Cucumber cool custom builders Deus Ex Machina held their inaugural Bike Build off at the weekend in Campertown, Australia. Deus are famed for their lithe, bobber style machines that typically take on a board tracker cum Café racer themes. So it's no surprise that the overall winner Nick Eterovic and his creation Much Much Go apes that style. Based ...
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- 01 December 2010
This remarkable creation started life as a 2003 Buell XB9S – the American-built roadster, famed for its fast steering and stumpy wheelbase. It has now changed somewhat, having been stretched by a whopping 11 inches. The V-twin Buell engine sits in a heavily modified Zodiac Sportail frame and the headstock is cut and reworked to allow the Buell forks ...
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- 17 September 2010
Britain's Got Biking Talent with Carole Nash is in its final stages. Our expert juges have whittled the entries down to their top 60 and now it's your chance to vote. Go to www.britainsgotbikingtalent.co.uk and have a look at the mighty array of unique and wonderful bikes, and pick the one you think should be crowned the winner for 2010. ...
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- 08 September 2010
Our celebrity judges have picked their top 60 from the spectacular range of bikes that entered Britain’s Got Biking Talent with Carole Nash. Now it’s your chance to pick your favourite from each category to go through to the finals. Go to www.britainsgotbikingtalent.co.uk to vote. The top two from each of the six categories will make it through to the grand ...
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- 03 September 2010
This Harley-Davidson V-Twin “Panhead” boasts a mean-streets look and a host of unexpected mods. The bike has a 1951 FL motor, a 1939 EL transmission case, Pan gears and a 1949 wishbone frame, making it something of a time piece. The oddity is that it doesn’t have a battery, just an electric generator… giving it both a retro and sci-fi ...
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- 30 July 2010
No less than eight different brands of twin cylinder motorcycle will be competing in this weekends Grand National Championship Flat track race at the Yavapai Downs in Prescott, Arizona. Run on a mile-long dirt-oval, similar to a giant speedway track, the 125bhp 750-1000cc twins will reach speeds of up to 140mph, clashing handlebars as they compete for the £100,000 prize ...
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- 29 April 2010
Spanish Ducati modifiers par excellence Radical Ducati have strayed from the L-twin path to create this Moto Guzzi California-based behemoth. Eschewing subtlety with every atom of its being, the Dirt Guzzi is a dirt-track-inspired variant of a 2003 California 1100, with a new 2-into-1 exhaust system and Supertrapp silencer ensuring it sounds as bilious as it looks. The Ohlins shocks ...
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- 06 January 2010
MCN has been to the BMW Museum in Munich to take a look at the fantastic collection of bikes kept in full working order. The museum holds modern concepts to some of the most important racing BMWs from the entire history of the firm. MCN is running a feature about the museum in the December 30 issue of MCN but ...
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- 01 January 2010
Classic twin-cylinder Laverdas don't come much better than this beautifully-crafted and updated Laverda 850 SF special. Built by owner Paul Sharman but with a bigger engine, more modern chassis, suspension and updated electrics. The amount of work that¹s gone into the bike, not to mention the attention to detail, is mind-boggling. Take the frame for example: it¹s a one-off made from ...
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- 31 December 2009
Cop this latest old skool style Harley Knucklehead chop from Jene Choppers that's on custom-bike master-builder Chico's blog. All the parts you can see on the bike made from brass were fashioned from brass sheet, apart from the controls which were machined from solid brass. The Knuckle was on display at this year's Mooneyes Show in Yokohama - one of ...
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- 24 December 2009
