If you haven’t heard about Portuguese builder Maria Motorcycles yet, this custom Ducati 750SS, dubbed ‘Italian Sniper’, ought to get you hooked. The man behind the build, Luis Correia is keen on stripping away superfluous parts, keeping just the essentials in order to make the bike both smaller, more aggressive and, in this case, very cafe racer-ish. Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: December 2012
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Dec 12
Video / Drifting a BMW S1000RR
Pro driver Jorian Ponomareff shows off his drifting skills aboard a BMW S1000RR, and is joined by an Audi R8. What’s your pick? Continue reading →
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Dec 12
WTF of the Day / Dolmette Chainsaw Motorcycle
This is what happens when a chainsaw-maker builds a motorcycle! The Dolmette Chainsaw is powered by 24, erm, chainsaw engines, amd belts out 168hp and horsepower and 130Nm of torque. Over 12 feet long and tipping the scales at around 300kg, the bike’s engines are pull-started just like a chainsaw and the entire assembly is connected to a 5-speed Harley Davidson transmission. Too bad I’ll have to wait till next Christmas to ask Santa. Continue reading →
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Dec 12
Lifestyle / ICON / Airframe Carbon RR
ICON’s ever expanding line of carbon-fibre helmets has grown with the addition of the Airframe Carbon RR. The shell itself is handcrafted with carbon-fibre, Dyneema, and fiberglass with ICON’s unique moulding technology. Continue reading →
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Dec 12
Video / Aprilia Commercial
Seen this cool short of Aprilia taking a dig at its competitors? Real bikes for real men, they say. What do you think?
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Dec 12
Weird / Megola Motorcycle
Pretty high on the weirdness factor, the Megola was a German motorcycle produced between 1921 and 1925 in Munich. Like Bimota (which stands for Bianchi, Morri and Tamburini), the name is derived from its designers Meixner, Cockerell and Landgraf. Continue reading →
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Dec 12
Cool / Vintage Motorcycle Art / Cay Brøndum
Found these interesting drawings while floating around on the interwebs. Done by a Danish guy called Cay Brøndum, these old papers are from the Sixties, German instruction for some kind of Industrial machinery. What Cay has done is turned these papers into small art pieces made the old style way, using ink, brush and watercolour. Continue reading →
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Dec 12
Custom / Shaw Speed & Custom 120RR
Chances are rare you haven’t heard of them; essentially a shop located within the Shaw Harley-Davidson dealership in South near Brighton, UK, Shaw Speed & Custom is not your average official H-D dealership. Shaw HD has won six times in seven years ‘The Bar And Shield’ award from the factory for its customer service excellence, along with coming out top in the modified Harley-Davidson class at the Sturgis AMD World Championship Of Bike Building. Continue reading →
