Honda CBR-150 Modified
Honda CB836 Chopper Motorcycle
1978 Honda CB836 Chopper Motorcycle
The motor had been built up with an 836 kit and an electronic ignition. The bike absolutely screamed for a CB. The power increase from these mods is significant.
To read a bit more about this Honda CB SOHC4, you can check out cycles.evanfell.com
Breaking into a formation
I recently was asked my opinion on what I thought about breaking into the line of a biker formation with a car. Meaning when a group of motorcyclists is riding in staggered formation, clearly riding together as a group, has a car merge into the formation. The person who asked me used to ride, so he does have a clue, and does respect bikers. He said he was following about 15 bikers riding staggered formation, on a long winding hilly road. The group of riders was going about 5 M.P.H. under the speed limit for a very long time, and were holding up quite a line of traffic behind them. It was a difficult road to pass, with little opportunities to do so. He said there were four other cars in front of him, and the opportunity came to pass, and as a group of 5 cars, they all went to pass the biker group. He said just as the other four cars made it, a vehicle was coming around the next curve, and he realized he was not going to make it. He said he could not merge back into traffic behind the group, because he was so close to the front already, and would hit the oncoming car head on if he waited that long to fall back. He said he had no choice but to turn on his right turn signal, and pray that the group of bikers would let him merge into their formation. They did, and he did. He said not so much by either of their choice, but it had to be done. He felt they would understand, and give him a break, and as first opportunity would come, he would let them resume without him in their line up. The lead biker (Lets say Road Captain) Freaked the Fuck out. (He could not confirm if this was a HOG organization, or MC, or just casual group of friends riding together. He said he thought the latter, as no one had on any colors. Anyway, the leader would not let him pass. Would not let him do anything. Every time he went to get out of there the biker sped up, and got in front of him and slowed way down to like 30 in a 55 M.P.H, zone, furthering the traffic delay they were creating in the first place. He said this went on for about 15 miles or so, before he finally turned off. I said etiquette wise, probably not wise to break biker formation. Consider it one unit, like a really long truck. Watch as most times at an intersection if a group is riding in formation, they will proceed through an intersection as if they were one vehicle. I did mention that the lead biker sounds like he had his undies in a bunch though. I would have given the guy a break.
What do you think?
KTM Recalls 2009 690 Duke and 690 SMC for Fork Cracks
KTM is recalling certain 2009 690 Duke and 690 SMC motorcycles.
During use, the front forks could develop cracks; this could result in the possibility of the front fork inner tube separating from the axle clamp. The cause of the defect involves improper heat treatment of the front fork inner tubes by the manufacturer.
237 units are affected.
Check out my Motorcycle Recalls feature for more details.
During use, the front forks could develop cracks; this could result in the possibility of the front fork inner tube separating from the axle clamp. The cause of the defect involves improper heat treatment of the front fork inner tubes by the manufacturer.
237 units are affected.
Check out my Motorcycle Recalls feature for more details.
Jonway Recalls 2008 Sunny Scooters for Brake Line Retainer Defect
Jonway is recalling certain 2008 Sunny motorcycles.
The scooters were intended to be built with rubber hydraulic brake line that is routed through a retainer to prevent front tire contact. However, in some cases, the retainer may not have been installed during scooter assembly. If the retainer is missing, the front tire may rub through the brake line.
180 units are affected.
Check out my Motorcycle Recalls feature for more details.
The scooters were intended to be built with rubber hydraulic brake line that is routed through a retainer to prevent front tire contact. However, in some cases, the retainer may not have been installed during scooter assembly. If the retainer is missing, the front tire may rub through the brake line.
180 units are affected.
Check out my Motorcycle Recalls feature for more details.
Jonway Recalls 2008 YY150T-12 and YY50QT-21A Scooters for Fuel Filter Leakage
Jonway is recalling certain 2008 YY150T-12 and YY50QT-21A scooters.
The scooters were built with 2 piece, inline, fuel filters that may begin leaking where the two pieces join.
5000 units are affected.
Check out my Motorcycle Recalls feature for more details.
