Check out this video of Genki Hagata's recovery from a near high side. Him floating in the air for a few seconds is really surreal. Can only imagine what it was like for him. Judging by the shape of his leathers, it appears they are not strangers to the asphalt. This happened at the ...
Take a look at the beautiful creations from Mikhail Smolyanov on his blog http://solifdesign.blogspot.com/. Digitally rendered and harking back to days gone by, his motorcycles concepts are a fascinating take on some potential concepts. It's not hard to see these as real machines such as this concept inspired by 1920's racing cars with airplane engines. Another fantastic ...
This summer I bought a 2nd 1979 Honda Cb650 to use as parts for the cafe racer. The previous owner had it running but it wouldn’t start when I went into see it. I bought it anyways as the bike was complete and original, if not in rough shape. First thing I did was to tear ...
Supercycle Motorcycle magazine, road testing the Yamaha R5B
Cafe racer article from Supercycle Magazine circa 1973
It's been a while since I've posted anything, but don't despair, work has been coming along nicely. The hugger still needs a final smooth sanding before it gets hit with the paint. But the brackets are made and fitted to the swingarm. The hugger got metal strips inserted while I was laying up fiberglass with the ...
I've very close to taking the bike to paint and finally finally finishing this thing. It's been months since I've taken the Honda apart and in that time it's been moved, packed up, unpacked, moved again. So I'm not sure if I've got everything but most importantly whether or not everything will go back together ...
More work has progressed on the seat cowl. Seat bracing has been welded in, seat pan has been made and the seat cowl modified to fit over the pan. Let's let the pictures to the talking. The seat cowl has about 5 layers of mat fiberglass. Not too sure about the weight of the fiberglass I ...
I've gotten ride of that chrome plated steel unit and wanted it to be more open underneath the seat. I still don't want water, rocks and other things on the road bouncing up and hitting my airbox, battery and electrics so a tire hugger was made. I used an old camping mat doubled up to give ...
So I'm not running a the largest of compressor unit so I needed a little help to maintain pressure and to give a more forceful shot. I read a couple of postings about using old BBQ propane tanks and converting them into pressure pots. Seems like a good idea to me and as I just ...