 200: 1957-1963
1958 Velocette Valiant; Owner: David Mooney, San Luis Obispo, California. Nice looking motorcycle, this Valiant, powered by a little OHV boxer engine with a cowling (Velocette preferred to call it a...
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Honda VFR750F Interceptor: 1986; VFR750F: 1990-1997
Year/Model: 1986 VFR750F Interceptor; Owner: John Tucker, San Luis Obispo, California. (Photos by Clement Salvadori) The motorcycling world was immensely impressed when Soichiro Honda introduced the...
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Retrospective: Honda CB1000: 1994-1996
Year/Model: 1994 Honda CB1000; Owner: Duncan Smith, Providence, Rhode Island. Take a casual glance at the motorcycle in the picture and one might mistake it for Honda’s latest retro-bike, the CB1100....
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Retrospective: Harley-Davidson FXLR Low Rider Custom: 1987-1994
Low Rider. Catchy name. Some readers might remember the chopped and channeled craze in automobile styling back in the ’50s and ’60s. Willie G. took that to heart when he developed the very first Low...
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Ducati Announces Scrambler for 2015
This teaser image is the only official photo of the 2015 Ducati Scrambler released so far. Employees at Ducati’s factory in Bologna, Italy, got a sneak peek at the company’s prototype Scrambler, which...
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Retrospective: Triumph T140 Bonneville 750: 1973-1988
Year/Model: 1977 Triumph T140J Bonneville Silver Jubilee; Owner: Ron Mattson, Camarillo, California. This 750 Bonneville had a pretty good run—under three entirely different managements. First was the...
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Retrospective: Yamaha YG-T Trailmaster 80: 1964-1969
Year/Model: 1968 Yamaha YG5-T Trailmaster 80; Owner: Eric Foor, Morro Bay, California Lest we forget, it was the advent of rather small Japanese motorcycles that affected the two-wheeled revolution in...
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Moto Guzzi Announces 2015 Griso 1200 8V SE and 2015 V7 Stone
Moto Guzzi has announced that two of its V-twin-powered standards, the Griso 1200 8V SE and the V7 Stone, will return for 2015. 2015 Moto Guzzi Griso 8V SE The Moto Guzzi Griso 1200 8V SE blends unique...
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Retrospective: Kawasaki KZ1000 Z1-R TC (Turbocharged): 1978-1979
Year/Model: 1978 Kawasaki KZ1000 Z1-R TC; Owner: Daniel Schoenewald, Camarillo, California. As the old adage goes, when enough is good, more is better. In late 1977, Kawasaki’s new Z1-R, a somewhat...
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2015 Yamaha SR400 – First Ride Review
The old-is-new-again 2015 Yamaha SR400 is powered by an air-cooled, fuel-injected, kickstart-only single-cylinder engine. Photography by Tom Riles Turn the key and killswitch on, toe the shifter into...
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Retrospectove: BSA A65S Spitfire Mark II/III/IV Special: 1966-1968
1966 BSA A65S Spitfire Mark II Special Back in the early 1960s, many British bike companies were cheerfully warring with each other, paying no attention to the threat coming from the Orient. The major...
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Triumph Thruxton Ace Cafe Special Edition – First Look Review
The Triumph Thruxton Ace Cafe Special Edition made its U.S. debut at the Ace Corner at the Barber Vintage Festival. At the 10th Annual Barber Vintage Festival, held October 12-14, 2014, at Barber...
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Retrospective: Yamaha XT600: 1984-1989
Year/Model: 1986 Yamaha XT600; Owner: Kevin Delaney, Arroyo Grande, California. As an inveterate reader of motorcycle travel articles and books, in the 1980s and ’90s I noticed that many of our...
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Retrospective: MZ Saxon 500 Country: 1992-1996
1995 MZ Saxon 500 Country; Owner: Steven Rossi, East Haddam, Connecticut. (Photography by Steve Cote) Nice half-liter thumper, this MZ Saxon 500 Country, looking like a somewhat dated dual-purpose...
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2015 Ducati Scrambler – First Ride Review
Ducati calls its new Scrambler a “post heritage” design – what its original Scramblers from ’60s and ’70s might have become had production continued to today. Photography by Milagro Do you remember...
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Retrospective: Honda NX650: 1988-1989
Year/Model: 1988 Honda NX650; Owner: Kevan Aurand, Paso Robles, California. Here was a slightly new approach to the widening dual-purpose market, an electric-start 650 single with a bikini fairing, a...
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World Records Achieved at Bonhams’ Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction
This 1950 Vincent Series C “White” Shadow sold for a record $224,250 at Bonhams’ Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction. Classic motorcycles from Britain filled the ranks of the top grossing machines at Bonhams’...
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