The scooters were built with 2 piece, inline, fuel filters that may begin leaking where the two pieces join.
5000 units are affected.
Check out my Motorcycle Recalls feature for more details.
Triumph Sidecar
Triumph motorcycle equipped with a sidecar.
Design and manufacturing by Dedome.
Picture taken at Paris Motorcycle Show 2007 by WorldWideMotorcycles.com.
Yamaha FZS600 Fazer 98
Yamaha FZS600 Fazer 98
Second design try with photoshop.
This time the base is a old FZS 600..
The tail was shortened and remodeled too.
www.flickr.com/photos/summerside06
MODIFICATION OF MIO MATIC
Simple but nice views biayanyapun to think big modif like this, OMC is often a motor like this, because the concept of the OMC is offered daily use, good views, and not expensive MIO MODIFICATION.
Suzuki GSX-R1000
Suzuki GSX-R1000
Alstare red design by Piranha Alstare
produced by Bright Logic Japan
Alstare design by Piranha Alstare
produced by Bright Logic Japan
www.bright-logic.com
rider is yukio kagayama
Arai RX7 rr5
Arai RX7 rr5, seal visor cap ditch It make wind silent.
www.flickr.com/photos/22495373@N06
Yamaha TZ50 M1
Yamaha TZ50 M1
The engine deployment of TT250R to a frame of TZM50R.
Acuto Grand Prix Factory production
www.flickr.com/photos/22495373@N06
Suzuki SFV 650 Gladius 2009
Suzuki SFV 650 Gladius 2009 - white and blue
Very nice looking naked presented yesterday by Suzuki, equipped by the best engine ever built : the 650cc V-Twin from the SV.
www.flickr.com/photos/summerside06
Kawasaki KZ750
Kawasaki KZ750
This bike sucked. like KZ650's and LOVE the KZ440 motor, but the KZ750 is just not for me. It has the same goofy early 80's styling as the CSR and is put together just as terribly.
cycles.evanfell.com
Aprilia SVX 550
This is very interesting.
A motorbike made with SVX 550 engine, frame and swingarm, with RS 125 parts.
It means high power on a very light motorbike, It's still a prototype.
www.flickr.com/photos/summerside06
black - Kawasaki Ninja
Since it first appeared in the 80's, this bike from Kawasaki Motorcycles has been a top contender in the sportbike category.
This black one is particularly beautiful.
www.japanese-motorcycles-only.com
1982 Honda CB650 SOHC 4
They are great mid sized bikes for all around use. It's lightweight for around town but powerful enough for long rides.
To read more about this machine and all my others you can walk over to my vintage motorcycle blog at cycles.evanfell.com
Aprilia RSV4 R SBK
Aprilia RSV4 R, SBK racing model.
Will join the Superbike Championship from 2009 season.
Rider is #3 Max Biaggi
www.flickr.com/photos/summerside06
Suzuki V Strom DL650
The Suzuki V-Storm DL650 inherits much of its mechanical equipment and running performance from the successful SV-650, but it’s fitted with an adventure touring bodywork, upright bars, and a long travel suspension.
This multipurpose motorcycle from Suzuki behaves pretty well either on tarmac or light to moderate off-road conditions.
www.japanese-motorcycles-only.com
Kawasaki Recalls 2008-2009 KLE650 for Saddlebag Problem
Kawasaki is recalling certain aftermarket accessory saddle bags sold for use exclusively for 2008 and 2009 Kawasaki KLE650 (Versys) motorcycles.
Installation of the accessory saddlebags covers up the rear side reflex reflectors which fails to conform to the lighting requirement of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
546 units are affected.
Check out my Motorcycle Recalls feature for more details.
Installation of the accessory saddlebags covers up the rear side reflex reflectors which fails to conform to the lighting requirement of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
546 units are affected.
Check out my Motorcycle Recalls feature for more details.
Motorcycle Pictures of the Week - Jose
Here are my Pictures of the Week as displayed on the Motorcycle Views Website. These are taken from the Moto Pic Gallery. See Jose A. Miranda with his 2005 Honda Shadow Aero VT750. For details, see Motorcycle Pictures of the Week.If you'd like to see your bike as Picture of the Week, submit a picture of you and your bike along with a description of the bike.
