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MONTLHERY VINCENT: 100MPH FOR 6 HOURS
Coming to the Bonhams Stafford auction April 28th; the Montlhéry Vincent Black ShadowThe Montlhéry race circuit, just 15.5 miles south of Paris, holds a place much like Brooklands in England in the...
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THE 'ALMA FOUR'
Story by Kim Scholer; Photographs by Jeppe SorensenLooking perfectly 'period', the Alma Four is a credit to its creator, Mads BartholinThe original Indian Four is a design icon, in its time among the...
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DRAPING KATE IN MATCHLESS ATTIRE
From WWD (Women's Wear Daily), possibly the best source of revamped motorcycle brand information on the planet! Remember that Kate Moss was among the first models hired by the Malenottis to launch...
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THE BLUE BIKE
Marty Dickerson on his Rapide in 1953 at the Bonneville Salt FlatsIn 1948, an eighteen year old walked into ‘Mickey’ Martin’s Burbank Vincent-HRD dealership, putting a cash deposit on the $1120 sale...
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BACK TO WORKWEAR
A recent Double RL 'popup shop' in Bushwick Inlet Park, Brooklyn NYA recent move to NYC brought the welcome impression that America has gone back to Work! Especially in the former epicenters of...
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BIKER CHIC!!!
Mary Kate Olsen sporting the latest in protective streetwear...It just keeps coming back, like Herpes, and now Biker Chic is stronger than ever! Every major fashion house has re-discovered the...
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'THE QUAIL' IS GROWING
The most welcome news for the upcoming Quail Motorcycle Gathering (May 4, 2013) isn't just that the Quail Lodge is open for business (with rooms at very reasonable prices given the locale)...the best...
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STARTING SMALL
The as-yet unnamed electric moped from Dr.Nathan JauvitsI bumped into Nathan Jauvits on a San Francisco sidewalk, and was intrigued by his moped, the first home-made electric two-wheeler I've run...
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BICYCLES AND A PIERCE 4
Original paint 1911 Pierce 4 to be auctionedA massive private collection of bicycles from the Pedaling Through History museum in Buffalo, NY, is being liquidated following the death of founder Carl...
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LEWIS LEATHERS
Proprietor Derek Harris outside the Whitfield St, London, home base of Lewis LeathersOn a recent whirlwind trip to London and Paris, I had a chance to catch up with Derek Harris, proprietor of Lewis...
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A VISIT TO VERRALLS
I don't often get the chance to stop in Verralls in Handcross, just south of London, but it's a venerable place with a great selection of older motorcycles, and a great pleasure to visit. Ian Hatton,...
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PROUVE, ENNUI, AND THE PROBLEM OF CASH
[Note: I now write a monthly column for the revamped Classic Bike Guide, which is a Morton's Media publication. New Editor Gary Pinchin was my 'connection' at MCN for years, and has moved into the...
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QUAIL RIDE: 2013
Shay Zak aboard a tasty Velocette ThruxtonIt sells out quickly, so the 120 motorcyclists (plus guests) who shelled out for the Quail Ride must consider it worth $290 for a light breakfast, a CHP-guided...
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1933 O.E.C.-Rudge 'TT Replica'
[Mitchell Barnes of Australia is an expert on Blackburne and Excelsior 'Manxman' history, and sends along this story of an O.E.C. racing chassis he found, which he built to replicate a long-lost Isle...
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'TOP 20' MAKES ROOM FOR TWO MORE...
My 'Top 20 Motorcycle Prices at Auction' webpage has been updated; the recent HandH sale at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, England, on April 13th brought two heavy-hitter motorcycles to the...
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NUOVO NUOVO FALCONE CAFE
Straight from the AMD press office, their pic of Don Cronin's 'Rondine', winner of the 2013 AMD World Championship of Custom Motorcycles, based on a Moto Guzzi Nuovo FalconeJust when you thought all...
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DOMIRACER UNDER THE HAMMER
The massive warehouse of long-time British and European motorcycle/spares/memorabilia dealer DomiRacer (also known as Accessory Mart until a few years ago) is coming up for auction. Business founder...
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BROUGH SUPERIOR BACK TO THE SALT
Brough Superior CEO Mark Upham at Bonneville in 2011, where the Brough reached a peak speed of 127.1mphAfter a two-year hiatus spent developing a new race machine, Brough Superior returns to Bonneville...
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VINTAGE-REVIVAL MONTLHERY 2013
Vincent Prat of the Southsiders MC gets a shove on his Norton M30 'International'It is hands-down the best combined car/bike event I've ever attended, whether static or track, concours show or oily-rag...
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VILLA D'ESTE 2013: THE SOVIETS ARE COMING!
The IMZ M-35K supercharged sports racer took Best In Show, its Soviet inelegance mocking the delicate trophy girls in their picnic wear. This is perhaps the first time a major Concours d'Elegance has...
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