You may have heard us reference the Italian “Catalog” bikes before. The “Sears” Gilera, and “Wards Riverside” Benellis are classic motorcycling’s best kept secret over here in America. These Italian tiddlers are often refered to as “catalog bikes” since they were only available when ordered directly from the pages of department store catalogs during the [...]
Can’t say I’ve ever seen one of these before. I was even more shocked to find it wasn’t a custom. Check it out on ebay at the following link: Whizzer
I’ve met very few racers over the years that haven’t regretted parting with a specific racebike. After all, racers are racers, not collectors. To stay competitive, you’ve got to move on to faster and better machines, and budgets rarely allow keeping a bike for sentimental reasons. That’s why I was so shocked when I met [...]
If you haven’t noticed, most of the content on this site tends to be vintage street bikes, with a predominance of them of the performance variety. Here’s one for the “dirt people” out there. A few years back we were struck by the vintage motocross bug, obviously we decided to jot down all of our [...]
Our friends over at asphaltandrubber.com usually cover the modern end of our cherished two-wheeled sport. However, they came across this fantastic video of the Belgian Classic TT. We thought we’d pass it along. Great shots of some amazing classics in action. The video is posted below. Young Spirits, Belgian Classic TT 2012 from Tim [...]
If you are one of those guys who regretted not buying a Ducati 900ss when they were new, you’ve got another chance. The problem is, it’ll cost you $62,000 now. On ebay this week is this 1980 Ducati 900ss with 3 kilometers on the clocks (it’s in Australia, but if your paying $62k, what’s a [...]
Posting pics of that TSS a few days ago reminded us of another Bul, a 60′s Bultaco Mercurio 200 custom we built a few years ago and pretty much forgot about. The keen observer will see that though the spirit of the Bultaco Mercurio is there, it’s not quite stock. In fact, other than the [...]
Seeing BMW’s “90 Years in 90 Seconds” vid the other day reminded us of Honda’s, “The Impossible Dream” commercial from a few years back. It’s got some great historical bikes and cars, plus a few drops of humor. Check it out below. -RM
Though Bultaco is primarily remembered for their motocrossers and flat trackers, few actually know that the company started with road racers. The first official Bultaco motorcycle, the Tralla 101, was essentially a 100cc road racer with lights. Bultaco campaigned the European GP series in the sixties with several works entries. The most successful of the [...]