RADICAL MODIFICATION OF KAWASAKI NINJA
Kawasaki Ninja - a radical modification of the neat and steady for oprasional.
"It looks expensive bgt, whereas if we'd be dibandingin more than Japan should modif motor, lots of crazy modif the price exceeds the price of Aprilia. but cuman doang models which all have the Aprilia Mito.Upside or down, gedhe tires, etc.. "- by Girifumi
Create crazy bro modif Girifumi assumption may be a bit much to make them mengerinyitkan forehead. But for most bikers, especially for bikers who think economically and bikers that prioritizing originality factor may very Girifumi bro assumption is correct.
Cost Factor
An example is the owner of Honda Tiger Revo (nyari safe mode-on), regardless of the cost of the average motorcycle owner modification goal was not far from the model SP NSR, Aprilia or Cagiva Mito. Even beyond the standard may modify them by replacing the light front leg into the foot upside down, the rear suspension to monshock to buy parts like fuel tank parts and the rear panel. Finally, after the modification with the cost of not less be a motor Tiger Revo is a bit like Aprilia, or SP with oddities here and there. The most severe is a radical modification of saving package style, intended to make cost savings, it is the waste and wasting time. Why? Many incidents where the motor modification costs became more expensive than the cost of buying a motor "original" that the goal of modification, is it even a strange hasilnyapun.
Originality factor
This is probably the most controversial paragraphs ever posted in INDOBIKERS. There is a question that is quite intriguing. Does the costume Barcelona numbered 14 you have to be Thierry Henry? Of course not, but certainly you have stated to anyone especially to people who see you that you are a fan or at least sympathizers of the former king of Arsenal. Bahakan if Thierry Henry "original" yes definitely saw you too will smile with you. But by installing fairing Yamaha R1 on the Tiger Revo you, and you happen to run into a real Yamaha R1 would certainly different situations. Maybe nothing happened seemingly anything but actually the driver will only R1 confusion with which you ride motorcycles, often bahakan who scorn it out in the mind of the driver R1 "authentic" is. Besides, whether by using R1 and the fairing you may be necessarily anggot club R1? Unfortunately it's not going to happen but certainly you will lose motor identity.
Creativity without borders
Modifying the motor is the development of creativity without boundaries. But the best pure goal is to modify the original idea, do not imitate or trace moge existing, let alone trace CBU motor sport that costs not much (about the same cost-red) than the price of your own bike. What is clear radical modification of the motor is generally less suitable for daily use. Because like any of the conditions most appropriate motor standarlah used for daily oprasional. If still want to modify the bike but with the condition should be used as a vehicle steadily oprasional daily, the best option is to make minor modifications. Changing tires, veld handlebar and the front or Menganti sockbreaker color and striping pattern into the most appropriate choice. Good luck!
SIDEBURN MAGAZINE #3
The new issue of Sideburn magazine is out, and should be available shortly... if your local doesn't carry it, you can buy a copy online here at their site. They also keep a blog, which is included on my blog list on the sidebar.
Issue #3 includes is a short piece I wrote on the history of sand racing at Daytona (pictured). The layout is great, love those period shots of manly men ruining iconic motorcycles in the abrasive grit environment.... how on earth did those exposed-rocker ohc Nortons ever survive, let alone win the race time and again. I will reprint the article I wrote (not shortened for space!) with illustrations in full later, as the history of Beach Racing is worth exploring. 'The perfect race surface, renewed daily by Nature.'
Issue #3 includes is a short piece I wrote on the history of sand racing at Daytona (pictured). The layout is great, love those period shots of manly men ruining iconic motorcycles in the abrasive grit environment.... how on earth did those exposed-rocker ohc Nortons ever survive, let alone win the race time and again. I will reprint the article I wrote (not shortened for space!) with illustrations in full later, as the history of Beach Racing is worth exploring. 'The perfect race surface, renewed daily by Nature.'
