This is a kick-off piece. For years I attended every show in the country and met all the old and new builders. As my travel budget decreased and my desire to work in the shop and go to Bonneville increased, I missed out on some of the shows and the chance to meet new builders. […]
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The Basket Case from Hell By Bandit with photos by Wrench It all started on a dark, foggy harbor day in 2018 when the Pandemic basket case arrived at the Bikernet Intergalactic World Headquarters in Wilmington, Califa. It didn’t have the rights to the Pandemic title just yet, but it was coming… READ THE FULL
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from https://www.newsbreak.com Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Inc. has promoted Larry Hund to chief commercial officer of Harley-Davidson Motor Co., giving him responsibility for the motorcycle maker’s global sales function. Larry Hund is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Harley-Davidson Financial Services (HDFS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harley-Davidson, Inc. A 30-year financial services veteran, Hund held a
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by Pradeep Shah from https://www.financialexpress.com 2021 BMW G310R, G310GS spotted testing: Most affordable German bikes to get these changes! 2021 BMW G310R and G310GS have been snapped testing recently. Here’s what all updates the baby Beemers will come up with! BMW Motorrad is yet to roll out its BS6 compliant G310R and the G310GS for
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This came from www.cleantechnica.com a greenie web site. They want everything to collapse.–Bandit April 17th, 2020 by Jo Borrás When the car business sneezes, motorcycles catch a cold. That’s an old saying in this business — one that was already old when I first started working at a dealership in 1997 — but it is a saying
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I hope everyone is staying healthy and productive while we’re all in limbo together. We contemplated whether or not to release this piece during such an odd time. After much consideration, we felt that the best way to stay optimistic was to keep pushing forward as if we could already see a healthy and happy future in
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When Justin Wright decided it was finally time for him to embark on his first custom build, he decided to base it on a Suzuki GS750. He started in 2015 with a budget of $5K and in the two years of the build he managed to double it to $10000. Money well spent we reckon.
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from https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a surge in bike sales across the United States, according to a major manufacturer and a half dozen retailers interviewed by Reuters. “I’m 51 and healthy, but I don’t want to get on the subway,” said John Donohue, a Brooklyn-based artist who bought a bike two weeks ago.
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by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com For years on end, the Specialty Equipment Market Association event in Las Vegas was the place where all the mechanical and engineering wonders of our time came out to play. On two, three, four or more wheels, vehicles that sometimes take years to build are shown for the first time
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by Abhinand Venugopal from https://www.rushlane.com Honda Motorcycle’s new side stand design seems a bit counter-intuitive rather than being innovative In the automotive industry, Honda has contributed numerous technological innovations pertaining to factors such as performance, efficiency, dynamics and safety, alongside a range of exciting products (four-wheelers and two-wheelers). In fact, Honda Motorcycle has been the
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by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com We’re used to having LEGO recreate the exciting cars of past and present in plastic bricks, and at times we even enjoy some motorcycle-related releases. But until now we’ve never had a LEGO-sanctioned Ducati motorcycle. And we’re not talking about any Ducati, but the most powerful one of all time,
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by TE Narasimhan from https://www.business-standard.com Founded by James Lansdowne Norton, in Birmingham, in 1898, Norton Motorcycles is among the most popular British motorcycle brands of all time and is one of the most emotive marques today TVS Motor Company on Friday announced the acquisition of the United Kingdom’s most iconic sporting motorcycle ‘Norton’ in an
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This Is Supposed to Be Our Kick-Off to Our Roaring ’20s Hey, It’s been an odd week. Remember, this is supposed to be the kick-off to our Roaring ‘20s and now we’re locked down. Plus, the Governor of California said recently about opening that everything will change in the future. No more major sporting events,
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by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com Harley-Davidson may have been born in the early 1900s, but it was not until the Second World War that the name became synonymous with the near perfect two-wheeled machines. And it was all due to a war-fighting motorcycle called the WLA. Derived from the civilian pre-war WL, the WLA was
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by Sabrina Giacomini from https://www.rideapart.com Honda has been keeping busy for the past few weeks. The manufacturer recently unveiled the latest addition to its family, the Super Cub-based CT125 during the company’s virtual bike show. The CB-F Concept was also showcased on the digital stage, hinting at a new vintage aesthetic for the brand. New
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by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com It sold earlier this year for $181,500 during the Mecum motorcycle auction in Las Vegas. It managed to do so thanks to the fact that it is one of only 12 such motorcycles known to have been made and, more importantly, it was built in person by the legendary Joe
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by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com Austrian motorcycle KTM is one of the leaders of the adventure motorcycle segment. For years the group has been making a wide range of two-wheeled machines, and the offering is about to get even more convincing. As it eyes an increase of the customer base in key markets, KTM will
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Hey, It’s been an odd week. Remember, this is supposed to be the kick-off to our Roaring ‘20s and now we’re locked down. Plus, the Governor of California said recently about opening that everything will change in the future. No more major sporting events, etc. What about dances and parties, will we all wear
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by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com When it introduced the retro styled roadster called R nineT back in 2014, German bike maker BMW said it is the embodiment of “customization possibilities.” There are now a wide range of extras that can be added right from the start, but none of the modifications that can be specified
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by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com Aside from its general purpose, a motorcycle is visually defined by its fuel tank. This hardware is in many cases the central element of a build, one on which the creativity of the designer can run rampant. Almost always there is only one idea that can be expressed on a
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by Dustin Wheelen from https://www.rideapart.com Even before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, many financial experts were speculating on the impact of the global crisis. Once motorcycle manufacturers and dealerships closed their doors to observe social distancing orders and promote public safety, we knew that the market could undergo
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from https://www.reuters.com April 15 (Reuters) – Harley-Davidson Inc said on Wednesday it had temporarily laid off most of its global production employees and implemented salary cuts in a bid to lower costs as the coronavirus pandemic has hurt its business. The announcement comes weeks after the motorcycle maker withdrew its earnings forecast for this year,
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by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com Back in 1948, soon after proving its worth on the world’s battlefields, Harley-Davidson began the hard work of making motorcycles for the peacetime years everyone was anticipating. And that meant both coming up with new models, and remaking all of the company’s most successful engineering. Several years before, in 1936,
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by Geoff Hill from https://www.mirror.co.uk Same engine, frame and brakes as the F900R, but a very different bike Small changes can make a huge different to a machine and the adventure version of this middleweight Beemer proves it by being much better than the naked roadster version, says Geoff Sometimes small is big. And before
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