Month: June 2011

Updates: The Yankee Motorcycle Company. Model “Z”.

Updates: Some History HERE

And Luis Font from the comments: Hi, the Yankee was a cooperation between the spanish brand Ossa, who suplied engines, and some entrepeneurs in USA. But it does not arrived on good term and failed. In Spain it was sold as Ossa Yankee, a fastest on road 500 twin. But his thirst for fuel was the biggest problem in spite of the publicity promised 70 hp. You can see part of the history at this web: http://motoguapa.lamaneta.net/Yankee3.html

Also a good post on this same bike over on Bike Exif

Good Stuff.  Thanks!

What an amazingly cool bike. Big powerful 2 stroke that looks to be very well engineered. Wish I knew more about them. I’ll do a little research and update in a bit. Anybody out there into them?

A stunning 2 stroke custom.

I Can’t believe it’s the same bike..

David Zemla writes in

Love your site!!!!
Great to see such inspirational machines! Makes my day each time.
Here’s a shot of an RZ350 I built a few years back. Not great pics but a really fun bike.

David Zemla
Director of Marketing
Progressive Suspension

Sorry for the delay on this David,  My e-mail has gone a bit batty lately.

Here’s how she started out…

Some comic relief from the “authorities” at the 2004 IOM TT.

I have got to get there one of these years.

UPDATE: Monday Morning Moto Guzzi. A 2 for 1.

Good stuff from the comments:

Wil Ames wrote: Only a limited number had red frames (maybe 50?). I believe the majority of V7 Sports had a black frame.

And Crilles wrote:
Only the Factory Racers (Telaio Rosso) had the red frames.
I believe a small number was also produced with silver frames, whilst the majority of the V7 Sport and the 750 S (sold as V7 Sport in the US) all came with black frames.
Among the not more than 200 Chrome-moly red framed factory racers produced – only 1000-1200 have survived…. (o;

A V-7 and a Lemans. And there’ll be more on that Morini 3-1/2 shortly. Stay tuned..

Question… not sure about the black frame paint on the V7. I thought they had red frames? Any purists out there shed some light?

Stelvio Pass Onboard Video. Simply Awesome!

This one’s on my “bucket list” for sure…

Saw this over on Steve’s Naked Bike Blog. Good Stuff. Check em out.

STELVIO : HOT BRAKES AND HAIRPINS from MOTORBIKE EUROPE on Vimeo.

Update: Video. Freaking hilarious (and at the same time impressive) IOM segment.

Update: And now of course he’s being sought by the authorities: BBC Story

I’m sorry if this offends everyone’s sensibilities but this is great. Just like the title says.. 150mph Naked on a bike (as opposed to on a naked bike) lol…