QUAIL LODGE MOTORCYCLE GATHERING
The postponement of the Legend of the Motorcycle show for 2009 has left a significant void in the motorcycle calendar. In three short years, the event set a new standard for bike shows everywhere, and created something we didn't yet know we needed - a place where gearheads like us could acknowledge that yes, we've been interested in Fine Art all along, thank you.
Stepping into the date this year is the 'Quail Motorcycle Gathering', and if you're not an afficianado of rare cars 'the Quail' might not mean much... but like the Pebble Beach Concours (we'll get to that later...), ' The Quail Motorsports Gathering' is an ultra-exclusive, rare-automobile show, or as organizer Gordon McCall likes to say, what 'might happen if a car show broke out at a 4-star restaurant'. Tickets are limited to 3000 at the car show, which might sound like a lot, but given the acreage available at the Carmel Valley resort, the event is very much, as the old Brooklands axiom goes, 'the right crowd and no crowding'.
Gordon is also an avid motorcycle enthusiast, and discussed the possibility of hosting the Legends at the Quail, but some technical/financial/contractual issues made this impossible, and thus he's organized a different type of bike event in conjunction with Bonham's auction house, who also had the weekend free... in conversations with McCall he made it plain that he has the utmost respect for Jared Zaugg/Brooke Roner and the Legends, and laments greatly that the economy has scotched their event this year.
Here's the schedule; Friday May 8th, the Inaugural Quail Motorcycle Tour; 100 miles of riding through the spectacular coast highway and hills. $250, with breakfast, lunch, and dinner included. The ride is limited to 20 participants (if you'd like to go, better call fast...831/620-8887 or (toll-free) 877/734-4628), and Cycle World will be giving a prize for a motorcycle which completes the ride AND is shown Saturday.
Saturday May 9th; the Motorcycle Gathering and show - $65 including lunch, with the Bonham's auction at 3pm. The Gathering is a motorcycle show and NOT a Concours event - there will be no formal judging of the bikes, as per the Motorsports event.
Given reports from previous Quail events, the food and drink are guaranteed to be excellent.
Unfortunately, I won't be there! I'm working on a super-secret Motorcycle Television show pilot in another state that weekend; would that I could be in two places at once, as I'd dearly love to show the upstarts a clean pair of heels Friday on my Sunbeam, then show it on the Saturday, resplendent in oil mist...
First ride of the season ... minus one license plate
Last weekend I was basking in the after-glow of my first motorcycle ride of the season -- a 35-minute jaunt on the county roads around my home in semi-rural Minnesota with my son as passenger -- and chuckling about one tiny (and I mean near inconsequential!) mar:
My ride was technically illegal.
You see, I didn't have a license plate.
Here's the story: I lent my motorcycle to the shop that does all our sewing (Desert Dawgs Rain Guards) so they could develop a seat for it. When it left here in November, it had a license plate. When I got it back last week ... no plate. So I rushed to the bureau only to find out they were closed for a 'belated' Good Friday holiday. Frustrating! (But, as you can see, it didn't stop me!)
Do you think an officer would let me off the hook with that story?? (It's true.) Luckily I didn't have to find out...
My ride was technically illegal.
You see, I didn't have a license plate.
Here's the story: I lent my motorcycle to the shop that does all our sewing (Desert Dawgs Rain Guards) so they could develop a seat for it. When it left here in November, it had a license plate. When I got it back last week ... no plate. So I rushed to the bureau only to find out they were closed for a 'belated' Good Friday holiday. Frustrating! (But, as you can see, it didn't stop me!)
Do you think an officer would let me off the hook with that story?? (It's true.) Luckily I didn't have to find out...
JUPITER Modif Motor Cycle Unique and Creatif
It is a picture Motor Modif or Modification from Yamaha Jupiter Z.
It's very amazing because the colour of paint is very lightening. i like it.
what is your opinion about this picture modification jupiter..??
do you like it..??
it is very nice an unique. You can follow this modification to practice in your motor cycle.
hihiiii. if you have much money, you can make more better than this modification.
wow very amazing and very interesting.very creatif to make concept modif and modification.
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